Lyrics & Translation
Explore the depths of emotion with WOODZ's poignant ballad, "BEHIND (비하인드)." This song offers a unique opportunity to connect with Korean lyrics that beautifully articulate feelings of pain, resilience, and the search for solace. Its expressive vocals and introspective themes make it a powerful piece for understanding nuanced Korean vocabulary and emotional expressions, providing a special glimpse into the artist's heartfelt storytelling.
I look up and meet a wall, so incredibly high
What changes when you stare it down?
Even this giant will eventually break
I've been hurt by lies
What can I learn from people like these?
Words like a huge serpent
Let's tear off this black cloth
My heart feels like it's rotting away
Grabbing my hair again
Let's pull up that red line
With a sound that peaks, about to burst
I exhale a sigh, huh
Reach out with my fist even harder and break it
I feel like I'm going to break, crashing into a gray wall
I look up and meet a wall, so incredibly high
What changes when you stare it down?
Even this giant will eventually break
I just keep falling apart
A hollow laugh escapes me
This repetitive life
I broke one down
Just a few steps back
A thicker wall
Repeatedly crashing into it again and again
I guess I'm the one collapsing, I'll never
Where my skin is peeled away
Calluses build up, and the pain has dulled somehow
Let's bang my head again, and glare with my eyes
I don't care about the ones passing by my side
Even if I shake my head and tell them to go away
I spit out defiance and crash into this thing again
I feel like I'm going to break, crashing into a gray wall
I look up and meet a wall, so incredibly high
What changes when you stare it down?
Even this giant will eventually break
Key Vocabulary
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부서지다 (buseojida) /pu.sʌ.dʑi.da/ B1 |
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벽 (byeok) /pjʌk/ A2 |
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고개 (gogae) /ko.ɡɛ/ A2 |
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보다 (boda) /po.da/ A1 |
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배우다 (baeuda) /pɛ.u.da/ B1 |
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맘 (mam) /mam/ A2 |
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잡다 (japda) /dʑap.da/ A2 |
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붉은 (bulgeun) /pul.ɡɯn/ B1 |
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소리 (sori) /so.ɾi/ A2 |
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주먹 (jumeok) /dʑu.mʌk/ B1 |
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뻗다 (ppeotda) /ppʌt.da/ B1 |
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웃음 (useum) /u.sʌm/ A2 |
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삶 (salm) /salm/ B1 |
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두껍다 (dukkeopda) /du.kkʌp.da/ B1 |
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부딪히다 (budichida) /pu.di.tɕʰi.da/ B1 |
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무너지다 (muneojida) /mu.nʌ.dʑi.da/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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부서질 것 같아, 부딪혀 버린 회색 벽
➔ 감정 표현 + '-어 버리다' (to end up doing something)
➔ The phrase '부서질 것 같아' (buseojil geot gata) expresses a feeling of being on the verge of breaking. '-어 버리다' indicates an action that happened unexpectedly or resulted in a certain state. Here, it implies the speaker unexpectedly collided with the wall.
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뚫어져라 보면 뭐가 바뀌어
➔ '-어져라' (imperative/exhortation)
➔ '-어져라' is an imperative form, expressing a strong suggestion or command. It's used to emphasize the action of staring intently. It's not a direct order to someone else, but a forceful urging to oneself.
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이런 놈들에게 배워 뭘
➔ '-에게' (dative particle), rhetorical question
➔ '-에게' marks 'these kinds of people' as the recipient of the action (learning). The phrase is a rhetorical question, implying the speaker doesn't believe there's anything to be learned from them.
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썩어가는 듯해 나의 맘
➔ '-어 가다' (to seem to be doing something continuously)
➔ '-어 가다' describes a state that appears to be ongoing. Here, it conveys the feeling that the speaker's heart is continuously decaying or rotting.
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다시 머리끄덩이를 잡고서
➔ '-고서' (connective, indicating a sequence of actions)
➔ '-고서' connects two actions, showing that one action happens before the other. It implies a sequence: 'grabbing the hair' and then 'trying to pull it up'.
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내 살갗이 벗겨져 나간 자리엔
➔ '-에' (location particle)
➔ '-에' indicates the location where the skin has been peeled off. It specifies *where* this hardening/calluses are appearing.
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내 옆을 지나가는 놈들은 신경 안 써
➔ '-을/를' (object marker), '-는' (nominalizing suffix)
➔ '-을/를' marks 'the people passing by' as the object of 'don't care'. '-는' turns the phrase 'the people passing by' into a noun-like element, allowing it to be the object of the verb.
