BTS - LYRICS

"Skit: On The Start Line"

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Ah-ah

yeonseupsaeng
Trainee

eojjibomyeon na jacheijiman
In many ways, this term defines my existence,

mworago hyeongyonghal su eobtneun georeon mal
but at the same time it is a term that I can never truly explain.

eodingae sokhajido anhgo
A period of time, a state of transition

geureohdago mueongareul hago ittjido
where I could neither belong anywhere

geureon shigi gwadogi
nor do anything.

naega geu yeonseupsaeng shinbuneuro
The biggest concerns I had living as a trainee

salmyeonseo gajang gongyongseureowottdeon geon
were the questions of friends and family

chincheokdeulgwa chingudeurye eonje naolgeonyago
"When are you going to come out?"

debwi eonjehal geonyago haneun geureon
"When are you going to debut?"

geu jilmun deurieottda
Questions like these.

naneun dabeul hal suga eobseottda
I couldn't give them an answer,

waenyamyeon nado meoreunikka
because I didn't know either

nado geu dabeul al su eobseunikka
Because such answers were unknowable.

jashingamgwa nae daehal hwakshineul gatgo
Though I came here through a certain confidence

i gose wattjiman
and belief in myself,

nareul gidarideon geon jeongmal dareun hyeonshil
what awaited me was a different kind of reality:

ajikdo samnyeoni jinan jigeumdo
Even now, after three years have passed,

naega nagamyeon gayogyereul jeongbokhaebeorigettda
even as I occasionally gain the self-certainty to think things like

hal su isseul geot gatda ireon hwakshinmeul chatdagado
"once I debut, I will conquer the music industry",

maksang PDnimdeulgwa seonsaengnimdeulkke honnago namyeon
whenever I hear the criticisms of the producers and teachers

naega jeongmal amugeotdo anin geot gateun
I am again overwhelmed by the realization that I am nothing,

jeongmal meonjibakke andwengeot gateun geureon
that I am as inconsequential as a speck of dust.

kkog machi nae ape pureureun badaga ittdagado
It's as if though before me lies the bluest ocean,

dwireul dorabomyeon
and if I turn to look back,

hwangryanghan samagi nal gidarineun geot gateun geu gibun
a vast desert awaits me.

jeongmal geureon moraeshigye gateun
In this hourglass-like mindset,

geu gibun sogeseo
in this mood,

naneun nae yeonseupsaeng samnyeoneul bonaettda
I spent my three years as a trainee.

geurigo naneun jigeum debwireul apdugo
And now, my debut is finally drawing near.

nega debwireul
Even after I debut,

ama dareun badawa dareun samagi nareul gidarigo
new oceans and new deserts will likely await me.

geuchiman jogeumdo duryeoji anhda
I am not afraid,

bunmyeong jigeum nareul
because what has made me who I am

jigeum naega bon badawa geu samaginikka
are the oceans and deserts I have witnessed until this moment.

jeoldae itji anheul geoshida
I will never forget

naega bwattdeon geu badawa geu
the oceans and deserts I have seen.

naneun yeonseupsaenginikka
Because I am a trainee.