A song about trying to outrun a darkness that feels like it's in your blood.
The darkness here isn't metaphorical scenery.
It's physical, described as flowing 'in my veins' and making even dreams heavy.
Lyric guide
Antidote
A song about trying to outrun a darkness that feels like it's in your blood.
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Editor's note
Kang Daniel's Antidote and the long night
A song about trying to outrun a darkness that feels like it's in your blood.
iksukhan weroumeun deo jitge kkeuteopshi heulleo in my veins
The darkness here isn't metaphorical scenery. It's physical, described as flowing 'in my veins' and making even dreams heavy. That turns the search for an antidote from a wish into a medical emergency.
The plea 'I'm begging for the Antidote / kkaekkeushi jiweojweo' isn't just asking for relief. It's asking to be erased completely, to have the whole thing wiped clean. There's a specific exhaustion in wanting the night to end not with dawn, but with total disappearance.
Calling the weariness 'iksukhan', stubborn or persistent, and having it flow endlessly in the veins makes the fatigue feel like a permanent condition, not just a bad mood.
The way 'Please let me go' hangs in the air after the more frantic 'I tried to run away' makes the surrender feel heavier.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "in my veins"
the pull of "I'm begging for the Antidote / kkaekkeushi jiweojweo"
the pull of "Please let me go"
Lyrics
Antidote
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chagaun jeokmak soge gachin bam
bangeul dwi deopeun geurimja
sumshwil teum eopshi
nareul joyeooneun deot
Oh-oh, oh, oh
I try to run
I tried to run away
sorido eopshi nal gwerobhil ttae
sumshwigi jocha duryeoweo
Can’t take no more
chojeomeul ireobeorin
nunbichi heogongeul barabol ttae, yeah
geotjabeul sudo eopshi
on mome peojyeo deo jidokhage
I’m looking for the Antidote
i bameul kkeunnaejweo
I’m begging for the Antidote
kkaekkeushi jiweojweo
Please let me go
gin eodum sok nal kkeonaejweo
Just let me go
I’m looking for the Antidote
nae juwil nalkarobge dulleossa
sumi geochireojyeoga
geu ane gachin chaero
wanjeonhi nal Close
Oh, iksukhan weroumeun deo jitge
kkeuteopshi heulleo in my veins
jamkkane kkumjocha jiteun eodum sok
wemyeonhaebeorin sangcheoneun
galsurok gipeojigiman hae, yeah
umjigil sudo eopshi
deo janinhago tto jidokhage
I’m looking for the Antidote
i bameul kkeunnaejweo
I’m begging for the Antidote
kkaekkeushi jiweojweo
Please let me go
gin eodum sok nal kkeonaejweo
Just let me go
I’m looking for the Antidote
Yeah, yeah
eoduun bame na hollo
hangyechireul neomeoseon dok
kkeuchi eomneun eodum And that’s real talk
mom burim chineun geotto
muimihaejineun got
jidokhan bamdeureul eoseo jiweojweo Antidote
I’m looking for the Antidote
i bameul kkeunnaejweo
I’m begging for the Antidote
kkaekkeushi jiweojweo
Please let me go
gin eodum sok nal kkeonaejweo
Just let me go
I’m looking for the Antidote
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What is "Antidote" by Kang Daniel about?
A song about trying to outrun a darkness that feels like it's in your blood. The darkness here isn't metaphorical scenery. It's physical, described as flowing 'in my veins' and making even dreams heavy.
Who performs "Antidote"?
Kang Daniel performs "Antidote", and this lyric page sits inside the Kang Daniel catalog on LyroVerse.
Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Antidote"?
Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "Kang Daniel's Antidote and the long night", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
Are there related songs to explore after "Antidote"?
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Where can I find more songs by Kang Daniel?
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