TWICE - I CANT STOP ME Lyrics (Hangul / Romanized / English Translation) & Vocabulary Notes

TWICE - I CAN'T STOP ME

🎵 Album: Eyes wide open | 📅 Release: 2020-10-26

🇰🇷 Hangul 🗣️ Romanization 💬 English Translation 📚 Vocab Notes

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Lead Single • Synthwave Retro Pop

TWICE (트와이스) – I CAN'T STOP ME

I CAN'T STOP ME is the chart-topping lead single from TWICE's acclaimed 2020 studio album Eyes wide open. Blending pulsating 80s synth-wave baselines with dramatic retro melodies, the song captures the agonizing thrill of standing on the edge of the forbidden—knowing a line shouldn't be crossed, yet feeling utterly powerless to stop oneself.

[Verse 1]

알람이 울려대 Ring ring a ling

Allami ullyeodae Ring ring a ling

The alarm keeps blaring, ring ring a ling

서로의 눈길이 닿을 때마다

Seoroui nungiri daeul ttaemada

Every single time our gazes meet

알면서 빙빙 도는데

Almyeonseo bingbing doneunde

Even though I know it, I just circle around

점점 다가가잖아 I know it's too late

Jeomjeom dagagajana I know it's too late

Yet step by step I move closer, I know it's too late

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 울려대다 (ullyeodaeda): To keep ringing or sounding continuously and annoyingly (combines 울리다 'to ring' + -어 대다 'repeatedly/incessantly').
• * 눈길 (nungil): Glance, gaze, or eye contact. Formed by 눈 (eye) + 길 (path).
• * 빙빙 돌다 (bingbing dolda): To circle around repeatedly; an onomatopoeic/mimetic expression describing hesitation or avoidance.
• * 다가가다 (dagagada): To approach, step closer to something or someone.

[Pre-Chorus]

마음속으로는 다 알고 있잖아

Maeumsogeuroneun da algo itjana

Deep inside my heart, I already know it all

결국에는 선을 넘게 될 거라는 걸

Gyeolgugeneun seoneul neomge doel georaneun geol

That ultimately, I'm bound to cross the line

I'm warning myself

너 그러면 안 돼

Neo geureomyeon an dwae

You shouldn't be doing this

매분 매초 내 맘이 내 맘을 추월해

Maebun maecho nae mami nae mameul chuwolhae

Every minute, every second, my desire overtakes my mind

Out of control

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 선을 넘다 (seoneul neomda): Literally 'to cross a line'; an idiom meaning to cross boundaries or go beyond what is morally permissible.
• * 그러면 안 돼 (geureomyeon an dwae): 'You must not do that' / 'You shouldn't act like that'. A stern self-caution or scolding.
• * 추월하다 (chuwolhada): To overtake or pass ahead of (often used for cars passing on a highway, symbolizing wild, accelerating impulses).
• * 매분 매초 (maebun maecho): 'Every minute, every second' (매 = every, 분 = minute, 초 = second).

[Chorus]

나를 감시하는 저 Spot spot spotlight

Nareul gamsihaneun jeo Spot spot spotlight

That spot, spot, spotlight watching over me

비출수록 어둠 속으로 빨려 들어

Bichulsurok eodum sogeuro ppallyeo deureo

The more it shines on me, the deeper I'm sucked into the darkness

끝이 보이는데 I know it's not right

Kkeuchi boineunde I know it's not right

I can see how this ends, I know it's not right

I can't stop me can't stop me

내 앞에 놓여진 이 Red red red line

Nae ape noyeojin i Red red red line

This red, red, red line drawn in front of me

건너편의 너와 난 이미 눈을 맞춰

Geonneopyeonui neowa nan imi nuneul matchwo

Across the line, you and I already locked our eyes

느끼고 싶어 짜릿한 Highlight

Neukkigo sipeo jjarithan Highlight

I just want to taste that electrifying highlight

I can't stop me can't stop me

I can't stop me can't stop me

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 감시하다 (gamsihada): To monitor, watch over, or keep under surveillance.
• * 빨려 들다 (ppallyeo deulda): To be sucked into, drawn in, or engulfed uncontrollably.
• * 건너편 (geonneopyeon): The opposite side, across the street or boundary.
• * 눈을 맞추다 (nuneul matchuda): To lock eyes, make eye contact.
• * 짜릿하다 (jjarithada): Thrilling, electrifying, spine-tingling.

