A raw, bilingual track where the trio wrestles with purpose and existence.
A raw, bilingual track where the trio wrestles with purpose and existence.
The lyric moves between languages like someone's thoughts can't settle on one way to say it.
The Korean verses build a world of pressure and time, three years ago, a lifetime, while the English hook stays stark and simple, a loop that won't end.
A raw, bilingual track where the trio wrestles with purpose and existence.
What's the purpose? Is it 42?
The lyric moves between languages like someone's thoughts can't settle on one way to say it. The Korean verses build a world of pressure and time, three years ago, a lifetime, while the English hook stays stark and simple, a loop that won't end.
The repeated question 'Is it better if I die?' isn't a setup for an answer. It's the sound of a thought circling in someone's head, the kind you can't shake loose. Later, 'What's the purpose? Is it 42?' turns that private doubt into something almost absurd, like looking for a cosmic cheat code that doesn't exist.
It frames a desperate search for meaning as a ridiculous multiple-choice question, which somehow makes the feeling more real. There's no grand answer, just the number hanging there.
The way 'I've been thinking 'bout my life' returns, each time a little more worn down, until it's just the phrase itself echoing.
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I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
Is it better if I die?
pyongsaeng jamdeulgi jeonkkaji
gong-heoham sok uimireul chatji
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
Is it better if I die? (Suicide)
pyongsaeng jamdeulgi jeonkkaji (kkaji)
gong-heoham sok uimireul chatji (chatji)
(What you do?)
(What we do?)
1999 naega tae-eonaneun nal
doljabi ttae buteo pen-eul jabanneunde
samnyeon jeon uimireul alge dwae
Hiphop-eul huge dwae
gasareul sseo naeryoganji
samnyeon dwi alge dwae
ganji danji nan ganjinaji anin
nae salm sok geojit obtneun gachi inneun ireul
pyeongso-e kkeujeogidaga jinsimeul dama rap-eul baetneun geol
jujereul jeonghaji anhado
modeun sunggani jujega dwaego
Uh, salm-e iyuga hwagsirhi eobtda haedo
naegen hwagsinraneun-ge itji (eh)
hu-e nae gasareul mo-a iyureul jansorihadeut jeungmyeong-hagetji
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
Is it better if I die?
pyongsaeng jamdeulgi jeonkkaji
gong-heoham sok uimireul chatji
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
Is it better if I die? (Suicide)
pyongsaeng jamdeulgi jeonkkaji ((kkaji)
gong-heoham sok uimireul chatji (chatji)
(What you do?)
(What we do?)
Why do we live?
What’s the purpose?
Is it 42? Stop speaking nonsense
mulcheoreom heulleoganeun salm-e sigan
nun kkamppag-han sai na beolsso jugeosso
Yah geureon geo sirheo
jukgi jeone huhwae-hagineun sirheo
hojumeoni butjabeun neonega sirheo
weolgeubman badgo kkumeul jiugi sirheo (ah yeah)
God gave us an option
eotteon gireul goreul selection, oh woah
tae-eonasseul ttae buteo nan aranesseo
Break balbjima
apgeuljaman bakkweo nugucheoreom sara
I've been thinking ‘bout my life
Is it better if I die?
pyongsaeng jamdeulgi jeonkkaji
gong-heoham sok uimireul chatji
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
Is it better if I die? (Suicide)
pyongsaeng jamdeulgi jeonkkaji (kkaji)
gong-heoham sok uimireul chatji (chatji)
(What you do?)
(What we do?)
neon hablijeogigo iseongjeogieoya dwae
You can’t be a loser
eonjebuteo don-i mogpyoga dwaego
salm-e jeonburago mosyeo
naega saratdeon i segye mogpyoneun gojak
noransaek wi-in-ege hwidullimyeo
biteul biteul georineun naui moseub
gugyeong-hagineun sirheo
Let’s talk about it, uh
neon oettae mweol wihae sarasseo
(Money, money, money, money)
geureom kkumeun mwoya
jigeobeun chajasseo
(mwoji mwoji mwoji mwoji) (I don't know)
mu-uimiham sok haedabeun eobtgo
musig-han nae sesang-eun neolbeo
geoul sok nareul yuhog-haneun
modeun geojit jeung-eondeure sokji malgo
jebal gachi bireo
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life (thinking ‘bout my life)
Is it better if I die? (Suicide) (better if I die?)
pyongsaeng jamdeulgi jeonkkaji (I wanna go to sleep)
gong-heoham sok uimireul chatji (what's life mean?)
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
I’ve been thinking ‘bout my life
A raw, bilingual track where the trio wrestles with purpose and existence. The lyric moves between languages like someone's thoughts can't settle on one way to say it. The Korean verses build a world of pressure and time, three years ago, a lifetime, while the English hook stays stark and simple, a loop that won't end.
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