Love X Friends – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Kassy (케이시)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the tender emotions of Kassy's "Love X Friends" to explore the Korean language through its heartfelt lyrics. This ballad, released as part of the Nextar Project, offers a beautiful and relatable narrative about unrequited love within a friendship, making it special for its universal theme and Kassy's emotive delivery. Learning the song's Korean lyrics can provide insight into expressing deep feelings and common phrases related to love and longing in Korean culture.

[English]

What I want to say to you is that I love you

What my heart wants to say, my lips hold back

Being just friends between us is so heartbreaking

I’ll gather the courage to confess, I love you

Lately, you’ve been looking so different to me

Even though nothing’s changed from before

Your thoughtless acts of kindness

Keep bothering me—it’s because I’m excited, I tell you

What I want to say to you is that I love you

What my heart wants to say, my lips hold back

Being just friends between us is so heartbreaking

I’ll gather the courage to confess, I love you

You’ll never know in your dreams, you can’t even imagine

How much I love you

Sometimes I feel a bit sad when you’re so clueless

Everyone else says it’s obvious

Even when I pretend it’s okay, act like nothing’s wrong

I just feel more and more pathetic

What I want to say to you is that I love you

What my heart wants to say, my lips hold back

Being just friends between us is so heartbreaking

I’ll gather the courage to confess, I love you

At some point, I fell in love with you

These overwhelming feelings can’t stay hidden

Even if we can’t go back to how we were before

I’ll confess to you, I love you

You’ll never know in your dreams, you can’t even imagine

How much I love you

[Korean]

너에게 하고 싶은 말 너를 사랑해

내 가슴이 하는 말 내 입술이 막아

친구라는 우리 사이 너무 서러워

용기 내 고백할래 사랑한다고

요즘 들어 부쩍 네가 다르게 보여

예전과 다를 게 없는데

무심하게 챙겨주는 너의 행동이

자꾸만 거슬려 설렌단 말이야

너에게 하고 싶은 말 너를 사랑해

내 가슴이 하는 말 내 입술이 막아

친구라는 우리 사이 너무 서러워

용기 내 고백할래 사랑한다고

꿈에도 모를 거야 상상도 못할 거야

얼마나 널 사랑하는지

가끔은 좀 서운해 너무 몰라줄 때

남들은 다 티 난다는데

괜찮은 척 아무렇지 않은 척해도

내 자신이 점점 초라해 보여

너에게 하고 싶은 말 너를 사랑해

내 가슴이 하는 말 내 입술이 막아

친구라는 우리 사이 너무 서러워

용기 내 고백할래 사랑한다고

언제부턴가 너를 사랑하게 됐어

감당 못할 마음이 숨겨지지 않아

두 번 다시 전처럼 못 지낸다 해도

네게 고백할 거야 사랑한다고

꿈에도 모를 거야 상상도 못할 거야

얼마나 널 사랑하는지

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
사랑해 saranghae TOPIK Level 1	verb - to love
서러워 seoreowo TOPIK Level 2	adjective - sorrowful, aggrieved
고백할래 gobaekalrae TOPIK Level 2	verb - to confess
다르게 dareuge TOPIK Level 1	adverb - differently
무심하게 musimhage TOPIK Level 3	adverb - indifferently
설렌단 seolrendan TOPIK Level 2	adjective - excited, fluttery
꿈에도 ggumeodo TOPIK Level 2	adverb - in a dream
상상도 sangsangdo TOPIK Level 2	noun - imagination
서운해 seounhae TOPIK Level 2	adjective - disappointed, let down
티 ti TOPIK Level 1	noun - sign, clue
괜찮은 gwaenchan-eun TOPIK Level 1	adjective - okay, fine
초라해 chorahae TOPIK Level 3	adjective - shabby, pathetic
감당 gamdaeng TOPIK Level 3	noun - endurance, bearing
숨겨지지 sumgyeojiji TOPIK Level 4	verb - to hide
지낸다 jinaenda TOPIK Level 2	verb - to spend time, live

Key Grammar Structures

• 너에게 하고 싶은 말 너를 사랑해

  ➔ -(고) 싶다 (desire to do)

  ➔ The grammar "-(고) 싶다" expresses the speaker's desire to do something. Here, "하고 싶다" means "I want to say".

• 내 가슴이 하는 말 내 입술이 막아

  ➔ -는 (descriptive verb ending)

  ➔ The "-는" attached to "하다" (to do, to say) modifies "말" (word, saying), indicating the "word that my heart says". It acts as an adjective.

• 친구라는 우리 사이 너무 서러워

  ➔ -라는 (quotative particle)

  ➔ "-라는" is a quotative particle used after a noun to indicate what something is called or defined as. Here, it means "the relationship called friends".

• 요즘 들어 부쩍 네가 다르게 보여

  ➔ -들어 (emphasis of time passage)

  ➔ "-들어" after a time expression emphasizes that something has become more noticeable or intensified with the passage of that time. "요즘 들어" means "lately, especially recently".

• 무심하게 챙겨주는 너의 행동이

  ➔ -아/어 주다 (doing something for someone)

  ➔ "-아/어 주다" indicates that the subject is doing something for someone's benefit. Here, "챙겨주다" means "to take care of (someone), do something for (someone)".

• 가끔은 좀 서운해 너무 몰라줄 때

  ➔ -(으)ㄹ 때 (when)

  ➔ "(으)ㄹ 때" indicates "when" something happens. Here, "몰라줄 때" means "when (you) don't understand (me)".

• 두 번 다시 전처럼 못 지낸다 해도

  ➔ -다(가) 해도 (even if)

  ➔ "-다(가) 해도" indicates 'even if' or 'even though'. Here, "못 지낸다 해도" means "even if we can't get along like before". It suggests a hypothetical situation.