Heize - Hold Me Back (From Queen of Tears OST) Lyrics (Hangul / Romanized / English Translation) & Vocabulary Notes

Heize - Hold Me Back (From "Queen of Tears" OST)

🎵 Album: Queen of Tears (Original Television Soundtrack), Pt.3 - Single | 📅 Release: 2024-03-17

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Official Drama OST

Heize - Hold Me Back

Queen of Tears (눈물의 여왕) OST Part 3

Vocal: Heize • Release Date: March 17, 2024 • Label: Stone Music Entertainment

Verse 1

비겁해, 난 또 뒤돌아 너에게 등을져

bigeophae, nan tto dwidora neoege deungeuljyeo

So cowardly, I turn around once again and turn my back on you

지금도 이렇게 많은 말을 삼킨채

jigeumdo ireoke maneun mareul samkinchae

Even now, swallowing back so many unsaid words

단 한발자국 거리만 남긴채

dan hanbaljaguk georiman namginchae

Leaving just a single step of distance between us

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 비겁해 (bigeophae): Cowardly, mean-spirited — Expresses self-reproach for retreating instead of being honest.
• 등을 지다 (deungeul jida): To turn one's back on someone — An idiomatic expression meaning to walk away, avoid, or break faith with someone.
• 삼키다 (samkida): To swallow — In "말을 삼키다", it figuratively portrays holding back words you desperately wish to voice.
• 한발자국 (hanbaljaguk): One single footstep — Highlights the heartbreakingly fragile distance separating two lovers.

Verse 2

대답해, 나는 뭘 너에게 해주면 될까

daedaphae, naneun mwol neoege haejumyeon doelkka

Answer me, what should I do for you?

무섭게 너에게만을 향해 가는데

museopge neoegemaneul hyanghae ganeunde

Frighteningly, my heart heads toward you alone

저 앞에 니가 있는걸 아는데

jeo ape niga inneungeol aneunde

Even though I know you are standing right in front of me

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 대답해 (daedaphae): Answer me / reply to me — Casual imperative of 대답하다.
• 무섭게 (museopge): Terribly, frighteningly, fiercely — Used adverbially to denote the overwhelming, unstoppable force of their devotion.
• 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)".
• 향하다 (hyanghada): To head toward, face — Denotes relentless emotional heading toward one person.

Chorus

멈춰줘, 제발 나를 여기서

meomchwojwo, jebal nareul yeogiseo

Please stop me, right here

너에게 뛰어가는 날 멈춰줘

neoege ttwieoganeun nal meomchwojwo

Hold me back from running straight to you

나는 너를 잊는 법을

naneun neoreul inneun beobeul

Because I never learned how to forget you

니가 없는 나의 길은

niga eomneun naui gireun

Nor my own path without you

모르니

moreuni

Since I do not know

날 멈춰줘

nal meomchwojwo

Hold me back

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 멈춰줘 (meomchwojwo): Stop me / hold me back — Combination of 멈추다 (to stop) and -아/어 주다 (to do for someone). Represents the Korean title of the track.
• 제발 (jebal): Please / I beg you — Conveying profound desperation.
• 뛰어가다 (ttwieogada): To run toward — Symbolizes instinctual longing overcoming rational thought.
• 잊는 법 (inneun beop): The way of forgetting — ~는 법 expresses the technique or manner of doing an action.

Verse 3

소중해

sojunghae

You are precious

네겐 모든걸

negen modeungeol

To you, every single thing

다 주고 싶었어

da jugo sipeosseo

I wanted to give it all

미안해

mianhae

I am sorry

턱없이 모자란건 알지만

teogeopsi mojarangeon aljiman

Even though I know it is nowhere near enough

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 소중해 (sojunghae): Precious, dear — Derived from 소중하다, affirming deep love.
• 네겐 (negen): Contraction of "너에게는" (to you).
• 턱없이 (teogeopsi): Unreasonably, ridiculously, far too (lacking) — An adverb meaning far below standard or desperately insufficient.
• 모자라다 (mojarada): To fall short, be deficient — Reflects the character's remorse over not loving better.

Pre-Chorus

내 마음이 널 그리워해

nae maeumi neol geuriwohae

My heart misses you

아니 그립다 못해 아파해

ani geuripda mothae apahae

No, beyond missing you, it aches in pain

사소한 실랑이도

sasohan sillangido

Even our petty quarrels

죽을만큼 다툰 일도

jugeulmankeum datun ildo

Even the days we fought like life or death

난 이젠 없으면 안돼

nan ijen eopseumyeon andwae

Now, I cannot live without them

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 그립다 못해 (~다 못해): Past the point of missing — An expressive Korean grammatical pattern indicating an emotional state has reached its limit and boiled over into another consequence (pain).
• 실랑이 (sillangi): Minor squabble, bickering, tussle — Captures the everyday, tender friction of marital and romantic relationships.
• 죽을만큼 (jugeulmankeum): As if to die / intensely — Colloquial intensifier meaning "to an excruciating degree".
• 없으면 안돼 (eopseumyeon andwae): Cannot be without / I can't live without — Expresses indispensability.

Chorus

멈춰줘, 제발 나를 여기서

meomchwojwo, jebal nareul yeogiseo

Please stop me, right here

너에게 뛰어가는 날 멈춰줘

neoege ttwieoganeun nal meomchwojwo

Hold me back from running straight to you

나는 너를 잊는 법을

naneun neoreul inneun beobeul

Because I never learned how to forget you

니가 없는 나의 길은

niga eomneun naui gireun

Nor my own path without you

모르니

moreuni

Since I do not know

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 길 (gil): Path, road, way of life — Metaphor for one's future and life journey.
• 모르니 (moreuni): Since I don't know / don't you see I don't know? — Shortened causal ending from 모르다 + -(으)니.

Bridge

니가 없는 그 빈자릴 따라

niga eomneun geu binjaril ttara

Following along that empty space where you used to be

이 순간에도 난 너에게 가는 꿈을 꿔

i sunganedo nan neoege ganeun kkumeul kkwo

Even at this exact moment, I dream of walking toward you

난 또

nan tto

I, once again

나의 모두는 너의것

naui moduneun neouigeot

My everything belongs to you

내게 하나 남은건

naege hana nameungeon

The one single thing left for me

너의 이름 기억

neoui ireum gieok

Is the memory of your name

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 빈자리 (binjari): Empty seat / vacancy / void — Refers poignantly to Hong Hae-in's absence in Queen of Tears.
• 꿈을 꿔 (kkumeul kkwo): Dreaming a dream — Natural cognate object idiom in Korean (꿈을 꾸다).
• 너의것 (neouigeot): Yours / belonging to you — 너 (you) + 의 (possessive particle) + 것 (thing).
• 기억 (gieok): Memory, recollection — In Queen of Tears, memory loss is a central plot device, giving this line immense weight.

Outro

멈춰줘, 제발 나를 여기서

meomchwojwo, jebal nareul yeogiseo

Please stop me, right here

너에게 뛰어가는 날 멈춰줘

neoege ttwieoganeun nal meomchwojwo

Hold me back from running straight to you

나는 너를 잊는 법을

naneun neoreul inneun beobeul

Because I never learned how to forget you

니가 없는 나의 길은

niga eomneun naui gireun

Nor my own path without you

모르니

moreuni

Since I do not know

날 멈춰줘

nal meomchwojwo

Hold me back

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• 날 (nal): Contraction of 나를 (me as an object).
• 멈춰줘 (meomchwojwo): Serves as the lingering final plea, summarizing the song's core theme of helplessness against unconditional love.

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