Abyss – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Chanyeol

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Chanyeol's emotional landscape with his song 'Abyss.' While the lyrics are in Korean, the depth of emotion conveyed through his expressive vocals and the song's melancholic tone allows listeners to feel the universal language of longing and isolation, making it a powerful piece for connecting with Korean musical expression.

[English]

Hidden by the lips

Whispers in the gaze

Abyss

Abyss

Is there anything as painful as indifferent attention

In these black-and-white times, not knowing what's even one step ahead

The feeling of waiting for you like wandering lost

In the dream that spreads instantly without a single gap, teetering on the edge

All

Like being trapped in the darkness

Closing both eyes

In the dying embers of emotions where the light has gone out, I'm losing you

At the end of this farewell that feels like my breath is stopping

That moment when blind love fades to black

Traces filled with cold warmth

It feels like my heart is being trampled

Like swallowing endless darkness

Pieces of shattered memories

This complicated heart just won't empty out

Yeah, yeah

I'll keep all my tears to myself

When I reach your circle, there's no interest to gain

You, so vivid like lips that have faded

Let me tell ya

I can't stay by your side any longer

I have to leave you oh

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Oh, no

Losing the piece that could take me back

I can't hide it anymore

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

You're not mine Abyss

Let me into the deeper abyss Abyss

From that moment on, the scattered radio

Only songs that bless the night

Yesterday in this melody

My birth is no way

Maybe it wasn't meant to happen

That's just my own

Story, even you would lose your mind

I can't get out

I've become so fragile

These thoughts I see looking back

Completely covered over from behind

You who desires that endlessly deep me

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

In every moment Abyss

A week from now, will life drag me on for the years

It'll be that way forever, ever, forever, ever

Dreams that can't come true never stay in sweet sleep

Whoa, yeah

The words tightly hidden inside this

On that day, definitely

Tell me to bring them out

How should I start this conversation

In your deeper embrace, my wings start to grow

Sweet age

Whisper to me endlessly

The story that you couldn't let fade

You and I facing each other so awkwardly

This familiar moment that makes my heart flutter

Together in this night that never ends

Let me tell ya

I can't stay by your side any longer

I have to leave you oh

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

[Korean]

