BLACKPINK
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You Never Know

A track that pushes back against easy assumptions, built around a simple, stubborn refusal.

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A track that pushes back against easy assumptions, built around a simple, stubborn refusal.

The song's power comes from its refusal to explain or justify.

It doesn't list their struggles or make a case for sympathy.

Editor's note

BLACKPINK's 'You Never Know' and the weight of judgment

A track that pushes back against easy assumptions, built around a simple, stubborn refusal.

"But you'll never know unless you walk in my shoes"

The song's power comes from its refusal to explain or justify. It doesn't list their struggles or make a case for sympathy. It just states the boundary: you weren't there, you don't know. That "You'll never know" becomes a kind of armor, a way to end the conversation before it even starts.

The phrase "It keeps bringing me down, down, down" does the heavy lifting. It's not about a single incident, but a grinding repetition, the same criticisms, the same doubts, landing over and over. When they sing "I've heard enough, I've heard enough / Of the things that I'm not," it's that exhaustion talking. They're tired of being defined by absence, by what people say they lack.

It's the core of the song, repeated like a mantra. The line doesn't ask for understanding; it declares its impossibility. That finality is what sticks.

The way "Sunday night / I've been swallowed by my bed" cuts through the defiance. It's a small, private image of collapse that makes all the public-facing strength feel real.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "You'll never know" the pull of "It keeps bringing me down, down, down" the pull of "I've heard enough, I've heard enough / Of the things that I'm not,"
Lyrics

You Never Know

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애써서 활짝 웃었던 날에

aesseoseo hwaljjak useotdeon nare

밤은 왜 더 어두울까

bameun wae deo eoduulkka

It keeps bringing me down, down, down

It keeps bringing me down, down, down

Hmm 모두 너무 쉽게 내뱉던 말

Hmm modu neomu swipge naebaetdeon mal

아마 들리겠지 머지않아

ama deulligetji meojiana

I’ve heard enough, I’ve heard enough

I’ve heard enough, I’ve heard enough

Of the things that I’m not

Of the things that I’m not

온 세상이 바뀌어가도

on sesang-i bakkwieogado

아직 나는 그대론 걸

ajik naneun geudaeron geol

내가 걸어가는 이 길을 꿈꾸던

naega georeoganeun i gireul kkumkkudeon

그때 그대로

geuttae geudaero

그때 그대로

geuttae geudaero

내 매일을 춤추던

nae maeireul chumchudeon

처음 그 자리에 남아 있는 걸

cheoeum geu jarie nama inneun geol

But you’ll never know unless you walk in my shoes

But you’ll never know unless you walk in my shoes

You’ll never know 엉켜버린 내 끈

You’ll never know eongkyeobeorin nae kkeun

‘Cause everybody sees what they wanna see

‘Cause everybody sees what they wanna see

It’s easier to judge me than to believe

It’s easier to judge me than to believe

깊이 숨겼던 낡은 생각들

gipi sumgyeotdeon nalgeun saenggakdeul

가끔 나를 잡고 괴롭히지만

gakkeum nareul japgo goeropijiman

그럴수록 I'ma shine, baby

geureolsurok I'ma shine, baby

You know they ain’t got a shot on me

You know they ain’t got a shot on me

Sunday night

Sunday night

I’ve been swallowed by my bed

I’ve been swallowed by my bed

I’ve been all over my head

I’ve been all over my head

Wonderin’ if I gotta try and pretend

Wonderin’ if I gotta try and pretend

나도 잘 모르는 날

nado jal moreuneun nal

누가 알아주길 기대하는

nuga arajugil gidaehaneun

내 모습을 찾을까 두려워

nae moseubeul chajeulkka duryeowo

저 빛이 더 밝아질수록

jeo bichi deo balgajilsurok

내 그림자도 길어지는데

nae geurimjado gireojineunde

너무 눈이 부셔올 때

neomu nuni busyeool ttae

난 뒤를 볼 수 있을까

nan dwireul bol su isseulkka

온 세상이 바뀌어가도

on sesang-i bakkwieogado

아직 나는 그대론 걸

ajik naneun geudaeron geol

내가 걸어가는 이 길을 꿈꾸던

naega georeoganeun i gireul kkumkkudeon

그때 그대로

geuttae geudaero

그때 그대로

geuttae geudaero

내 매일을 춤추던

nae maeireul chumchudeon

처음 그 자리에 남아 있는 걸

cheoeum geu jarie nama inneun geol

But you’ll never know unless you walk in my shoes

But you’ll never know unless you walk in my shoes

You’ll never know 엉켜버린 내 끈

You’ll never know eongkyeobeorin nae kkeun

‘Cause everybody sees what they wanna see

‘Cause everybody sees what they wanna see

It’s easier to judge me than to believe

It’s easier to judge me than to believe

깊이 숨겼던 낡은 생각들

gipi sumgyeotdeon nalgeun saenggakdeul

가끔 나를 잡고 괴롭히지만

gakkeum nareul japgo goeropijiman

그럴수록 I'ma shine, baby

geureolsurok I'ma shine, baby

You know they ain’t got a shot on me

You know they ain’t got a shot on me

가라앉으면 안 돼 나도 잘 알아

gara-anjeumyeon an dwae nado jal ara

땅만 보는 채론 날 수 없어

ttangman boneun chaeron nal su eopseo

구름 (구름) 건너편엔

gureum (gureum) geonneopyeonen

아직 밝은 해

ajik balgeun hae

내가 그려왔던 그림 속에

naega geuryeowatdeon geurim soge

찢어버린 곳들까지

jjijeobeorin gotdeulkkaji

다 비워내고 웃을 수 있게

da biwonaego useul su itge

보기 싫었던 나와 마주할래 eh

bogi sireotdeon nawa majuhallae eh

난 기억해

nan gieokae

So I’ll be okay

So I’ll be okay

파란 내 방 한가득 꽃이 피게

paran nae bang han-gadeuk kkochi pige

I’ll always be waiting

I’ll always be waiting

But you’ll never know unless you walk in my shoes

But you’ll never know unless you walk in my shoes

You’ll never know eongkyeobeorin nae kkeun

You’ll never know eongkyeobeorin nae kkeun

‘Cause everybody sees what they wanna see

‘Cause everybody sees what they wanna see

It’s easier to judge me than to believe

It’s easier to judge me than to believe

깊이 숨겼던 낡은 생각들

gipi sumgyeotdeon nalgeun saenggakdeul

가끔 나를 잡고 괴롭히지만

gakkeum nareul japgo goeropijiman

그럴수록 I'ma shine, baby

geureolsurok I'ma shine, baby

You know they ain’t got a shot on me

You know they ain’t got a shot on me

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What is "You Never Know" by BLACKPINK about?

A track that pushes back against easy assumptions, built around a simple, stubborn refusal. The song's power comes from its refusal to explain or justify. It doesn't list their struggles or make a case for sympathy.

Who performs "You Never Know"?

BLACKPINK performs "You Never Know", and this lyric page sits inside the BLACKPINK catalog on LyroVerse.

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