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Map of the Soul: 7 · 2020

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한국어 (Korean)

English Translation

I gillo gaya getdago

[Verse 1: Jimin, V]

I can't understand what people are sayin'

Deo apado gwaenchantago

I can't understand what people are sayin'

어느 장단에 맞춰야 될지

ON, sesange jungsimseo

Who and what do I need to follow

Nareul bultaeweobeoryeo

With each step then again grows the shadow

I gotongemajeo nae eumakiya

Where is this place I open my eyes to?

어쩜 서울 또 New York or Paris

ON, dallyeoga

Maybe Seoul or New York or Paris

Bangtani wasseo

I get up, unsteady on my feet (Yeah)

[Verse 2: RM]

(Yeah) Look at my feet, look down

(Yeah) Look at my feet, look down

날 닮은 그림자

The shadow resembles me

흔들리는 건 이놈인가

Is it the shadow that's shaking

아니면 내 작은 발끝인가?

Or is it my feet that are trembling?

두렵잖을 리 없잖아

Of course I'm not unafraid

다 괜찮을 리 없잖아

Of course it's not all okay

그래도 I know, 서툴게 I flow

But I know, awkwardly, I flow

저 까만 바람과 함께 날아

I fly together with that black wind

[Pre-Chorus: Jimin, Jung Kook, Jin]

Hey, na-na-na

(Hey, na-na-na) Gotta go insane to stay sane

미치지 않으려면 미쳐야 해

(Hey, na-na-na) Throw myself whole into both worlds

Hey, na-na-na

(Hey, na-na-na) Can't hold me down 'cause you know I'm a fighter

나를 다 던져 이 두 쪽 세상에

Carried myself into this beautiful prison

Hey, na-na-na

Find me and I'm gonna live with ya

Can't hold me down

'Cause you know I'm a fighter

제 발로 들어온 아름다운 감옥

Find me and I'm gonna live with ya

[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jimin]

(Ayy-oh) 가져와 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Bring it, bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Ayy-oh) 올라타봐 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Come on up, bring the pain, oh, yeah

Rain be pourin', sky keep fallin'

Everyday, oh-na-na-na

Everyday, oh na-na-na

(Ayy-oh) 가져와 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Bring it, bring the pain, oh, yeah

[Verse 3: j-hope]

Bring the pain

Bring the pain, it'll become my blood and flesh

모두 내 피와 살이 되겠지

Bring the pain, no fear, now that I know the way (Yeah)

Bring the pain

Breathe on the small things

No fear, 방법을 알겠으니

My air and my light in the dark

작은 것에 breathe

The power of the things that make me, "me"

그건 어둠 속 내 산소와 빛

Even if I fall, I come right up, scream (Yeah)

내가 나에게 하는 것들의 힘

넘어져도 다시 일어나 scream

[Verse 4: SUGA]

넘어져도 다시 일어나 scream

(Yah, yah, yah) Even if I fall, I come right up, scream (Yah, yah, yah)

언제나 우린 그랬으니

That's how we've always been (Yah, yah, yah)

설령 내 무릎이 땅에 닿을지언정

Even if my knees drop to the ground (Yah, yah, yah)

파묻히지 않는 이상

As long as they don't get buried (Yah, yah, yah)

그저 그런 해프닝쯤 될 거란 걸

It's going to be just an ordinary happening (Yah, yah, yah)

Win no matter what

Win no matter what, win no matter what

Win no matter what

Whatever you say, whatever they say, I don't give a uhh

네가 뭐라던 누가 뭐라던

I don't give a uh, I don't give a uhh, yeah

I don't give a uh

[Pre-Chorus: Jimin, V]

Hey, na-na-na

(Hey, na-na-na) Gotta go insane to stay sane

미치지 않으려면 미쳐야 해

(Hey, na-na-na) Throw myself whole into both worlds, hey, hey (Hey)

Hey, na-na-na

(Hey, na-na-na) Can't hold me down 'cause you know I'm a fighter

나를 다 던져 이 두 쪽 세상에

Carried myself into this beautiful prison

Hey, na-na-na

Find me and I'm gonna live with ya

Can't hold me down 'cause you know I'm a fighter

제 발로 들어온 아름다운 감옥

Find me and I'm gonna live with ya

[Chorus: Jung Kook, V, Jin]

(Ayy-oh) 가져와 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Bring it, bring the pain on, yeah

(Ayy-oh) 올라타봐 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Come on up, bring the pain on, yeah

Rain be pourin', sky keep fallin'

Everyday, oh-na-na-na

Everyday, oh na-na-na

(Ayy-oh) 가져와 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Bring it, bring the pain, oh yeah

[Bridge: Jung Kook, Jimin]

나의 고통이 있는 곳에

Let me breathe

내가 숨 쉬게 하소서

Where my pain lies

My everythin', my blood and tears

Got no fears, I'm singin', ohh

Got no fears, I'm singin', oh-oh-woah-oh-oh

Oh, I'm takin' over

You should know, yeah

Can't 'old me down 'cause you know I'm a fighter

Can't hold me down 'cause you know I'm a fighter

깜깜한 심연 속 기꺼이 잠겨

Choosing to descend into the dark abyss

Find me and I'm gonna bleed with ya

[Chorus: Jimin, V, Jin, Jung Kook, *Jimin & Jung Kook*]

(Ayy-oh) 가져와 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Bring it, bring the pain on, yeah

(Ayy-oh) 올라타봐 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Come on up, bring the pain on, yeah (Yeah)

Rain be pourin', sky keep fallin'

Everyday, oh-na-na-na

Everyday, oh na-na-na

(Ayy-oh) Find me and I'm gonna bleed with ya

(Eh-oh) Find me and I'm gonna bleed with ya

(Ayy-oh) 가져와 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Bring it, bring the pain on, yeah

(Ayy-oh) 올라타봐 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Come on up, bring the pain, oh, yeah

*All that I know is just goin' on and on and on and on*

All that I know is just goin' on and on and on and on*

(Ayy-oh) 가져와 bring the pain, oh, yeah

(Eh-oh) Bring it, bring the pain on, yeah

Fan Annotations (2)

“Bangtan-i waseo” 방탄이 왔어

"방탄이 왔어" means "Bangtan has arrived" — Bangtan (방탄, "bulletproof") is the Korean short form of BTS's name, so it's a literal arrival announcement at the song's climax. "ON" is the second single from Map of the Soul: 7 (released February 21, 2020) and debuted at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest-charting song by a Korean group at the time (Wikipedia). BTS performed it in the main concourse of Grand Central Terminal for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which aired February 24, 2020 (Wikipedia).

CDMX_Valeria🇲🇽 Mexico City

“i gotongmajeo nae eumakiya” 이 고통마저 내 음악이야

"이 고통마저 내 음악이야" means "even this pain is my music" — 마저 (majeo) adds the sense of "even/including," so the line pulls suffering itself into the work rather than hiding it. It's the philosophical core of "ON," turning struggle into fuel. The song was co-written by members RM, Suga and J-Hope along with producer Pdogg (Wikipedia), and the theme fits Map of the Soul: 7, an album built around confronting one's inner self.

Emma_Lavande_08🇫🇷 Paris

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