The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE

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I am an intermediate Korean learner. I will provide the original lyrics, a breakdown, and an English translation.

Pick your 답 A or B
밸런스 게임 앞 퓨마와
난 골라야만 하는 걸까
그 물음 앞에서 난
꿀 먹은 듯 벙어리

답: answer

밸런스: balance

게임: game

앞: front

퓨마: Puma

와: and

나: I, me; informal

는/은: topic marking particle

난: 나 + 는 = 나는 shortened to 난

고르다 (골라): to choose, select, to pick out

-아/어야 하다: to have to do

-만: only

하는 걸까: something (future tense, question)

그: the, that

물음: question

-에서: location marking particle, denotes an action taking place

꿀: honey

먹다 (먹은): to eat (which is eaten)

듯: as if, though, like

벙어리: mute

​

Pick your answer A or B

It's a balance game with a Puma and

I in front of it, choose?

In front of that question, I

am mute like honey

​

Tricky한 선택의 팔레트 중 몰라 내 색
고민의 연속 어둠 속의 end
I need you to tell me if you feel the same
I need you to tell me

한: one

선택: choice

의: possession marking particle

팔레트: palette

중: in the middle of, doing an activity/action

모르다 (몰라): to not know

내: my; informal

색: colors

고민: worry

연속: continuity

어둠: darkness

속: inside

​

Within the tricky palette of choices, I don't know my color

A series of worries, there's darkness in the end

I need you to tell me if you feel the same

I need you to tell me

​

My exp 여전히 zero (zero)
낯선 곳은 싫어 never ever (ever)
뭘 골라야 what’s good for me?
답이 없는 matter

여전히: still, as ever

낯선: unfamiliar

곳: place

싫다: to hate, to dislike

뭐: what, something

뭘: 뭐 + 를 always shorted to 뭘

없다: to not exist, to not be

​

My exp is still zero (zero)

I hate unfamiliar places, never ever (ever)

What do I choose, what's good for mе?

With no answer this matter

​

저기 문밖 아른대는 해방감
(Run away!)
Ay, ay, 마주하는 순간
(Throw it up!)
사방엔 온통 내 chaser
조심해 삽시간에 퍼져
골라 봐 believer or saver

저기: over there (far away from both speaker and listener)

문밖: 문 (door) 밖: (outside): outside (/the door)

아른대다: to shine, glitter

해방감: sense of freedom

마주하다: to face

순간: moment, at that moment

사방: the four directions, everywhere

온통: all, wholly, entirely

조심하다: to practice caution, to watch out

삽시간: a moment, an instant, a twinkle, a flash

퍼지다: to spread out

보다: to see, to watch; this verb is also used to suggest trying something

​

There's a sense of freedom over there

(Run away!)

Ay, ay the moment we face each other

(Throw it up!)

All around me is my chaser

Be careful, it'll spread out in an instant

Choose, believer or saver

​

Jaded 끝없는 이 게임에
느껴지는 headache 이젠
뭐가 됐든 간에 I don’t care
I just wanna skip it

끝: end, finish

이: this

느끼다: to feel, to experience

이제: now (from this moment)

됐든 간: whatever it is, whatever happens

​

Jaded, in this endless game

The headache I feel, now

Whatever happens, I don't care

I just wanna skip it

​

Pick your 답 A or B
밸런스 게임 앞 퓨마와
난 골라야만 하는 걸까
그 물음 앞에서 난
꿀 먹은 듯 벙어리

~see above~

Tricky한 선택의 팔레트 중 몰라 내 색
고민의 연속 어둠 속의 end
머릿속 반복되는 얼음 땡
I just want a 답

머릿속: in your head

반복되다: to be repeated

얼음: ice

땡: ding, clangs

​

Within the tricky palette of choices, I don't know my color

A series of worries, there's darkness in the end

Repeatedly, ice dings in my head

I just want an answer

​

갈림길 위 어리버리
확률은 fifty : fifty
내 선택이 곧 현실
어느 쪽도 난 안 확실

갈림길: crossroads, turning point

위: in front of

어리버리: clumsy

확률: probability, chance, likelihood

곧: soon

현실: reality

어느: which

쪽도: either way

확실: to be certain

​

In front of these crossroads, we're clumsy

Probability is fifty : fifty

My choice will soon be reality

Either way, I am not confident

​

눈 감고 guess it, guess it
A 와 B 사이 내 choices
나을지도 복불복이
말처럼 마냥 not easy

눈: eyes

(눈을) 감다: to close (one's eyes)

