Stray Kids releases ‘Cover Me’, a touching track from their album ‘樂-STAR (Rock-Star)’. Bang Chan, Hyunjin, and others pen lyrics about sleepless nights and hidden loneliness. The group arranges a melody that balances bright surfaces with deeper sorrow.
Released: November 10, 2023
가려줘 (Cover Me)
Stray Kids • From “樂-Star (Rock-Star)”
가려줘 (Cover Me) Lyrics Translation (from “樂-Star (Rock-Star)”)
The lyrics writer uses the moon’s dazzling light as a metaphor for overwhelming emotion. A key line translates to, ‘The moon is so dazzling on a night like this, I cry out for someone to cover that light.’ He describes a cold emptiness that needs warmth to melt away.
Dari ireoke nunbusineun bamenThe moon is so dazzling on a night like this.
Why do I feel so lonely in this nightWhy do I feel so lonely in this night?
Saebyeokbarameun mabeobilkkaIs the dawn breeze a kind of magic spell?
Changmune geollyeo inneun starry nightThe starry night hangs right by my window.
Jeo balgeun biche dwicheogida nari saendaI toss and turn in that bright light until dawn breaks.
Iyureul al su eomneun oeroumeIn this loneliness I can’t begin to understand,
Geolteoanja oji anneun neoI sit on the edge waiting for you, but you won’t come.
Suthage pieo inneun banghwangeLost in a wandering that blooms so endlessly,
Eojireowo nuga nareul jom anajwo no no noI’m dizzy, so someone please just hold me, no, no, no.
I don’t knowI don’t know,
Mwol haeya haljidoor what I should even do,
Eokjiro useo bwadoeven if I force myself to smile.
Dari ireoke nunbusineun bamenThe moon is so dazzling on a night like this,
Nuga jeo bicheul garyeojugil oechyeoI cry out for someone to cover that light.
Bami eoneusae kkeuchi naneun najenWhen the day arrives and the night suddenly ends,
Ttaseuhan bicheul naerijjoeneun bicheul badajwoplease embrace the warm and pouring light.
Needle in a haystack nareul chajajwoLike a needle in a haystack, please find me.
Oeropjin aneunde modeun ge neomu chagawoI’m not exactly lonely, but everything feels so cold.
Jeo bichui soneul naege giurindamyeonIf you reach out the hand of that light to me,
Geudongan eoreobuteun gongheohameul nongnyeojwoplease melt away the emptiness that’s been frozen all this time.
Yeah I tried to hide away from all the sorrow and painYeah, I tried to hide away from all the sorrow and pain,
But little did I know that I was going insanebut little did I know that I was going insane.
The sun will always be there waiting after the rainThe sun will always be there waiting after the rain,
Nun gamgoseo haetbicheul barabomyeo useo bollaeso I’ll close my eyes, face the sunlight, and try to smile.
I don’t knowI don’t know,
Mwol haeya haljidoor what I should even do,
Eokjiro useo bwadoeven if I force myself to smile.
Dari ireoke nunbusineun bamenThe moon is so dazzling on a night like this,
Nuga jeo bicheul garyeojugil oechyeoI cry out for someone to cover that light.
Bami eoneusae kkeuchi naneun najenWhen the day arrives and the night suddenly ends,
Ttaseuhan bicheul naerijjoeneun bicheul badajwoplease embrace the warm and pouring light.
I can’t take it anymore what should I doI can’t take it anymore, what should I do?
(What should I do What should I do)(What should I do, what should I do?)
Oneureun moreun cheok nungama jwoFor today, just pretend you don’t know and close your eyes.
So cover me nowSo cover me now,
Cover me nowcover me now.
Dari ireoke nunbusineun bamen (Oh)The moon is so dazzling on a night like this, (Oh)
Nuga jeo bicheul garyeojugil oechyeo (garyeojugil oechyeo)I cry out for someone to cover that light. (To cover that light)
Bami eoneusae kkeuchi naneun najen (Oh no no)When the day arrives and the night suddenly ends, (Oh, no, no)
Ttaseuhan bicheul naerijjoeneun bicheul (naerijjoeneun bicheul)the warm and pouring light. (The pouring light)
가려줘 (Cover Me) Music Video
The meaning of ‘Cover Me’ is a plea for comfort during internal struggles. The Stray Kids lyrics ask for someone to provide shelter from harsh emotional light.