Wake Up – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: ATEEZ

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into ATEEZ's 'Wake Up' (최면) and experience the thrilling, urgent energy of this K-Pop masterpiece. With lyrics that speak directly to breaking free from illusion and confusion, this track is a sonic journey that might just encourage you to question your own reality, making its complex Korean and English phrases even more impactful to learn.

[English]

Do you hear my voice?

I'll set you free

If you want to know

Follow me, then you'll see

Everything that's been taken from me keeps slipping away today.

Even the simple facts are forgotten one by one.

Got no one to blame, but I know that you're in pain

Drowning in illusion, trapped by lies (mmh, fix on)

Stuck in an empty void, I keep flailing (ayy)

Deceptive desires will engulf you (ayy)

Spin around like crazy, my feelings glitch.

The deeper it seeps, my eyes will swoop down like a hawk, ayy.

Oh, a breath that's lost its tempo (lost tempo)

Oh, a soul that lost its way

In your unconscious that feels me

My voice reverberates, yeah

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it (know it, know it)

Look into my eyes, your eyes (oh-oh-oh)

Let me take you there, even if it's just once (whoa-oh-oh)

A place I've never seen (oh-oh-oh)

So wake up (wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (time to wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (wake up)

Open your closed eyes, wake up from the hypnosis

You can feel me, yes (I know it)

I’ll mesmerize you, making you lose all other thoughts.

Without any resistance, you’re tossed around.

When rain finally falls on this parched, exhausted drought.

Only then will you realize who you are—or aren’t (oh)

Falling out (yo)

Beauty amid chaos.

La-di-down (hey)

Self’s dissonance (eh)

Within the senses that are fading

I know it’s confusing.

Reality’s borders become tangled (yeah)

I’ll shake your heart and wake you up.

Oh, a breath that lost its tempo (lost tempo)

Oh, a soul that lost its way

In your unconscious that feels me

My voice reverberates, yeah

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it (know it, know it)

Look into my eyes, your eyes (oh-oh-oh)

Let me take you there, even if it's just once (whoa-oh-oh)

A place I've never seen (oh-oh-oh)

So wake up (wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (time to wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (wake up)

Open your closed eyes, wake up from the hypnosis

Let it out now

Wake up your senses

In the darkness, in the maze

I won’t abandon you

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it (oh)

Look into my eyes, your eyes

Let me take you there, even if it's just once (oh)

A place you've never seen, so wake up

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it

Look into my eyes, your eyes

Let me take you there, even if it's just once

A place you've never seen, so wake up

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[Korean]

Do you hear my voice?

I'll set you free

If you wanna know

Follow me, then you'll see

뺏겨버린 모든 것 잃어가지 오늘도

하나둘씩 잊어가 잃어 간단 사실도

Got no one to blame, but I know that you're in pain

허상에 잠겨, 거짓에 묶여 (mmh, fix on)

헛된 공간에 빠져 더 허우적대 (ayy)

거짓된 욕망이 집어삼킬걸 (ayy)

돌아가 미친 듯 돌아가 기분이 에러

깊이 스며들수록 눈이 득달같이 달려들 거야, ayy

Oh, 템포를 잃은 호흡 (템포를 잃은 호흡)

Oh, 길을 잃은 soul

나를 느끼는 (느끼는) 너의 무의식에 (무의식에)

울려 퍼져 내 목소리, yeah

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it (know it, know it)

마주해 내 눈에, your eyes (oh-oh-oh)

Let me take you there, 한 번도 (whoa-oh-oh)

본 적 없는 곳 (oh-oh-oh)

So wake up (wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (time to wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (wake up)

감은 눈을 떠, 최면 속에서 wake up

You can feel me, yes (I know it)

홀려버려 다른 생각 잃어버리게

그렇게 저항 없이 이리저리 휘둘리게 돼

마르고 닳았던 이 가뭄 속에 비를 내릴 때

비로소 넌 네가 누군지 아닌지 알게 될 테니 (oh)

Falling out (yo)

혼돈 속 아름다움

La-di-down (hey)

자아의 불협화음 (eh)

잃어가는 감각 속에

혼란스러운 걸 알아

현실의 경계는 뒤섞여 (yeah)

네 맘을 흔들어 널 깨워주겠어

Oh, 템포를 잃은 호흡 (템포를 잃은 호흡)

Oh, 길을 잃은 soul

나를 느끼는 (느끼는) 너의 무의식에 (무의식에)

울려 퍼져 내 목소리, yeah

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it (know it, know it)

마주해 내 눈에, your eyes (oh-oh-oh)

Let me take you there, 한 번도 (whoa-oh-oh)

본 적 없는 곳 (oh-oh-oh)

So wake up (wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (time to wake up)

Oh-oh-oh-oh (wake up)

감은 눈을 떠, 최면 속에서 wake up

풀어내 이제

감각을 깨워

어둠 속에서, 미로 속에서

너를 두지 않을게

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it (oh)

마주해 내 눈에, your eyes

Let me take you there, 한 번도 (oh)

본 적 없는 곳, so wake up

Hey, you can hear my voice, I know it

마주해 내 눈에, your eyes

Let me take you there, 한 번도

본 적 없는 곳, so wake up

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
wake /weɪk/ A1	verb - to stop sleeping
free /friː/ A1	adjective - not imprisoned or enslaved
follow /ˈfɒl.oʊ/ A1	verb - to go after someone or something
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - to no longer have something
pain /peɪn/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of discomfort
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
lost /lɔːst/ A2	adjective - no longer knowing where you are
chaos /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ B1	noun - complete disorder and confusion
beauty /ˈbjuː.ti/ A2	noun - a combination of qualities that pleases the senses
confusion /kənˈfjuː.ʒən/ B1	noun - a lack of understanding or clarity
reality /rɪˈæl.ɪ.ti/ A2	noun - the state of things as they are
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - to move something quickly from side to side
awakening /əˈweɪ.kə.nɪŋ/ B2	noun - the act of becoming aware or conscious
darkness /ˈdɑːk.nəs/ A2	noun - the absence of light
maze /meɪz/ B1	noun - a complex network of paths or passages
hypnotic /hɪpˈnɒt.ɪk/ C1	adjective - having the power to make someone become relaxed and obey suggestions

Key Grammar Structures

• Do you hear my voice?

  ➔ Present Simple Question

  ➔ The sentence uses 'Do' to form a question in the present simple tense, asking about a habitual or general action.

• If you wanna know, Follow me, then you'll see

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ The sentence uses 'If' to express a condition, followed by 'will' to indicate the result. It refers to a likely or real situation.

• 뺏겨버린 모든 것 잃어가지 오늘도

  ➔ Past Tense with Auxiliary Verb

  ➔ The Korean sentence uses the auxiliary verb '버리다' (to lose completely) in the past tense to describe a completed action.

• Got no one to blame, but I know that you're in pain

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The sentence uses 'are' to form the present continuous tense, indicating an action happening now.

• Oh, 템포를 잃은 호흡 (템포를 잃은 호흡)

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The Korean phrase uses the present perfect tense to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Let me take you there, 한 번도 (whoa-oh-oh)

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The phrase uses the infinitive 'take' to express the purpose of the action.

• So wake up (wake up)

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The sentence uses the imperative mood to give a direct command or instruction.

• 감각을 깨워, 어둠 속에서, 미로 속에서

  ➔ Present Tense with Adverbial Phrase

  ➔ The Korean sentence uses the present tense with adverbial phrases to describe actions happening in specific conditions.