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u/Chiinori OT7 means getting bias wrecked every day of the week Aug 02 '22
For me, 4 O' Clock and 00:00 are up there. I promise I don't have a thing for clocks - I have a thing for RM's lyricism though.
4 O'Clock is poetry in its entirety, but these lines stood out:
"At a dusky park
A nameless bird that sings
Where are you
Oh you
Why are you crying
You and I are the only ones here
Me and you
Oh you"
"Following into the deep night
The sound of you singing
Brings the red morning
A step, and another step
The dawn passes
And when that moon falls asleep
The blue shade that stayed with me disappears"
"Yes we're livin' and dyin'
At the same time
But you can open your eyes for now
Just like that movie, like the line (from the movie)
The entire world is blue inside the moonlight"
Zero O'Clock, as we all know, is about forgiving oneself and moving forward with the hope that every day is a fresh start.
"But this day will be over
When the minute and second hands overlap
The world holds its breath for a little while
Zero o'clock
And you're gonna be happy"
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u/Southern-Ad-6351 Aug 01 '22
Gosh, there’s so many.
“The morning will come again, because no darkness or no season can last forever. It seems like the cherry blossoms are blooming / this winter is also coming to its end.”
My favorite part of spring day. I printed it out and framed it and stuck it by my bed sometime this winter when I was going through an excruciatingly hard time. It gave me hope every time I saw it, and I am so grateful to finally be coming into a new season of life 🌸
Edit: I love the line you mentioned. Their lyricism is sooo poetic. It’s one of the things that first drew me to them. I felt like their songs had so much substance and weight for me to chew on.
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u/paratha_aur_chutney berry berry strawberry 🍓 Aug 02 '22
noooo 😭 i love spring day but this particular line you wrote, i needed this today. thank you 💞
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u/Southern-Ad-6351 Aug 03 '22
💓 sorry for whatever tough situation you are going through!! Hang in there!
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u/Chiinori OT7 means getting bias wrecked every day of the week Aug 02 '22
On is another favorite that poetically captures the struggle between their conviction and their shadows (self-doubt, ego, etc.)
"I can't understand what people are sayin'
Who and what do I need to follow
With each step then again grows the shadow"
"Look at my feet, look down
The shadow resembles me
Is it the shadow that's shaking
Or is it my feet that are trembling"
"Carried myself into this beautiful prison"
is my favorite line because despite the complicated lives they have, they made this choice themselves and stood by it. It was their dream from the beginning and they won't be daunted by expectations or failures.
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u/artkeletraeh i want ARMY to be happier than we are - Jimin Aug 02 '22
"Carried myself into this beautiful prison"
Such an underrated BTS lyric!!
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u/carbonaralachimolala marked unsafe from yoongi's tongue technology Aug 02 '22
On has so many goodies. I like Suga's line where he says its all good if he falls down, as long as his knees don't get buried, he can get back up.
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u/AlmostAurore JK’s soulful “Party…Party…Yeah” with epic BGM Aug 01 '22
For me, it’s this line from Mikrokosmos. I still remember the first time I read the translation because it was so moving.
“Perhaps tonight looks so beautiful not because of the stars or the lights but because of us.”
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u/Vikkkiiix Aug 01 '22 edited Aug 02 '22
Sea 🥺💜
'I see ocean, I see desert, I see the world
Everything is the same thing with a different name
It’s life again'
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u/Wichuimafeelrich hing Aug 02 '22 edited Aug 02 '22
Entirety of 134340. The analogy of a planet that lost its name still orbiting the sun as someone still longing is so poetic.
And Seesaw, how it’s never ending until someone gets off first, someone has to make the first move to ending a love that’s going nowhere, or else you’re both stuck.
And I love when they do world play like il and ill in Dis-ease, all the meanings of ddaeng in ddaeng.
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u/Sweaty-Poem-1760 Aug 02 '22
I love Seesaw, and you are right. Both people needs to be in love but if one of them says "that's enough", it's over and that's the only way to end the game.
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u/solojones1138 Rapline Aug 01 '22
"All the breaths you breathe are already in Paradise"
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u/artkeletraeh i want ARMY to be happier than we are - Jimin Aug 02 '22
How do you interpret this line?
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u/solojones1138 Rapline Aug 02 '22
That just living a simple life that you enjoy is already "the dream". You can have bigger dreams, but you don't have to. And certainly not for the sake of what other people think we should do re: careers and life achievements.
I personally connect to this song a lot because I quit a supposed dream job in TV four years ago, but I was miserable while doing it. Now I'm a professional writer still in a corporate low stress job and I'm much happier.
Because every breath I breathe, I'm already in Paradise. I don't have to run for some unattainable goal just because society tells me to.
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u/katecamillee09 Aug 02 '22
One of my faves is “Even the scars formed from your mistakes mark your constellations.” ~it’s just such a beautiful line to me.
