My Tragedy – Lyrics Meaning In English – Taeyeon

The song portrays the emotions of loneliness, detachment, and heartache experienced by the protagonist. They feel empty at the end of a day when everyone else is busy going about their lives. The lyrics reflect a sense of insignificance and a longing for a love lost or unrequited.

Singer(s): 태연(Taeyeon)
Lyricist(s): 태연(Taeyeon)
Composer(s): 태연(Taeyeon)

Teong bin haruui kkeut
Modu bappeuge eodiron-ga doraga-go
Bulgeojin bam-haneure

At the end of an empty day
Everyone returns busily to their own places
In the reddened night sky

Nae moseup jogeumssik eodum sok sarajigo
Jeomaneun banjjagineun bulbich
Dan hanaui bitdo nae geoseun eopseo
Chagaun geuneul arae hollo
Machi cheoeumbuteo eopseot-deon geot-cheoreom

I slowly disappear into the darkness
Among the numerous twinkling lights
There is not even one light that belongs to me
Under the cold shadow, I’m all alone
As if I never existed from the beginning

I don’t need nobody nobody nobody
Dol-ikil su eopsneun My tragedy
Amu maldo ijen uimi-ga eopjanha
Geurimja sok-e pin My tragedy
I don’t need nobody

I don’t need nobody nobody nobody
My tragedy that cannot be undone
Any words now have no meaning
My tragedy blooming in the shadows
I don’t need nobody

Jichin miso dwilo
Kkeutnae gamchugoman chora-han nae dwitmo-seub
Geochin pado neomeo
Utgo uneun saramdeul sai tteo-doneun seom
Neon swipge nareul malhajiman
Dan han beondo nae mam neon bon jeok eopsseo
Hwaryeo han jomyeong-i kkeojigo yeon-gyeok-i kkeutn-a-my-eon
Naneun eopseul teni

Behind my weary smile
I hide my pathetic figure
Beyond the rough waves
In the midst of people laughing and crying, I float like an island
You seem to easily talk about me
But you’ve never seen my heart even once
When the dazzling lights go off and the play ends
I won’t be there

I don’t need nobody
Areumdaun geudae ije annyeong
Hangeoreum hangeoreumssik meoreojyeo
Ijeul su eopsneun neo My tragedy

I don’t need nobody
Beautiful you, goodbye now
Step by step, you go further away
You, whom I cannot forget, my tragedy

Gieogui gang-eul geonneo dora-gal su eopsseo
Neoe-gen sungan, nae-gen yeong-won-euro nam-eun Scar
Neul gat-eun gwedo sog-eul maem-dolgo iss-eodo
Neul daleun gos-eul balaboneun neo

I cannot cross the river of memories and go back
To you, it may be just a moment, but to me, it’s a scar that remains
forever
Even though I’m always circling the same orbit
You’re looking at different places

I don’t need nobody
Dol-ikil su eopsneun My tragedy
Amu maldo ijen uimi eops-eo
Geurimja sok-e pin My tragedy

I don’t need nobody
My tragedy that cannot be undone
Any words now have no meaning
My tragedy blooming in the shadows

I don’t need nobody
Areumdaun geudae ije annyeong
Hangeoreum hangeoreumssik meoreojyeo
Ijeul su eopsneun neo My tragedy

I don’t need nobody
Beautiful you, goodbye now
Step by step, you go further away
You, whom I cannot forget, my tragedy

I don’t need nobody
I don’t need nobody
Amu maldo ijen uimi eops-eo
Geurimja sok-e pin My tragedy
Ije annyeong

I don’t need nobody
I don’t need nobody
Any words now have no meaning
My tragedy blooming in the shadows
Goodbye now