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Daydream

A track from Jack in the Box where the BTS rapper maps the quiet friction between public effort and private longing.

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Quick meaning

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A track from Jack in the Box where the BTS rapper maps the quiet friction between public effort and private longing.

What sticks is how the daydream isn't an escape but a confrontation.

He's not wishing for fame or success; he's wishing on a scar, on a sky, on the simple, impossible fact of a sun or moonlight.

Editor's note

J-Hope's Daydream and the weight of wanting

A track from Jack in the Box where the BTS rapper maps the quiet friction between public effort and private longing.

Wishing on a scar

What sticks is how the daydream isn't an escape but a confrontation. He's not wishing for fame or success; he's wishing on a scar, on a sky, on the simple, impossible fact of a sun or moonlight. The fantasy is just permission to feel something raw, outside the 'universal psychological doping' he mentions.

The repeated 'I know' after each quiet admission, 'the thing I want to cry easily,' 'the thing I want to go crazy like a fool,' 'the thing I want to be soaked in love', feels less like a boast and more like a private reckoning. He's naming desires so specific they almost hurt to hold, and the 'I know' is the sound of someone finally letting himself see them, without the usual filter of ambition or image.

It's not a grand or pretty wish. A scar is a mark of something that happened, a pain that healed but left proof. Wishing on that feels like hoping the past itself might still hold a chance for something different.

The way 'Wishing on a scar' hangs in the air after all that internal noise. It's a quieter, more stubborn kind of hope.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "universal psychological doping" how "I know" turns into a mantra the pull of "I know"
Lyrics

Daydream

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내 성격은 half and half, who knows?

nae seonggyeogeun half and half, who knows?

공인으로서의 노력하는 life, who knows?

gong-ineuroseoui noryeokaneun life, who knows?

큰 욕구는 자제하는 중, who knows?

keun yokguneun jajehaneun jung, who knows?

늘 공상에 차오르는 숨, who knows?

neul gongsang-e chaoreuneun sum, who knows?

편히 울고 싶은 거, I know

pyeonhi ulgo sipeun geo, I know

미친 듯 놀고 싶은 거, I know

michin deut nolgo sipeun geo, I know

사랑에 설레고 싶은 거, I know

sarang-e seollego sipeun geo, I know

Yeah, I know I know I know, 'cause me

Yeah, I know I know I know, 'cause me

다 물고기처럼 걸려봤겠지

da mulgogicheoreom geollyeobwatgetji

삶에 갈증으로 인한 욕망이란 그물 덫

salme galjeung-euro inhan yongmang-iran geumul deot

보편적인 심리적 도피

bopyeonjeogin simnijeok dopi

나라고 헤엄쳐 나갈 수는 없는 법

narago he-eomchyeo nagal suneun eomneun beop

Not, 현실 거부

Not, hyeonsil geobu

불만, 부적응

bulman, bujeogeung

그 어떤 것들도 아냐

geu eotteon geotdeuldo anya

Love ma rule

Love ma rule

한 번쯤 다른 나의 인생 그림 그려 보고 싶은 거야

han beonjjeum dareun naui insaeng geurim geuryeo bogo sipeun geoya

도화지 dream

dohwaji dream

(Sleep)

(Sleep)

저기 저 경계선을 넘어

jeogi jeo gyeonggyeseoneul neomeo

느껴보는 거야

neukkyeoboneun geoya

앨리스가 빠진 구멍처럼

aelliseuga ppajin gumeongcheoreom

호그와트 가는 길처럼

hogeuwateu ganeun gilcheoreom

신기루의 세계일 거야

sin-giruui segyeil geoya

그리고 내 세상일 거야

geurigo nae sesang-il geoya

상상 그대로 일 거야

sangsang geudaero il geoya

But 영원하진 않을 거야

But yeong-wonhajin aneul geoya

(Shit)

(Shit)

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a scar

Wishing on a scar

해가 있다면

haega itdamyeon

꿈을 꾸고 싶다고

kkumeul kkugo sipdago

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a scar

Wishing on a scar

달빛이 있다면

dalbichi itdamyeon

깨어나기 싫다고

kkae-eonagi sildago

나의

naui

Daydream, daydream, oh

Daydream, daydream, oh

Daydream, daydream, oh

Daydream, daydream, oh

(Last)

(Last)