입술에 가려진

눈빛에 속삭임

Abyss

Abyss

무심한 관심만큼 아픈 게 있을까

흑백 같은 시간 한치 앞도 모른 채

너를 헤매듯이 기다려 온 느낌

찰나 빈틈없이 널어 위겨진 꿈에서

다

어둠에 갇힌 것처럼

두 눈을 감고서

불 꺼진 감정의 쥐에 나는 널 잃어가

숨이 멎을 것 같은 이별 끝

눈 먼 사랑이 암전 된 그 순간

차가운 온기 가득한 흔적

심장이 밟힌 듯해

끝없는 어둠을 삼킨 듯이

부서진 기억의 조각들이

복잡한 마음이 비워지지 않아

Yeah, yeah

내 눈물은 내가 다 가질게

너 원에 닿으니 이율이 없어 이

색 바랜 입술처럼 선명한 널

Let me tell ya

널 더는 쉴 수 없어

널 떠나야 해 oh

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Oh, no

돌아갈 조각 잃어

숨길 수가 없어

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

넌 내게 아냐 Abyss

더 깊은 심연 안에 허락해 줘 Abyss

그 순간부터 흩어져 있는 Radio

밤을 축복하는 노래뿐

어제는 이 곡엔

내 탄생은 no way

이루어진 게 아닐까

그건 혼자만의

얘기 그대조차 환장하겠지

나오질 않아

난 나약하게 됐어

이틀어 보는 내 생각은

뒤로 막 덮어

그 끝없이 깊은 널 원하는 너

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

모든 시간 속에 Abyss

일주일 뒤면 삶이 날 더 갈래나 for the years

그럴게 forever, ever, forever, ever

이뤄지지 못할 꿈은 달콤한 잠에서 절대

우와 해

이 안에 꼭 숨긴 말이

그날엔 반드시

꺼내 달라 내게 말해

어떻게 얘기 시작해야 해

더 깊은 품에 날가 증가

달콤한 나이

끝없이 속삭여 줘

네가 번지는 못한 이야기

어색하게 마주 본 너와 나

설심한 익숙한 이 순간

끝나지 않을 밤을 우리 함께

Let me tell ya

널 더는 쉴 수 없어

널 떠나야 해 oh

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Abyss

Abyss, baby

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
눈빛 /nʊn.bit/ B1	noun - gaze or look in the eyes
흑백 /hɯk.bak/ B2	noun - black and white
어둠 /ʌ.dum/ B1	noun - darkness
감정 /kam.dʑʌŋ/ B2	noun - emotion
기억 /ki.ʌk/ B2	noun - memory
사랑 /sa.ɾaŋ/ A2	noun - love
숨 /sʊm/ A2	noun - breath
끝 /kɯt/ A2	noun - end
기억 /ki.ʌk/ B2	noun - memory
꿈 /kʊm/ A2	noun - dream
시간 /si.gan/ A2	noun - time
얼굴 /ʌɾɡul/ A2	noun - face
눈물 /nʊm.mul/ A2	noun - tear(s)
어제 /ʌ.dʑje/ A1	adverb - yesterday
내게 /nɛ.ɡɛ/ B1	pronoun - to me

Key Grammar Structures

• 입술에 가려진

  ➔ Passive form (verb stem + -인/힌/-朋友/-진)

  ➔ This is an example of Korean passive voice, where '가려진' is derived from '가리다' (to cover/hide) with the suffix '-진' indicating something is passively covered, creating a gerund or adjective form meaning 'covered by the lips'.

• 무심한 관심만큼 아픈 게 있을까

  ➔ Comparative degree (~만큼)

  ➔ The phrase '~만큼 아픈 게 있을까' uses the comparative structure '~만큼' to compare the pain of '무심한 관심' (careless attention), implying 'Is there anything as painful as careless attention?', highlighting the degree of hurt in a rhetorical question.

• 흑백 같은 시간 한치 앞도 모른 채

  ➔ Adverbial phrase (~처럼, ~채)

  ➔ Here, '~처럼' expresses simile (like '흑백' for black and white time), and '~채' indicates continuing in a state without knowing '한치 앞도' (the way ahead), combining to mean 'while not knowing even an inch ahead in time like black and white'.

• 너를 헤매듯이 기다려 온 느낌

  ➔ Adverbial form (~듯이)

  ➔ The '~듯이' transforms '헤매다' (to wander) into an adverb, meaning 'as if wandering', describing how the feeling of waiting for '너' (you) is like wandering, evoking a sense of aimless longing, with '~온' marking the continuing action.

• 찰나 빈틈없이 널 위해 위쳐진 꿈에서

  ➔ Passive construction (assumed based on typo; actual form ~위처진)

  ➔ Assuming '위쳐진' (likely '위쳐지다' passive), this indicates a state in which the dream is 'dedicated until it is' for '너' ('you'), with '찰나 빈틈없이' meaning 'in an instant without gaps', using passive to denote an ongoing dedicated dream.

• 어둠에 갇힌 것처럼

  ➔ Simile expression (~처럼)

  ➔ '~처럼' here expresses simile, comparing being caught '어둠에 갇힌' (trapped in darkness) to something, implying an overwhelming feeling of confinement, as if sealed in the abyss.

• 불 꺼진 감정의 쥐에 나는 널 잃어가

  ➔ Progressive aspect (~어가)

  ➔ The '~어가' indicates a gradual process of losing ('잃어가'), meaning 'I am gradually losing you' in the '쥐에' (cage/maze) of extinguished emotions, showing ongoing emotional decline.

• 차가운 온기 가득한 흔적

  ➔ Adnominal modifiers (adjective + noun)

  ➔ '차가운 온기' (cold warmth) and '가득한 흔적' (filled traces) use adjectives modifying nouns to create paradoxical imagery of 'traces full of cold warmth', emphasizing emotional remnants left by the relationship.

• 심장이 밟힌 듯해

  ➔ Quasi-quotative (~듯하다)

  ➔ '~듯해' expresses a sense of feeling as if '심장이 밟힌' (the heart is trampled), conveying indirect experience or simile for pain, as if the heart is being stepped on in the emotional depths.

• 그 순간부터 흩어져 있는 Radio

  ➔ Participle modifier (~은/는)

  ➔ Here, '흩어져 있는' uses the participle form to describe 'Radio' as being scattered 'from that moment', creating a continuous state of dispersal, modifying 'Radio' as something dispersed in the abyss.