A late-night confession about a love that feels like suffocation.
There's a quiet vanity in admitting you're this undone by someone.
The lyric holds onto the drama of it, the 'I bame' where the world sleeps and this feeling won't.
Lyric guide
Stress
A late-night confession about a love that feels like suffocation.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
TAEYEON's 'Stress' and the cigarettes that follow
A late-night confession about a love that feels like suffocation.
You got me smoking cigarettes
There's a quiet vanity in admitting you're this undone by someone. The lyric holds onto the drama of it, the 'I bame' where the world sleeps and this feeling won't.
The phrase 'You got me smoking cigarettes' isn't just a habit. It's the physical proof of a mind that can't settle, a cheap, tangible thing to do when everything else feels out of control. The song answers that pressure with a blunt, almost defeated admission.
It's such a plain, worn-out image for chaos. That's what makes it stick, the stress isn't poetic, it's just a bad habit you can see.
The way 'Oh, blah-blah-blah' cuts through the internal noise feels like a real gesture of frustration.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "I bame"
the pull of "You got me smoking cigarettes"
the pull of "Oh, blah-blah-blah"
Lyrics
Stress
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Hwagana waenji oh nae mam gipsugi
Kkok gamchwoon mari tteoolla
Meoril maemdoneun neol tok ssoneun hanmadil
Naebaetji moshae, nadapji anhge
Neol dulleossan modu-ui mal
(Oh, blah-blah-blah)
Geu nuga bwado neon neon neomu nappeun namjande
Babocheoreom nan wae kkeullin geolkka
Ah ne jinsireun dareul ji molla
Ah nae jinsimeul deullyeojulkka
You got me smoking cigarettes
I'm in stress baby
Sumi kkwak makhyeo ojanha
Gaseumi dugeundae, geunde
Neol tteoollilsurok baby
Jamdeun nae mam kkaewojwo
Nega tteooreuneun I bame
Sesangi kkamkkamhae jil ttae
Tteollineun I mam jeonhallae oh
Ne gyeoteseo beoseonal suga eopseo
Eojjeoda ireohge kkeullyeona?
Chimyeongjeogin hyanggi sok yuhok
Gappajin heartbeat, gimyohan ikkeullim
Geobuhagien gangryeolhae
Gakkeumssigeun, geu heunhan mal
(Oh, blah-blah-blah)
Pyeongbeomhan gobaegi geu sarangui soksagimi
Saljjak bureopgido han naya
Ah eolmana deo gidaryeojugil bara
Ah wae neoman nae mameul molla
You got me smoking cigarettes
I'm in stress baby
Sumi kkwak makhyeo ojanha
Gaseumi dugeundae, geunde
Neol tteoollilsurok baby
Jamdeun nae mam kkaewojwo
Nega tteooreuneun I bame
Sesangi kkamkkamhae jil ttae
Tteollineun I mam jeonhallae oh
Ne gyeoteseo beoseonal suga eopseo
Gipeojin bam
Nega meomuldeon geu jari
Gipge seumyeodeun janhyange
Nado moreuge ne ireum hanbeon soksagyeo
Nae ane jitge beeobeorin geurimja
Tto peojyeonaganeun neoran kkeullime na
Heeonal su eopseo nan
You got me smoking cigarettes
I'm in stress baby
Na jigeum michil geot gata
Gibuni tto seolleyeo,
Wae? Neol chaewogalsurok baby
Jeomjeom deo wonhajanha
Nega tteooreuneun I bame
Sesangi modu jamdeul ttae
Aetaneun I mam jeonhallae oh
Ne gyeoteseo beoseonal suga eopseo
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What is "Stress" by TAEYEON about?
A late-night confession about a love that feels like suffocation. There's a quiet vanity in admitting you're this undone by someone. The lyric holds onto the drama of it, the 'I bame' where the world sleeps and this feeling won't.
Who performs "Stress"?
TAEYEON performs "Stress", and this lyric page sits inside the TAEYEON catalog on LyroVerse.
Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Stress"?
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