Run BTS (달려라 방탄)

논현 100m 우리 자리
100m at Nonhyeon*, our spot

학교 끝나면 회사 calling
Once school’s done, the company’s calling

(예, 예)
(Yeah, yeah)

아 지금 바로 딱 갈게요
Ah, I’m heading there right away

제발 집엔 보내지 마세요
Please don’t send me home

(Oh) 가끔 그날의 꿈 꿔
(Oh) Sometimes I dream about those days

(Oh) 몸서리치다 눈 떠
(Oh) I shudder and open my eyes

I don’t wanna go go back again

(Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go)

10년을 wait, wait
10 years, wait, wait

We from the bottom

I caught you bae, bae

우린 좀 빠름
We’re pretty fast

We seven mate, mates

잘 봐 we got us
Look carefully, we got us

Tell me what you wanna

Tell me what you wanna woah

(If we live fast, let us die young)

혼을 쏙 빼놓지 (make it move, left and right)
We’ve got you totally hypnotized (make it move, left and right)

그게 누구든지 (make it move, left and right)
Whoever you are (make it move, left and right)

두 맨발이 우리 가솔린
Two bare feet are our gasoline

이제 가자, are you ready?
Let’s go now, are you ready?

(Okay, let’s go!)

Run bulletproof, run, yeah you gotta run

Run bulletproof, run, yeah you gotta run

Run bulletproof, run, yeah you gotta run

Run bulletproof, run

내가 맞았어 논현동의 비가 새던 작업실에서
I stood under it, the rain that seeped through that Nonhyeon-dong studio

깡소주를 까며 신세타령이나 하며
Cracking open some soju without snacks and telling my sob story

다짐했던 그 말 성공하면 다들 뒤졌어
Words I promised myself, that everyone was dead meat when I succeeded

방탄의 성공 이유? 나도 몰라 그딴 게 어딨어
The reason for Bangtan’s success? I don’t know either, is there even one?

우리들이 모두 새빠지게 달린 거지
I guess we all just ran like hell

뭐라 하든 달린 거지
No matter what, we just kept runnin’

답은 여기 있어 하하하
Here’s your answer hahaha

위로, got them
Comfort, got them

지조, got them
Consistency, got them

Good music, got them

Good team? Goddamn!

U said u hot, oh man, u not

뛰는 놈 위에 나는 놈 위에
There are those who race forward, those who fly above them*², and above them all

달리는 방탄 lezzzgo
runs BTS lezzzgo

10년을 wait, wait
10 years, wait, wait

We from the bottom

I caught you bae, bae

우린 좀 빠름
We’re pretty fast

We seven mate, mates

잘 봐 we got us
Look carefully, we got us

Tell me what you wanna

Tell me what you wanna woah

(If we live fast, let us die young)

혼을 쏙 빼놓지 (make it move, left and right)
We’ve got you totally hypnotized (make it move, left and right)

그게 누구든지 (make it move, left and right)
Whoever you are (make it move, left and right)

두 맨발이 우리 가솔린
Two bare feet are our gasoline

이제 가자, are you ready?
Let’s go now, are you ready?

(Let’s go!)

Run bulletproof, run, yeah you gotta run

Run bulletproof, run, yeah you gotta run

Run bulletproof, run, yeah you gotta run

Run bulletproof, run

무식한 믿음으로
Through ignorant faith

걍 달려, 두 다리로
we just run, with our two legs

That’s how we do it all

(AY AY)

그렇게 증명했어
That’s how we proved it

일곱 초원이들
7 grassy plains*³

백만 불짜리로
turned into a million dollars each

(AY AY)

지민이, 뷔, 고생s
Jiminie, V, great work*⁴

남주니, 홉, 고생s
Namjoonie, Hope, great work

윤기형, 찐, 고생s
Yoongi hyung, Jjin*⁵, great work

정국이, 모두 so thanks
Jungkookie, everyone, so thanks

Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, 앞으로 더
Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, more in the future

Go get it, go get it, go get it, go get it, go get it, 달리자 run
Go get it, go get it, go get it, go get it, go get it, let’s run, run

(If we live fast, let us die young)

혼을 쏙 빼놓지 (make it move, left and right)
We’ve got you totally hypnotized (make it move, left and right)

그게 누구든지 (make it move, left and right)
Whoever you are (make it move, left and right)

두 맨발이 우리 가솔린
Two bare feet are our gasoline

이제 가자, are you ready?
Let’s go now, are you ready?

Yeah

Run beautiful, run, yeah you gotta run

Run beautiful, run, yeah you gotta run

Run beautiful, run, yeah you gotta run

Run beautiful, run

Translators’ Notes:

* Nonhyeon is a neighborhood in Seoul and is where Big Hit’s office was located during BTS’ trainee and early days.
2. “Above someone running, there is someone flying” is a Korean proverb that means that there is always someone better than you.

3. A possible reference to the movie Marathon, which is based on the real story of autistic runner Bae Hyeong-jin. The word ‘cho-won’ means ‘grassy plains’ in Korean, but is also the main character’s name in the film. His legs are insured for 1 million won, which is a point of pride as his journey to success was full of struggle. The line from the film where his mother fiercely declares that his legs are worth 1 million became quite famous in Korea.
4. J-Hope uses the Korean slang term ‘고생s/go-saengs’, which is the shortened form of the phrase 고생했습니다 with an ‘s’ added at the end. The term is used to show appreciation for someone’s hard work while implying that the work was difficult or hard.
5. A purposely misspelled version of ‘Jin’ that the members often jokingly use.