take / run away

Getting breathless, near-sighted

Nothing scares me anymore, I might eat you up

I suddenly recall our conversation

Bottle it up in alcohol, mix it with our memories

I drink you up, and then I stumble

 

Run away, waywaywayway waywaywayway

Run away, waywaywayway waywaywayway

Run away, waywaywayway waywaywayway

Run away, go go go

T/N: In a direct translation the 'way's would be replaced with 'go's. This changes the meaning to be more ambiguous, because we don't know whether Mino is telling himself or his s/o to run away.

 

Far away from me

 

Leave without a trace

Change your name, get a ton of work done on your face

So even if I ever get wasted and go look for you

You’d be right in front of my eyes and I wouldn’t realize

I’d look around then give up

T/N: The direct translation of the first line of this verse is 'Leave so I can't even see the tip of your nose.' The second to last line's direct translation is 'Even if you're right under my nose I wouldn't recognize you.'

 

Or else we’ll get hurt, it’s obvious

No leeway, just cut it off

 

My memory’s about to turn to paranoia

T/N: Mino plays around with the concept of editing a film here. The album name is 'Take', and '컷 해' can also be read as "say cut" (like a director), and '편집증', which is 'paranoia' has the word '편집' in it, which means 'to edit'. 

 

Bipolar waves got me feeling up and down

So I grab hold of a glass of whisky, on the rocks

Read something you shared on your feed and my

Eyes grow wide, they’re set on fire, searching like an archaeologist

 

Ok, ok, I’ll run away first

Follow along the shape it got torn up in

Before the sadness settles and hardens, I need to

 

Run away, waywaywayway waywaywayway

Run away, waywaywayway waywaywayway

Run away, waywaywayway waywaywayway

Run away, go go go

 

Far away from me

 

You went far, left without a trace

Didn’t look back once, and now the sun’s setting

I’m the only one worked up, go back and forth, repeat

Breakups are romance, love is run away

 

When I gift you a special memory you’re touched

You won’t ever come back but you write, “I was here”

Then I want to go after you like a cop

So before I catch up to you, run far away

 

Get out of my sight, please just

Run away, waywaywayway waywaywayway

Run away, waywaywayway, get lost

Run away, go go go

T/N: Despite constantly saying 'run away' Mino makes a handful of references to facial features/body parts that indicate his s/o continues to linger in close proximity. From mentions of 'tip of the nose' in the first half of the song, to 'my hand' in the middle, to here. The first line of this verse '내 눈앞에서 사라져' can be rough/directly translated to 'disappear before my eyes'.

 

Far away from me