[Verse 2]

눈감아 달라구 Ya ya

Nungama dallagu Ya ya

Please just turn a blind eye, ya ya

딱 한 번만 No rules ah ah

Ttak han beonman No rules ah ah

Just this one time, no rules ah ah

모른 척해 줘 Lights off tonight

Moreun cheokhae jwo Lights off tonight

Pretend you don't notice, lights off tonight

나 참을 수 없을 거 같아 Losing myself

Na chameul su eopseul geo gata Losing myself

I don't think I can hold back, losing myself

이제는 Turning back

Ijeneun Turning back

Now turning back

불가능해 난 점점 더 깊은 어둠에

Bulganeunghae nan jeomjeom deo gipeun eodume

Is impossible; deeper and deeper into the darkness

너무나 짜릿해

Neomuna jjarithae

It feels so exhilarating

나 눈을 감을래

Na nuneul gameullae

I just want to close my eyes

다시는 돌아갈 수 없을 것만 같애

Dasineun doragal su eopseul geomman gatae

I feel like I'll never be able to go back

Out of control

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 눈감아 주다 (nungama juda): Idiom meaning 'to close one's eyes to something', i.e., to overlook or let a mistake slide.
• * 모른 척하다 (moreun cheokhada): To feign ignorance, pretend not to know or see.
• * 참다 (chamda): To bear, suppress, endure, or hold oneself back.
• * 불가능하다 (bulganeunghada): To be impossible (不 + 可能).

[Chorus]

나를 감시하는 저 Spot spot spotlight

Nareul gamsihaneun jeo Spot spot spotlight

That spot, spot, spotlight watching over me

비출수록 어둠 속으로 빨려 들어

Bichulsurok eodum sogeuro ppallyeo deureo

The more it shines on me, the deeper I'm sucked into the darkness

끝이 보이는데 I know it's not right

Kkeuchi boineunde I know it's not right

I can see how this ends, I know it's not right

I can't stop me can't stop me

내 앞에 놓여진 이 Red red red line

Nae ape noyeojin i Red red red line

This red, red, red line drawn in front of me

건너편의 너와 난 이미 눈을 맞춰

Geonneopyeonui neowa nan imi nuneul matchwo

Across the line, you and I already locked our eyes

느끼고 싶어 짜릿한 Highlight

Neukkigo sipeo jjarithan Highlight

I just want to taste that electrifying highlight

I can't stop me can't stop me

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 비추다 (bichuda): To illuminate, shine light upon. Coupled with -ㄹ수록 ('the more... the more...').
• * 놓여지다 (noyeojida): To be placed, laid out in front of someone.
• * 어둠 (eodum): Darkness, obscurity; represents moral ambiguity and intoxicating temptation.

[Bridge / Rap]

Risky risky wiggy 위기

Risky risky wiggy wigi

Risky, risky, wiggy, this is a crisis

This is an emergency

Help me help me somebody stop me

Cuz I know I can't stop me

답은 알고 있잖아

Dabeun algo itjana

You already know the right answer

근데 가고 있잖아

Geunde gago itjana

Yet you're walking straight toward it

이러고 싶지 않아

Ireogo sipji ana

I don't really want to be like this

내 안에 내가 또 있나 봐

Nae ane naega tto inna bwa

There must be another me living inside me

나는 원하는데

Naneun wonhaneunde

I desire it so bad

원하는 게 안돼

Wonhaneun ge andwae

Yet what I desire isn't right

Guilty 난 싫은데

Guilty nan sireunde

I hate feeling guilty

I can't stop me can't stop me can't stop me

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 위기 (wigi): Crisis, hazard, or critical moment. Wordplay pairing English 'risky/wiggy' with Sino-Korean '危機 (위기)'.
• * 답 (dap): Answer, solution.
• * 내가 (Nae-ga): First-person subject pronoun 'I'. When '나' (I) takes the subject marker '가', it changes to '내가'. (Distinguished from '네가 / 니가' which means 'you').
• * 원하다 (wonhada): To want, desire, or wish for.

[Outro / Final Chorus]

나를 감시하는 저 Spot spot spotlight

Nareul gamsihaneun jeo Spot spot spotlight

That spot, spot, spotlight watching over me

비출수록 어둠 속으로 빨려 들어

Bichulsurok eodum sogeuro ppallyeo deureo

The more it shines on me, the deeper I'm sucked into the darkness

끝이 보이는데 I know it's not right

Kkeuchi boineunde I know it's not right

I can see how this ends, I know it's not right

I can't stop me can't stop me

내 앞에 놓여진 이 Red red red line

Nae ape noyeojin i Red red red line

This red, red, red line drawn in front of me

건너편의 너와 난 이미 눈을 맞춰

Geonneopyeonui neowa nan imi nuneul matchwo

Across the line, you and I already locked our eyes

느끼고 싶어 짜릿한 Highlight

Neukkigo sipeo jjarithan Highlight

I just want to taste that electrifying highlight

I can't stop me can't stop me

I can't stop me can't stop me

📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:

• * 끝 (kkeut): End, finish, outcome, conclusion.
• * 이미 (imi): Already, beforehand. Highlights that the mental threshold has already been crossed.

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