BTS - Blood Sweat & Tears Lyrics (Hangul / Romanized / English Translation) & Vocabulary Notes

BTS - Blood Sweat & Tears

🎵 Album: Wings | 📅 Release: 2016-10-10

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Track Info

Blood Sweat & Tears (피 땀 눈물)

Released on October 10, 2016, as the lead single of BTS's legendary full-length album 'Wings', 'Blood Sweat & Tears' delivers a seductive fusion of moombahton and tropical house. Channeling literary motifs of temptation and maturity, the lyrics depict the agony and ecstasy of surrendering one's entirety to an irresistible force.

Chorus

내 피 땀 눈물 내 마지막 춤을 다 가져가 가

nae pi ttam nun-mul nae ma-ji-mak chu-meul da ga-jyeo-ga ga

My blood, sweat, and tears, take away my final dance, take it all

내 피 땀 눈물 내 차가운 숨을 다 가져가 가

nae pi ttam nun-mul nae cha-ga-un su-meul da ga-jyeo-ga ga

My blood, sweat, and tears, take away my cold breath, take it all

내 피 땀 눈물

nae pi ttam nun-mul

My blood, sweat, and tears

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 피 땀 눈물 (Pi ttam nun-mul): Blood, sweat, and tears — Represents a person's complete devotion, physical vitality, and deep vulnerability.
• * 마지막 (Ma-ji-mak): Final / Last — Expresses that this dance marks the ultimate climax or conclusion of oneself.
• * 가져가 (Ga-jyeo-ga): Take away — Derived from '가져가다' (to carry away/take), showing total surrender to the counterpart.
• * 숨 (Sum): Breath — Symbolizes vitality; paired with '차가운' (cold), it evokes a near-fatal chill of exhaustion.

Verse 1

내 피 땀 눈물도

nae pi ttam nun-mul-do

Even my blood, sweat, and tears

내 몸 마음 영혼도

nae mom ma-eum yeong-hon-do

Even my body, heart, and soul

너의 것인 걸 잘 알고 있어

neo-ui geo-sin geol jal al-go i-sseo

I know very well that they all belong to you

이건 나를 벌받게 할 주문

i-geon na-reul beol-bat-ge hal ju-mun

This is a spell that will bring punishment upon me

Peaches and cream

Sweeter than sweet

Chocolate cheeks

and chocolate wings

But 너의 날개는 악마의 것

But neo-ui nal-gae-neun ang-ma-ui geot

But your wings belong to the devil

너의 그 sweet 앞엔 bitter bitter

neo-ui geu sweet a-pen bitter bitter

In front of that sweetness of yours, it's bitter bitter

Kiss me 아파도 돼 어서 날 조여줘

Kiss me a-pa-do dwae eo-seo nal jo-yeo-jwo

Kiss me, it's okay if it hurts, hurry and tighten your hold on me

더 이상 아플 수도 없게

deo i-sang a-peul su-do eop-ge

So that I can't even hurt anymore

Baby 취해도 돼 이제 널 들이켜

Baby chwi-hae-do dwae i-je neol deu-ri-kyeo

Baby, it's okay to get drunk, now I drink you in

목 깊숙이 너란 위스키

mok gip-su-gi neo-ran wi-seu-ki

Deep down into my throat, a whiskey called you

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 영혼 (Yeong-hon): Soul / Spirit — Represents immaterial selfhood, emphasizing complete psychological submission alongside body and heart.
• * 주문 (Ju-mun): Spell / Incantation — Implies that the romantic attraction feels like an inescapable, fateful enchantment.
• * 벌받게 (Beol-bat-ge): To be punished — From '벌받다' (receive punishment); accepting divine or moral retribution for pursuing forbidden pleasure.
• * 악마 (Ang-ma): Devil / Demon — An allusion to Demian's Abraxas and fallen angels, combining light and darkness.
• * 조여줘 (Jo-yeo-jwo): Tighten / Choke — Imperative form of '조이다', intensifying the paradoxical desire to be constricted until numb.
• * 들이켜 (Deu-ri-kyeo): Gulp down / Drink in — Used when rapidly consuming liquor, visualizing intoxication with the partner's presence.

Chorus

내 피 땀 눈물 내 마지막 춤을 다 가져가 가

nae pi ttam nun-mul nae ma-ji-mak chu-meul da ga-jyeo-ga ga

My blood, sweat, and tears, take away my final dance, take it all

내 피 땀 눈물 내 차가운 숨을 다 가져가 가

nae pi ttam nun-mul nae cha-ga-un su-meul da ga-jyeo-ga ga

My blood, sweat, and tears, take away my cold breath, take it all

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 다 (Da): All / Completely — An adverb highlighting an absolute surrender without withholding a single drop.
• * 차가운 (Cha-ga-un): Cold / Frigid — Sensory description expressing a sense of numbness and draining life force.

Post-Chorus

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you so, so, so very much

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you so, so, so very much

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 원해 (Won-hae): (I) want / desire — Present tense informal form of '원하다'. Shows pure craving.
• * 많이 (Man-i): A lot / Much — Pronounced [ma-ni]; repetition emphasizes an overwhelming, almost unquenchable obsession.

