Unable To Love – Lyrics Meaning in English – Doyoung

The lyrics depict the narrator’s feelings of unrequited love towards a close friend who has unknowingly become more than just a friend. Despite their growing affection, the narrator feels unable to express their true emotions and instead keeps their feelings hidden. This song is from the Korean web series titled, “Dear X Who Doesn’t Love Me”, a romantic-mystery about a college student who discovers a note with lyrics that makes her fall in love for a month.

Singer(s): 김동영(Kim Dong-young)
Lyricist(s): 김동영(Kim Dong-young)
Composer(s): 김동영(Kim Dong-young)

Eoneusaenga
Chingu isangi doen neo
Sori eopsi jaran
Mami sideulji anha oh

Somehow
You became more than a friend
Silently growing
My heart doesn’t wither, oh

Han georeumman
Gakkai dagagado
Dwiryeo meoreojil geotcheoreom
Neul jejariman maemdolgo inneun naji

Even if I take one step
Closer to you
It feels like I’m getting farther away
I’m always just going around in circles

Aesseo samkigo samkineun maldeul
Oneuldo useumyeo neol bomyeo
Mameul nulleo nwa

Words that I try hard to swallow
Today, too, I smile and look at you
I let my feelings crush down

Sueobsi nege
Deulliji anhneun gobaogeul hae
Ne siseon kkeute
Neul na anin nugunga itdan geol ara
Sijakdo mot haebon chaero
Maebeon kkeuteul maju bwaya haneun na
Nega moreuneun yuilhan bimirin geol

I make countless confessions
That you can’t hear
At the end of your gaze
I know there’s always someone other than me
Without even starting
I have to face the end every time
It’s the only secret you don’t know

Ne sarangeul batneun saram oh
Bureoumyeonseo miwojyeo
Eotteon mamilkka oh yeah

The person who receives your love, oh
I envy them and start to hate
What kind of feeling is this? Oh yeah

Aesseo ijeuryeo hae bwado andwae
Neoreul johahan geu ihuro
Neoman barabwa

Even if I try hard to forget, I can’t
Since I started liking you
| only look at you

Sueobsi nege
Deulliji anhneun gobaogeul hae
Ne siseon kkeute
Neul na anin nugunga itdan geol ara
Sijakdo mot haebon chaero
Maebeon kkeuteul maju bwaya haneun na
Nega moreuneun yuilhan bimirin geol

I make countless confessions
That you can’t hear
At the end of your gaze
I know there’s always someone other than me
Without even starting
I have to face the end every time
You’re the only secret I don’t know

Nan neo-ui gyeote idaero forever woah
Hamkke hal su itdamyeon
Apado useo boilge
Tto amureohji anheun cheok yeah
Ne sigan aneseo yeah
Naneun eodie isseodo gwaenchanha oh, oh
Chingurado dwae

I’ll be by your side like this, forever, woah
If we can be together
I’ll smile even if it hurts
Again, pretending nothing’s wrong, yeah
Within your time, yeah
It’s okay wherever I am, oh, oh
Even if I become just a friend

Sueobsi nege
Deulliji anhneun gobaogeul hae
Ne siseon kkeute
Neul na anin nugunga itdan geol ara
Sijakdo mot haebon chaero
Maebeon kkeuteul maju bwaya haneun na
Neol saranghaedo saranghal suga eobseo

I make countless confessions
That you can’t hear
At the end of your gaze
I know there’s always someone other than me
Without even starting
I have to face the end every time
Even if I love you, I can’t love you