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INCEPTION

ZERO : FEVER Part.1 · 2020

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한국어 (Korean)

English Translation

Kkumsoge ppajyeodeuro

Falling deep into a dream

현실이 흐릿해져

Hyeonsiri heurithaejyeo

Reality grows blurry

Inception, 이건 꿈인가

Inception, igeon kkuminga

Inception — is this a dream

아니면 현실인가

Animyeon hyeonsiring a

Or is it reality

눈을 떠도 보이는 건 너야

Nuneul tteodo boinneun geon neoya

Even when I open my eyes, all I see is you

깨어날 수 없는 꿈

Kkaeeonal su eomneun kkum

A dream I can't wake from

Inception, deeper and deeper

Inception — deeper and deeper

네 안에 갇혀버렸어

Ne ane gachyeobeoryeosseo

I've been trapped inside of you

Fan Annotations (1)

“kkumsoge ppajyeodeulleo” 꿈속에 빠져들어

"꿈속에 빠져들어" = "falling deep into a dream" (꿈속 = inside a dream; 빠져들다 = to sink/be drawn into). It opens the song by using the dream as a metaphor for an intoxicating, possibly one-sided love the speaker can't tell apart from reality. ATEEZ's "INCEPTION" is from the EP 'Zero: Fever Part.1' (July 29, 2020), and its music video openly pays homage to Christopher Nolan's 2010 film 'Inception' about layered dreams and reality (Rolling Stone India).

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