BTS LYRICS

Adult Child

Romanization

Ah.. Ijae seu-musarindae
Maksang dwae bonikka.. Byulgeotdo eobgo,
Jeo ijae eotteokae haeya dwaeyo?

Seumusarigo joeun narigo
Jayu-eui momi dwaen geoya
Geundae igae mwoni amu-geotdo anijanna eoreuni dwaen geoya
Geunyang eoreuni dwaen geoya, geunyang eoreuni dwaen geoya
Pyeongbumhan eoreuni dwaen geoya, pyeongbumhan eoreuni dwaen naya
Eoreuni

Nugoon mu-seun daereul gago, nugoon goondaereul gago
Nugoon jaesooreul hago nugoon iljari-reul channae
Gajok-eui eorumanjim, geu dalkomhan romenseu-neun kkeut
Nameun gun geujeo seodureum-gwa seotureum-bbun
Gitteol-gateul juloman aratdeon seumusarae mugae
Ijaen bawiga dwae-eo jinnul-ryeo, seumusarae hu-hwae
Oh no! Ijae mak donghwachaek-eul ddwicheona-on Piteo Pan-deul
Cheo-eumbuteo obseotna-bwa Nebeorendeu-neun
Yakgan-eui haebang-gam, yakgan-eui ahntakka-um
Nasseon saesang-ae deuneun yakgan-eui ban-gam
Eemi seong-inini nan shichimi ttaego shipji
Jeolmeum-ini cheongchoon-ini da bujiri eobseo really
Eeyah.. Nae gasa bwaba cheoldeu-reosseo
Chwijik-han chingu-neun cheol daeshin seoryucheol deureosseo
Nan ae-eoreuni eotjiman ijaeneun eoreuna-i
Chaenggyeo juneun eommado eobseo, kkinireul georeundah

Seumusarigo joeun narigo
Jayu-eui momi dwaen geoya
Geundae igae mwoni amu-geotdo anijanna eoreuni dwaen geoya
Geunyang eoreuni dwaen geoya, geunyang eoreuni dwaen geoya
Pyeongbumhan eoreuni dwaen geoya, pyeongbumhan eoreuni dwaen naya
Eoreuni

Ee-shipdae namseong-eun pilhi batgae dwaeneun geot joong shimhi
Duryeo-oon goonipdae yeongjang, meolgae neukkeotdeon iri
Hyunshiri dawe eoril jeogae keomyeon tongil dwaelgurae
Radeun eomma malman cheolsseok-gachi mitgo isseotnae
But hyunshireun geonshilhan il-geubae hyeonyeok daesangja
Geon-gang-i meoljjeonghan chingudo sa-geubindaeyo nan wae
Sseulddae-eobsi geon-ganghagiman han geoya
Gukbang-eui euimu, geugun cheongchoon samangshingoya
Gukgaga injeonghan hawi ship-peuroreul shigihae shigi
Ggoatda-ool shigi nallini goondaereul gipihae gipi
Ishipdae, mwolhaedo hwaryeohal ddae
Ggoachi pin cheongchooneul bultae-ooryeo hanae
Jigyeo-un ipshireul machigo joreobhan soongan
Sahwaeran hakgyo-ae ipak hoo gangjae hyuhak
Danghagae dwaen ishipdae namseong-aegae yonggi-eui baksureul
Yookshibman gukgoon jangbyeong-aegaen gamsa-eui aksureul

Seumusari dwaego saesang-iraneun hakgyo
ae ipak-haetjiman geogin sunsaengnim-do eopdeorago
Nugoon jaesoo-ae nugoon gundael gagaetjiman
Ma-nyang soonsuhaet-deon i-ddaereul ijjima
Eoreun, geugeo byulgeo aninikka
Eoreun, geugeo byul geo aninikka
Geugo byul geo aninikka
Jinjja byul geo aninikka

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Ah.. I'm 20 now
Now that I'm actually 20.. It's nothing special
So what am I supposed to do now?

I'm 20 (now) and it's a good day
I've become a free body
But what is this, there's nothing to it I've only become an adult
I've only become an adult, I've only become an adult
I've only become an average adult, The average adult is what I've become
An adult

Some have gone to whichever college, some have gone off to military service
Some are repeating a grade and some are looking for work
The tender touch of our families, that sweet romance has come at its end
Haste and clumsiness are all what's left
The weight of being 20, I thought would be like a feather
Now it's a boulder that pins me down, the regret at age 20
Oh no! All the Peter Pans who've freshly jumped out of fairytale books
It must've never existed from the start, this Neverland they dream about
A little sense of liberation, a little sense of regret (for an unfulfilled wish or goal)
A little sense of hostility towards this world that's strange to me
Because I'm now an adult I want to keep a straight face and play it cool
Youth and naivete, they're both in vain, really
Eyah..Would you look at my lyrics, I've matured
A friend who's been hired is lifting files (T/N: 'seoryucheol') instead of being in season (T/N: 'cheol', literal translation of colloquial phrase for 'growing up')
I was once a young adult but now I'm an adult child
Mom's not around to take care of me, I'm skipping meals

I'm 20 (now) and it's a good day
I've become a free body
But what is this, there's nothing to it I've only become an adult
I've only become an adult, I've only become an adult
I've only become an average adult, The average adult is what I've become
An adult

What every men in their 20s experience is a deep sense of remorse
Fearing military draft notes, the things that once felt so far away
Become reality. They said "[North and South Korea] would be unified by the time you've grown up"
That's what mom said and I had completely believed her.
But the reality is that [I'm] an able-bodied first-rate soldier material
This friend who's perfectly healthy is a fourth-rate so why am I [first-rate]? (T/N: referring to physical examination results for drafts, those with low rates are excused from service)
How could I be so uselessly healthy
Civil duties? it's a juvenile death sentence
I envy and envy the nation's lowest 10%
It blows away this flowery adolescence, I'm evading military service
The roaring 20s, time when everything is luscious
They try to set fire to flower-blossomed youth
The moment I graduated after the hellish exams
I attend another school, its name is Society
Applause for courage to malesin their 20s who were forced to break from Society
And a handshake of gratitude to the nation's 60,000 officers and men of the armed forces

Turned 20 and started attending a school, its name is Life
But there were no teachers there
Some will repeat a grade and some will be drafted
But do not forget this time of blissful ignorance
Adulthood, it's nothing, really
Adulthood, it's nothing, really
It's nothing like how it seems, really
Really, it's nothing like how it seems

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