Only cry in the rain

• By: CHUU

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears noun - an instance of crying
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere verb - to fall as rain
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible adjective - having plenty of light; bright
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - a large town or urban area
wave /weɪv/ B1	noun - a disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences
clock /klɒk/ A1	noun - a device for telling the time
bird /bɜːd/ A1	noun - a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal of the class Aves
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
photo /ˈfoʊtoʊ/ A1	noun - a photograph
miss /mɪs/ A2	verb - feel sadness at the absence of
spring /sprɪŋ/ A2	noun - the season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from March to May and in the southern hemisphere from September to November.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours
psycho /ˈsaɪkoʊ/ B2	noun - a person with a mental disorder

Grammar:

• 서롤 매일 또 매일 미치게 좋아했고

  ➔ Adverbial usage of adjectives ending in -게

  ➔ The adjective "미치다" (to be crazy) is modified into "미치게" to function as an adverb, modifying the verb "좋아했다" (liked). It means "liked crazily" or "liked to the point of madness."

• 감히 영원히 사랑을 맹세했던 우리

  ➔ Past Adjectival Form -던

  ➔ "-던" attached to "맹세하다" (to swear) indicates a past action or state that is incomplete or being recalled. "맹세했던 우리" means "we who swore/used to swear (eternal love)."

• 내 맘 벽시계에서 뻐꾹 우는 저 조그만 새

  ➔ Relative clause modifying a noun

  ➔ "뻐꾹 우는" (cooing) is a relative clause modifying the noun "저 조그만 새" (that small bird). It means "that small bird which coos".

• 시간을 되돌린 채 (돌린 채)

  ➔ -채: state or condition kept as it is

  ➔ The suffix "-채" indicates that an action is done while maintaining a certain state. "시간을 되돌린 채" means "while keeping time reversed" or "in a state of having reversed time".

• 널 정각에 맞춰둔 채

  ➔ Passive Voice or Causative Verb with -아/어 두다

  ➔ "-아/어 두다" means to do something and keep it in that state. In this case, "맞춰두다" means "to set and keep set." So, "널 정각에 맞춰둔 채" means "while keeping you set at the exact time."

• 어디로 튈지 모를 애들이었어

  ➔ Future tense adjective -ㄹ/을 + 지 모르다

  ➔ "-ㄹ/을지 모르다" is used to express uncertainty about a future action. "어디로 튈지 모르다" means "not knowing where they might jump to" or "unpredictable".