TNT – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: CORTIS
• Album: GREENGREEN

Lyrics & Translation

While specific details for this track are limited, exploring contemporary music like CORTIS's 'TNT' is a great way to immerse yourself in modern linguistic nuances and rhythmic structures.

[English]

Sixteen, still a little clueless

In my room, five kids acting up every night

In front of the studio computer, the DNA awakens

Bring the fire to my nerves, just like TNT

Pop out, lighting up the CO2

When I pop out, verses that make heads nod

Veins pumping, drums like a midnight explosion

We gon' rock out, we gon', we gon'

Pumpin' up, all of Seoul

Staying up all night, losing ourselves in the rhythm

Dancing like we're possessed

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what you need

Dropping hits like cannon fire

Lock the coordinates and bang

I'm about to TNT

Incheon Airport, tearing off the roof

Gimpo Airport, tearing off the roof

Three, two, one, now we're like missiles

N.Y., L.A., Tokyo, flying across the ocean

And we pop out, lighting up the CO2

When I pop out, verses that make heads nod

Veins pumping, drums like a midnight explosion

We gon' rock out, we gon', we gon'

Pumpin' up, all of Seoul

Staying up all night, losing ourselves in the rhythm

Dancing like we're possessed

Who we are? TNT

Tell me, I got what you need

Dropping hits like cannon fire

Lock the coordinates and bang

I'm about to TNT

...

[Korean]

열여섯, 여전히 모지리 (지)

방구석, 매일 밤 다섯 철부지 (철부지)

스튜디오의 컴터 앞, 깨어난 DNA (DNA)

뇌신경에 bring the fire, 마치 TNT (yee)

Pop out, CO2에 불을 켜

When I pop out (let's go), 고개 까딱거릴 벌스

핏줄 빠딱 (let's go), 한밤 폭발 같은 drums

We gon' (gon', rock out), we gon', we gon'

Pumpin' up, 서울시 (let's go)

밤새워, 시나위 (시나위)

춤을 춰, 신들린 (whoo)

Who we are? TNT (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Tell me, I got what you need (TNT)

대포 찍듯 찍어 hits (TNT)

좌표 찍고 바로, 빵 (what you mean?)

I'm about to TNT (TNT)

인천공항, 열어 제껴 roof (yah)

김포공항, 열어 제껴 roof (yah, let's go)

Three, two, one, 이젠 거의 미사일 (yah)

N.Y., L.A., 도쿄, 바다 건너 휘잉 (hoo)

And we pop out (let's go), CO2에 불을 켜

When I pop out, 고개 까딱거릴 벌스

핏줄 빠딱, 한밤 폭발 같은 drums

We gon' rock out (rock), we gon', we gon'

Pumpin' up, 서울시 (let's go)

밤새워, 시나위 (시나위)

춤을 춰, 신들린 (whoo)

Who we are? TNT (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Tell me, I got what you need (TNT)

대포 찍듯 찍어 hits (TNT)

좌표 찍고 바로, 빵 (what you mean?)

I'm about to TNT (TNT)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
열여섯 yeol-yeoseot Level 1	noun - sixteen
철부지 cheolbuji Level 5	noun - childish person
스튜디오 seutyudio Level 2	noun - studio
뇌신경 noeshingyeong Level 5	noun - cranial nerve
고개 gogae Level 2	noun - head
폭발 pokbal Level 3	noun - explosion
시나위 shinawi Level 6	noun - Sinawi (traditional Korean instrumental music)
신들린 shindeullin Level 4	adjective - possessed / amazing / virtuoso
대포 daepo Level 3	noun - cannon
좌표 jwapyo Level 4	noun - coordinate
인천공항 incheon-gonghang Level 2	noun - Incheon Airport
미사일 misail Level 3	noun - missile
바다 bada Level 1	noun - sea
건너 geonneo Level 3	verb - cross
밤새워 bamsaewo Level 3	verb - stay up all night

Key Grammar Structures

• 열여섯, 여전히 모지리

  ➔ Noun-focused apposition

  ➔ The use of "열여섯" (sixteen) to define the subject's state or age without a verb, common in poetic/lyrical styles.

• 고개 까딱거릴 벌스

  ➔ Future adnominal suffix -(으)ㄹ

  ➔ The suffix "-ㄹ" is attached to "까딱거리다" to modify "벌스" (verse), indicating a verse that *will* make people nod.

• 한밤 폭발 같은 drums

  ➔ Comparison particle -같은

  ➔ The particle "-같은" is used to compare the drums to an explosion occurring at night.

• 열어 제껴 roof

  ➔ Compound verb -아/어 제끼다

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "제끼다" adds an intensive nuance, meaning to open something completely or forcefully.

• I'm about to TNT

  ➔ English idiom 'about to'

  ➔ Used to express an imminent action or state, transforming the noun 'TNT' into a verb-like state.

• 뇌신경에 bring the fire

  ➔ Dative particle -에

  ➔ The particle "-에" marks "뇌신경" (neural pathway) as the target where the action of "bringing fire" occurs.

• 대포 찍듯 찍어 hits

  ➔ Simile suffix -듯(이)

  ➔ The suffix "-듯" means "as if", creating a metaphor of producing hits like shooting a cannon.

• 이젠 거의 미사일

  ➔ Adverb of degree '거의'

  ➔ "거의" modifies the noun "미사일", indicating the subject is "almost" becoming a missile.