Daydream, daydream, ooh

Daydream, daydream, ooh

Daydream, daydream

Daydream, daydream

Daydream, daydream, ay, yeah

Daydream, daydream, ay, yeah

So what I get drunk

So what I get drunk

미칠 때까지

michil ttaekkaji

So what I go out

So what I go out

일 생각 없이

il saenggak eopsi

젊음을 느껴보자고

jeolmeumeul neukkyeobojago

Young, wild and free

Young, wild and free

Wild and free

Wild and free

나도 한번 해보자고

nado hanbeon haebojago

눈치 따윈 안 보는 거 errday

nunchi ttawin an boneun geo errday

내 감정을 내 맘대로 해 errday

nae gamjeong-eul nae mamdaero hae errday

맘에 들면 저격하는 사랑꾼 errday

mame deulmyeon jeogyeokaneun sarangkkun errday

공식 없이 욕구를 풀어대 errday

gongsik eopsi yokgureul pureodae errday

내 성격을 무시해 errday

nae seonggyeogeul musihae errday

부끄럼 없이 울고 싶다고 errday

bukkeureom eopsi ulgo sipdago errday

Dream list, 그 일 순위

Dream list, geu il sunwi

그냥 돈 걱정 없이

geunyang don geokjeong eopsi

(Deep sleep)

(Deep sleep)

저기 저 경계선을 넘어

jeogi jeo gyeonggyeseoneul neomeo

느껴보는 거야

neukkyeoboneun geoya

앨리스가 빠진 구멍처럼

aelliseuga ppajin gumeongcheoreom

호그와트 가는 길처럼

hogeuwateu ganeun gilcheoreom

신기루의 세계일 거야

sin-giruui segyeil geoya

그리고 내 세상일 거야

geurigo nae sesang-il geoya

상상 그대로 일 거야

sangsang geudaero il geoya

But 영원하진 않을 거야

But yeong-wonhajin aneul geoya

(Shit)

(Shit)

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a scar

Wishing on a scar

해가 있다면

haega itdamyeon

꿈을 꾸고 싶다고

kkumeul kkugo sipdago

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a sky

Wishing on a scar

Wishing on a scar

달빛이 있다면

dalbichi itdamyeon

깨어나기 싫다고

kkae-eonagi sildago

나의

naui

Daydream, daydream, oh

Daydream, daydream, oh

Daydream, daydream, oh

Daydream, daydream, oh

(Last)

(Last)

Daydream, daydream, ooh

Daydream, daydream, ooh

Daydream, daydream

Daydream, daydream

Daydream, daydream, ay, yeah

Daydream, daydream, ay, yeah

Yah, 내게 왜 꿈을 꾸냐 되묻는다면

Yah, naege wae kkumeul kkunya doemunneundamyeon

배부른 소리 할 거야, yah

baebureun sori hal geoya, yah

잠시 내려놓고

jamsi naeryeonoko

나의 메커니즘에 맞게, stay

naui mekeonijeume matge, stay

쉬는 거라 할 거야, yah

swineun geora hal geoya, yah

What’s this? What’s this?

What’s this? What’s this?

공상 속 다이빙 모두 날 위한 swim

gongsang sok daibing modu nal wihan swim

Like this, like this

Like this, like this

모든 나의 발자취와 나의 fantasy

modeun naui baljachwiwa naui fantasy

If I want something (oh, oh, oh)

If I want something (oh, oh, oh)

If I want something now (ooh)

If I want something now (ooh)

If I want something (something, yeah)

If I want something (something, yeah)

If I want something now

If I want something now

That’s a daydream

That’s a daydream

(They dream, they dream)

(They dream, they dream)

Daydream, daydream (no, no, no, no, no)

Daydream, daydream (no, no, no, no, no)

That’s a daydream (no, no, yeah)

That’s a daydream (no, no, yeah)

Daydream, daydream (daydream)

Daydream, daydream (daydream)

Daydream, daydream

Daydream, daydream

Wake up

Wake up

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What is "Daydream" by j-hope about?

A track from Jack in the Box where the BTS rapper maps the quiet friction between public effort and private longing. What sticks is how the daydream isn't an escape but a confrontation. He's not wishing for fame or success; he's wishing on a scar, on a sky, on the simple, impossible fact of a sun or moonlight.

Who performs "Daydream"?

j-hope performs "Daydream", and this lyric page sits inside the j-hope catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Daydream"?

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Are there related songs to explore after "Daydream"?

Yes. The related section below points to Pandora's Box and STOP (세상에 나쁜 사람은 없다) with a short reason for opening each page next.

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