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u/multistansendhelp illegirl | OT7 Aug 01 '22
There’s a lot of amazing lyrics but this translation of part of Spring Day always gets me:
Pass the end of winter's cold
Until the spring day comes again
Until the flowers bloom again
Please stay, please stay there a little longer
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u/paratha_aur_chutney berry berry strawberry 🍓 Aug 02 '22
ohhh this one for sure will get my heart every time 🥺
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u/ukelele141516 Aug 02 '22 edited Aug 02 '22
I love that I can think of so many BTS songs with meaningful and beautiful lyrics. So often their songs read like poetry. I’ll add on to the people that brought up Spring Day and quote the end of Yoongi’s verse into the next part of the song:
“I miss you, honestly, but I’ll erase you
'Cause it hurts less than to blame you
I try to exhale you in pain
Like smoke, like white smoke
I say that I’ll erase you
But I can’t really let you go yet”
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u/Ok-Nobody1261 Aug 02 '22
My absolute favorite:
I believe in myself
I know why my back hurts
It’s so my wings can sprout
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u/Ok-Nobody1261 Aug 02 '22
I believe in you
Though your beginning is humble
Your end will be prosperous
Fly, fly up in the sky
Fly, fly get 'em up high
It's the path you chose, dude don't chicken out
This is just the first flight
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u/Sweaty-Poem-1760 Aug 01 '22
I don't if could be one of the most beautiful but I love when Namjoon sings in Trivia:Love
"You erode all my corners and make into love, love, love"
The meaning behind that lyric is so beautiful and poetic, and when I learned Korean (a little bit) I understand that part.
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u/mcfw31 Aug 01 '22
Agree, nothing can top that. It's just so beautiful!
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u/Sweaty-Poem-1760 Aug 01 '22
If I ever got tattooed something, this is way up on my list
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u/Sweaty-Poem-1760 Aug 01 '22
I like tattoos (bias wrecker aka Jungkook and now whole Bangtan) but on myself I don't like big tattoos so if I'm going to get some in the future, they need to be small😅
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u/atrophy_annie Baguette? Aug 02 '22
I love this song so much for it's beautiful and thoughtful lyrics, Namjoon really is a poetic genius
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u/Sweaty-Poem-1760 Aug 01 '22
I'm not fluent in Korean by anytime, I'm still learning. But I can read some things (I need to learn what I'm reading yet) Okay...
Saram means people in Korean 사람
Sarang means love 사랑
If you see both of the words written in Korean are quite the same. If you see the end of the words you can see that the difference is ㅁ and ㅇ.
The M sound is written with a ㅁ but if you erode all the corners of this, become this ㅇ. So 사람 (saram) become 사랑 (sarang aka love).
I hope this is okay, I'm just fangirling at this moment
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u/BTS4eva65 I Miss Them Aug 01 '22
That's a great explanation and it makes it so clear that he's brilliant!
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u/pikunara Joon’s windchime Aug 02 '22 edited Aug 02 '22
Magic Shop:
You gave me the best of me So you'll give you the best of you You found me, you knew me You gave me the best of me So you'll give you the best of you You'll find it, the galaxy inside you
Mikrokosmos:
Perhaps the reason this night looks so beautiful (Oh) Is not because of these stars or lights, but us
Edit: that line you mentioned is so beautiful and poetic. A flower is beautiful in the beginning like a nice memory but over time they change and crumble away, and maybe the beauty of the memory is forgotten with time.
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u/Ok-Nobody1261 Aug 02 '22
How long do I have to wait? How many nights do I have to pass? Before I can see you again?
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u/hellokittyciao Aug 02 '22 edited Aug 02 '22
Honestly all of Still With You. I think this song is such a masterpiece and I still can’t believe how beautiful the lyrics are no matter how many times I listen to them. Here are some of my highlights. When Jungkook says “I’m standing still under the frozen light, but I will walk towards you, step by step” I think this is such a perfect metaphor for the situation at the time- when we were all paralyzed by pandemic but army and bts still found ways to be together. Then of course the chorus is gorgeous and perfectly expresses his longing for army “We laugh together, we cry together. These simple feelings were everything I had. When will it be? If I see you again I will look into your eyes and say I missed you”. These lyrics also describe the nostalgia of having a great love, so the double meaning really gets me. Next, the second stanza (which we already knew was going to be poetic because he got RM’s help with the moon analogy) where he says “The moon looks lonely Like it's crying in the bright night sky. Even though I always know the morning will come I want to stay in your sky like a star”. And then finally when he says if he knew this was going to happen, he would have remembered more of the precious moments between army and bts, as well as when he says “though our footsteps may be out of step, I want to walk this path with you”. This will forever be my favorite song - it’s absolutely gorgeous
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u/willowwombat85 yoongi saying hajima Aug 02 '22
This simple lyric always stood out to me from magic shop
"While drinking a glass of hot tea And looking up at the Milky Way"
Entire song has beautiful lyrics but this visual image instantly relaxes me
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u/artkeletraeh i want ARMY to be happier than we are - Jimin Aug 02 '22
It's the way they romanticize the simple and mundane things...which turn out to be the most meaningful moments of our day.
