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한국어 (Korean)
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[Chorus: Winter, Giselle, Karina, Ningning]
[Chorus: Winter, Giselle, Karina, Ningning]
I'll make you cry
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
I'll make you cry
I'll make you cry
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
[Post-Chorus: Ningning, Giselle]
[Post-Chorus: Ningning, Giselle]
떠돌고 있어 넌 야 타락해버렸지
You're drifting around, you've fallen into ruin
I draw my sword, I've drawn my sword
누가 널 구해 아무도 못 구한대
Who can save you? Nobody can
쫓겨난 너를 보면서 웃지
I watch you get chased out and laugh
[Interlude: Karina]
[Interlude: Karina]
Nah, nah
Nah, nah
The game's over and you just played on it
The game's over and you just played on it
[Verse 2: Giselle, Ningning, Karina, Winter]
[Verse 2: Giselle, Ningning, Karina, Winter]
가만히 숨만 쉬고 어울리지도 말고
Just sit there breathing quietly, don't even mingle
방안에 박혀있어 넌 그게 딱 어울려
Stay cooped up in your room, that suits you just fine
Hey, it's over, lost forever
Hey, it's over, lost forever
널 이해 안 해
I don't understand you
Your love was a lie, so hypnotized
Your love was a lie, so hypnotized
그땐 좀 미쳤었나 봐
I must have been a little crazy back then
이리저리 널 걱정했지
I worried about you this way and that
So hard to make you believe and to feel what I'm feeling
So hard to make you believe and to feel what I'm feeling
[Pre-Chorus: Giselle, Karina]
[Pre-Chorus: Giselle, Karina]
D-O-N-E now, 재미없잖아
D-O-N-E now, it's not even fun anymore
I'm sick and tired of it, 시시해졌어
I'm sick and tired of it, it's grown stale
왜 도망치려 해
Why are you trying to run away?
드라마틱 결말 따위는 기대하지 마
Don't expect a dramatic ending
[Chorus: Ningning, Giselle, Karina]
[Chorus: Ningning, Giselle, Karina]
I'll make you cry
I'll make you cry
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
I'll make you cry
I'll make you cry
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
[Post-Chorus: Winter, Karina]
[Post-Chorus: Winter, Karina]
떠돌고 있어 넌 야 타락해버렸지
You're drifting around, you've fallen into ruin
칼을 빼 들어 난 칼을 빼 들었지
I draw my sword, I've drawn my sword
누가 널 구해 아무도 못 구한대
Who can save you? Nobody can
쫓겨난 너를 보면서 웃지
I watch you get chased out and laugh
[Interlude: Giselle]
[Interlude: Giselle]
Nah, nah
Nah, nah
You thought you had me, didn't ya? Nah
You thought you had me, didn't ya? Nah
[Bridge: Karina, Giselle, Ningning, Winter]
[Bridge: Karina, Giselle, Ningning, Winter]
Now it's my time to feel alive
Now it's my time to feel alive
사랑도 아플 수 있어
Love can hurt, too
No, I don't care
No, I don't care
Everyday facing the pain (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Everyday facing the pain (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
무의식이 날 믿게 했지
My subconscious made me believe
환각은 깨어졌단걸
That the hallucination had broken
내 방식으로 난 날아
I fly on in my own way
[Chorus: Ningning, Giselle, Karina, Winter]
[Chorus: Ningning, Giselle, Karina, Winter]
I'll make you cry (I'll make you cry)
I'll make you cry (I'll make you cry)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
I'll make you cry (Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, yeah)
I'll make you cry (Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, yeah)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
(I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you, I'll make you, make you cry)
[Post-Chorus: Karina, Giselle, Winter]
[Post-Chorus: Karina, Giselle, Winter]
떠돌고 있어 넌 야 타락해버렸지
You're drifting around, you've fallen into ruin
칼을 빼 들어 난 칼을 빼 들었지 (Yeah, yeah)
I draw my sword, I've drawn my sword (Yeah, yeah)
누가 널 구해 아무도 못 구한대
Who can save you? Nobody can
쫓겨난 너를 보면서 웃지
I watch you get chased out and laugh
[Outro: Karina, Winter]
[Outro: Karina, Winter]
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Uh, nah, nah
Uh, nah, nah
네 앞을 좀 봐
Look at what's ahead of you
다가올 너의 시간도, uh
The time that's coming for you too, uh
Fan Annotations (2)
“I'll make you cry” I'll make you cry
The hook 'I'll make you cry' is deliberately confrontational — the singer takes the aggressor's role rather than the more familiar K-pop posture of lamenting heartbreak, flipping a breakup into a promise of payback. 'I'll Make You Cry' is the third track on aespa's first mini-album, Savage, released October 5, 2021, and was written by Kenzie, Brandon Green, Kirsten Collins, Hautboi Rich and Timothy 'Bos' Bullock (Wikipedia / aespa Wiki).
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“kareul ppae deureo nan kareul ppae deureotji” 칼을 빼 들어 난 칼을 빼 들었지
칼을 빼 들어 난 칼을 빼 들었지 (kareul ppae deureo, nan kareul ppae deureotji) means 'I draw my sword — I've drawn my sword.' Saying it first in the present and then the past tense gives it a slow-motion, cinematic feel, and the drawn-sword image carries the weight of Korean sageuk (사극, historical-drama) tradition, where unsheathing a blade signals total commitment to a fight. The line is from 'I'll Make You Cry' on aespa's 2021 mini-album Savage (Wikipedia).
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