Verse 2

아파도 돼 날 묶어줘 내가 도망칠 수 없게

a-pa-do dwae nal muk-eo-jwo nae-ga do-mang-chil su eop-ge

It's fine if it hurts, tie me up so that I cannot escape

꽉 쥐고 날 흔들어줘 내가 정신 못 차리게

kkwak gwi-go nal heun-deu-reo-jwo nae-ga jeong-sin mot cha-ri-ge

Grip me tight and shake me so that I can't regain my senses

Kiss me on the lips lips 둘만의 비밀

Kiss me on the lips lips dul-man-ui bi-mil

Kiss me on the lips lips, a secret just between the two of us

너란 감옥에 중독돼 깊이

neo-ran gam-o-ge jung-dok-dwae gi-pi

Deeply addicted to the prison that is you

니가 아닌 다른 사람 섬기지 못해

ni-ga a-nin da-reun sa-ram seom-gi-ji mot-hae

I can serve no one other than you

알면서도 삼켜버린 독이 든 성배

al-myeon-seo-do sam-kyeo-beo-rin dog-i deun seong-bae

A poisoned chalice that I swallowed even while knowing

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 내가 (Nae-ga): I (subject form) — Combined from '나' (I) + subject particle '가'. Contrast with '니가'.
• * 니가 (Ni-ga): Informal spoken form of '네가' meaning 'You (subject)'. Pronounced 'Ni-ga' in spoken Korean to easily distinguish from '내가 (Nae-ga = I)'.
• * 묶어줘 (Muk-eo-jwo): Tie me up / Bind me — From '묶다' (to tie/bind) + '-어 주다' (do for me).
• * 정신 못 차리게 (Jeong-sin mot cha-ri-ge): So that I can't come to my senses / stay lucid — Idiom describing extreme daze or delirium.
• * 감옥 (Gam-ok): Prison / Jail — Metaphor for an entrapment born of unconditional devotion.
• * 섬기지 못해 (Seom-gi-ji mot-hae): Cannot serve / revere — '섬기다' is religious or royal terminology (worship/serve a deity/monarch), elevating devotion to sacral levels.
• * 독이 든 성배 (Dog-i deun seong-bae): Poisoned holy grail / chalice — Classical literary trope indicating a fatal yet irresistible prize.

Chorus

내 피 땀 눈물 내 마지막 춤을 다 가져가 가

nae pi ttam nun-mul nae ma-ji-mak chu-meul da ga-jyeo-ga ga

My blood, sweat, and tears, take away my final dance, take it all

내 피 땀 눈물 내 차가운 숨을 다 가져가 가

nae pi ttam nun-mul nae cha-ga-un su-meul da ga-jyeo-ga ga

My blood, sweat, and tears, take away my cold breath, take it all

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 춤 (Chum): Dance — Derived from '추다' (to dance); here symbolizes artistic passion and physical expenditure.
• * 눈물 (Nun-mul): Tears — Literally 'eye water', capturing sorrow, catharsis, and sacrifice.

Post-Chorus

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you so, so, so very much

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot

원해 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이 많이

won-hae man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i man-i

I want you so, so, so very much

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 많이 (Man-i): Repetition here mimics an incantation or hypnotic trance, mirroring the narrator's loss of control.

Bridge

나를 부드럽게 죽여줘

na-reul bu-deu-reop-ge jug-yeo-jwo

Kill me softly

너의 손길로 눈 감겨줘

neo-ui son-gil-ro nun gam-gyeo-jwo

Close my eyes with your touch

어차피 거부할 수조차 없어

eo-cha-pi geo-bu-hal su-jo-cha eop-seo

I can't even refuse anyway

더는 도망갈 수조차 없어

deo-neun do-mang-gal su-jo-cha eop-seo

I can't even run away anymore

니가 너무 달콤해 너무 달콤해

ni-ga neo-mu dal-kom-hae neo-mu dal-kom-hae

Because you are so sweet, so sweet

너무 달콤해서

neo-mu dal-kom-hae-seo

Because you are too sweet

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 부드럽게 (Bu-deu-reop-ge): Softly / Gently — Adverb from '부드럽다', forming an oxymoron when paired with '죽여줘' (kill me).
• * 손길 (Son-gil): Touch / Hands — The warmth or gesture of someone's hand.
• * 눈 감겨줘 (Nun gam-gyeo-jwo): Close my eyes — Causative form ('감기다'), evoking the ritual of closing a departed soul's eyelids.
• * 어차피 (Eo-cha-pi): Anyway / In any case — Connotes resignation to unavoidable fate.
• * 거부할 (Geo-bu-hal): To refuse / resist — Future attributive form of '거부하다' (reject/resist).
• * 달콤해서 (Dal-kom-hae-seo): Because [it/you] is sweet — '달콤하다' expresses rich sweetness, while '-아서/어서' provides the reason for total surrender.

Outro

내 피 땀 눈물

nae pi ttam nun-mul

My blood, sweat, and tears

내 피 땀 눈물

nae pi ttam nun-mul

My blood, sweat, and tears

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 피 땀 눈물 (Pi ttam nun-mul): The fading final whispers echo the central thesis: youth awakening into adulthood through agonizing trial and sacrifice.

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