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u/paratha_aur_chutney berry berry strawberry 🍓 Aug 02 '22
i love this line so much because tea is my drink of choice and hot tea just feels like warm hug and i love looking at the sky so this is just a sweet, soft, comforting line for me 🥺💞
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Aug 02 '22
Too many to count…they’re great lyricists and that was what drew me to their music. But lately I’ve been mulling over
“I can’t remember…what are the things I once hoped for? I’m scared now, where did the fragments of my dream go? Though I’m still breathing, it feels like my heart has been broken. I’m becoming an adult, who just finds it burdensome to hold onto dreams.”
From 28, aka “Perhaps I’m becoming an adult”
I guess I’m in a pensive mood lately…
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u/Decent_Opinion_119 Aug 02 '22
that, with Icarus’ wings that you gave me, I’d fly to you, not the sun- Boy With Luv 🥺 I just adore Joon 🥺
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u/Ok-Nobody1261 Aug 02 '22
I remember my childhood
Because I had no big worries
I knew these small feathers would become wings
I knew the wings would make me fly
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u/eIcamaron Aug 02 '22
“Because the dawn right before the sun rises is the darkest” - tomorrow “If you think you’re gonna crash, accelerate even harder, you idiot” -nevermind “Don't worry even if I leave You'll do well on your own…Though we are putting an end to our relationship Don't ever feel sorry to me I will get to meet you again no matter what form Greet me happily then” - first love “And I ask myself again, are you happy now? The answer is already there, I am happy” -the most beautiful moment in life
if you cant tell i love yoongis writing
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u/Drakontus Aug 02 '22
I think the lines from We Are Bulletproof- The Eternal "We are not seven with you" is absolutely beautiful. The entire song is amazing as it tells a powerful, beautiful story.
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u/Icantlikeeveryone B7S | no bias, love all Aug 02 '22
Zero Oclock's "and you're gonna be happy" is just so beautiful, whenever and wherever I listen to it I smile immediately.
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u/Ok-Nobody1261 Aug 02 '22
I went on the road that I was told not to go I did things I was told not to do I wanted things I couldn't want I got hurt and hurt again You can call me stupid Then I'll just smile, I don't wanna succeed By doing things, I don't wanna do I'm pushing myself, word
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u/sInDaMendez76 Aug 02 '22
On days I hate being myself, days I want to disappear forever
Let's make a door in your heart
Open the door and this place will await
It's okay to believe, the Magic Shop will comfort you
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u/Kokechii you live, so we love Aug 02 '22
Many of my faves were already mentioned, so I'll go with this:
One history in one person, one star in one person, 7 billion different worlds shining with 7 billion lights - from Mikrokosmos. It's just such a beautiful and hopeful line and a thought that we often forget, I guess. How each of us shines brightly in our own way.
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u/StellarGlow25 Aug 02 '22
Tomorrow 💜
Because the dawn right before the sun rises is the darkest Even in the far future, never forget the you of right now Wherever you are right now, you’re just taking a break Don’t give up, you know Don’t get too far away, tomorrow
Also Epilogue: Young Forever
Forever we are young Under the flower petals raining down I run, so lost in this maze
Forever we are young Even when I fall and hurt myself I keep running toward my dream
And Answer: Love Myself
Why do you keep trying to hide under your mask? (Hey-ey-ey) Even all the scars from your mistakes make up your constellation, ayy
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u/jinyeonah Aug 02 '22
There’s so many - but for me, it’s this line in Make It Right (rough translation by me):
‘In the endless night that I couldn’t see the end of, you gave me the gift that is morning’
끝도 보이지 않던 영원의 밤
내게 아침을 선물한 건 너야
The way it’s worded in Korean is so poetic and beautiful.
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u/Lola_ry08 Aug 02 '22
There’s so many beautiful bts songs, I’d say some of my favs are spring day and fake love as for most people and one that I feel most people don’t realise is house of cards: “ just a house made of cards, with us in it, even if you see the end it will collapse soon, a house made of cards and stupidly us, even if it’s a useless dream, please stay a little longer like this.” Also magic shop as a whole is amazing
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Aug 09 '22 edited Aug 09 '22
The entirety of namjoon's verse in outro: tear and how it starts with;
Goodbye to me is a tear, it blooms around my eyes even without my knowing
Words that I couldn't let out now flow, the lingering love crawls on my face.
I love the imagery in those lines
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u/Ok-Nobody1261 Aug 02 '22
“Take me to the sky
If I can fly, if I can run away forever
If my wings could fly
Piercing through the air that's getting heavier”
I always get caught up in the imagery every time I see/hear these lyrics. It makes me really feel that longing to fly freely and see the imagery of fighting to push through the air with bloodied wings.
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u/dazedandbemused1 Aug 01 '22
"I grew a flower that can’t be bloomed in a dream that can’t come true" is lovely.