-고: and

와: and

사이: between

낫다: to be be better than, superior to

복불복: hit or miss

말: words

처럼: like

마냥: forever

​

Close your eyes and guess it, guess it

Between A and B, my choices

Maybe it's better, hit or miss

Not as easy as it sounds

​

뭘까 정답이 없을지도
묻는다면 없어 이유
말은 잘하지 그럴듯하게 전부
그럼 come and bet 인생이라면 can you?

정답: correct answer, right answer

묻다: to ask, to inquire

-다면: if you say

이유: reason

잘하다: to do well

그럴듯하다: to be plausible

전부: all

그럼: then, well then (informal)

인생: (human) life

X면: if X

​

What could it be, there may be no right answer

If you ask, there's no reason

I'm good at talking though, probably all

Then come and bet, if it's your life then can you?

​

맞는 답은 없어 왜 지어 단정
딜레마 속으로 풍덩 난 또 빠져
이렇겐 low key 으 못 살아
그만 내 머리는 이미 과부하

맞다: to be right

지다: to take/assume/bear responsibility for

단정: conclusion, conclude

딜레마: dilemma

속: inside

-으로: by way of, by means of

풍덩: with a splash, with a plop

또: again, once more

빠지다: to fall out

이렇게: like this

못 살다: to not be able to live

그만: stop, stop here

머리: head

이미: already

과부하: overload

​

There's no right answer, why do you make one up?

I'm drowning in a dilemma again

Like this, low key I can't live

Stop, my head is already overloaded

​

Maybe 나였다면 stay in
동물원 but can’t guess 그때의
뭐였을까 퓨마의 feelings
I don’t know, just skip it

동물원: zoo

그때: that moment

​

Maybe if it was me stay in

the zoo but can't guess in that moment

What was it, the puma's feelings

I don't know, just skip it

​

Pick your 답 A or B
밸런스 게임 앞 퓨마와
난 골라야만 하는 걸까
그 물음 앞에서 난
꿀 먹은 듯 벙어리

Tricky한 선택의 팔레트 중 몰라 내 색
고민의 연속 어둠 속의 end
머릿속 반복되는 얼음 땡
I just want a 답

갈림길 위 어리버리
확률은 fifty : fifty
내 선택이 곧 현실
어느 쪽도 난 안 확실

눈 감고 guess it, guess it
A 와 B 사이 내 choices
나을지도 복불복이
말처럼 마냥 not easy

~see above~

Maybe 내일도 현실도피
상상 속의 도핑 아직
선택하기 싫어 I don’t care
I just wanna skip it

내일: tomorrow

도피: escape

상상: imagination

도핑: doping

아직: still, yet

​

Maybe tomorrow I'll escape reality

In my imagination, I'm still doping

I don't want to choose, I don't care

I just wanna skip it

​

Pick your 답 A or B
밸런스 게임 앞 퓨마와
난 골라야만 하는 걸까
그 물음 앞에서 난
꿀 먹은 듯 벙어리

Tricky한 선택의 팔레트 중 몰라 내 색
고민의 연속 어둠 속의 end
머릿속 반복되는 얼음 땡
I just want a 답

갈림길 위 어리버리
확률은 fifty : fifty
내 선택이 곧 현실
어느 쪽도 난 안 확실

눈 감고 guess it, guess it
A 와 B 사이 내 choices
나을지도 복불복이
말처럼 마냥 not easy

~see above~