That clock never ticks again.
Just like our current relationship.
we got together again and had looked forward to a future together.
it stopped and never tick again.
I would embrace you once again.
I would run after your lonely back I saw through a door on that day, and would never let you go.
(I understand it’s just a dream never happens in reality, but) I’m still not awake from the dream.
Time passes, oblivious (to my sufferings) like closed eyes.
I bought this alarm clock with you.
I would like to touch your slightly cold finger again.
did you know that our season would also change day by day?
Under the dawn sky, where are you sleeping now?
you’ll forget both me and our days before long.
I’m still waiting for you, staring at the clock hands.
You can laugh at my silliness.
So please mend the clock which had stopped to tick once again.
ituka kawa tte shimau koto wo kimi wa shi tte tano?
yoake no sora kimi wa ima dokode nemuru no?
This lyrics have a very deep meaning. The alarm clock is a key item in the song. The songwriter used intentionally various expressions related to time, clock and clock hands.
You’re right sis, it is very sad. Thanks for your wonderful effort.
this song is one of my favorites, I love it, my friend and I have cried reading so deep and sad lyrics. definitely he has his heart broken from pain of their separation. He wants to go back in time in those days where they were happy together like a awake dream, even wanted a future together for that reason they were ready to wake up to this reality, together!. But time stopped as well as their current relationship.
At present they can’t see each other again, for that reason maybe she will forget him and all their memories before long.
maybe she has a new relationship, a boyfriend?!? or maybe she is engaged to be married?!?.
but He loves her so much that he will follow waiting for her. he has a hope that she will return to his side again ( like Tick the clock).
I think that He really is deeply in love with her. no doubt. bcos she is his true love.
now I understand why Sukkie was emphasizing the LYRICS of all songs.
If He is still waiting for her. then she must to be a wonderful woman. Sukkie must love her a lot. if she means his true love and happiness for his life, then I will pray much so that they can being together again.
Prince Sukkie, zikzin fighting! will always support you!
–> 150213 Sukkie said: This album ‘monochrome’ describes A MAN who FALLS IN LOVE with fear in his heart and also who pursues his dreams.
*I think that the fear is perhaps she can not return to his side again, even she will finish moving away much more of him. Or probably the people around them do not want to accept their love therefore will exist much discord that maybe will destroy their relationship.
* pursues his dreams = The HOPE.
Interviewer: Does this ultimately means that the essence of each song represents JANG KEUN SUK’s HEART?
JKS: OF COURSE, I worked with the lyricists several times to fine-tune the words.
Interviewer: You are not afraid to break away from your old image?
JKS: I am not afraid at all. There are many aspects that cannot be seen, but I have a strong desire to show the TRUTH from the HEART.
Interviewer: The romantic words are also part of the reason.
JKS: But the soft and melancholy songs like “Pale as snow” makes this album distinctive. Do you not sense an enduring and strong presence? Very few people even myself knows what it represents (laughs).
Interviewer: It’s one of the unique qualities of Jang Keun Suk (laughs), well, LOVE is DEPICTED HERE here BUT It is a FORBIDDEN LOVE.
JKS: YES, you are not supposed to love.
Interviewer: The last verses of “If we see tomorrow” is also very remarkable.
JKS: Well, coming back home doesn’t mean it’s the end.
I love what you had written. It is exactly how I feel. To say it frankly, you are only a minority who shares this feeling (but I agree with you). Most of the eels I know get upset and some even use vulgarities on the woman he used to date.They love to use the phrase, “she is not deserving of him’ which I absolutely HATE.
I seldom follow all his interview until I chanced upon them or friends post at ECI. So a big thanks to the interview about Monochrome. I will listen to his songs with that in mind.
Interviewer: What caused Jang Keun Suk to think profoundly about his life? Does this represent something in the future?
JKS: Hmm… It concerned a relationship I had about a year before I graduated from college.
♥ omg! Sukkie had a girlfriend (?).
* When graduated? on February 21, 2014, Sukkie graduated from Han Yang University.
then Sukkie had a girlfriend in February of 2013 (?) omg!. I guess that their relationship began in 2012.
I also agree with you, sukkie deserves to be happy, and if he chose her, this is because she must be a wonderful woman, Sukkie is a smart and wonderful man, we should not doubt his choice in love, therefore we should support the and and respect his decision/choice.
Hi Fabiland7, I’m afraid that the translation you read seems to include incorrect info. Especially, there is no description at all about his past relationship. I mean this part.
>Interviewer: What caused Jang Keun Suk to think profoundly about his life?
>Does this represent something in the future?
>JKS: Hmm… It concerned a relationship I had about a year before I graduated from college.
I don’t have time to check all translation you shared here, so maybe there are more. We’re going to post our version here. I hope it’s more reliable for you.
Here’s our version. I hope you’ll understand what he said correctly in the interview.
Hi Dear Tenshi, I’ll be very grateful with you, if you translate it too ^^, I always appreciate and love your work too. thanks You.
> (korean): 자신의 인생에 관해서 깊게 생각하게 된 이유나 원인은? 무언가 짐작 가는 일이 있습니까?
well, I do not speak korean nor japanese, but some people who speak korean says the English translation is well done, could have used other words, but it is precisely what one wants to express. the focus of the question and answer are good.
please, Dear Tenshi, you could translate our sukkie interview in the ‘MORE’ Magazine August 2014 issue too. pleaseeeee! thanks You so much.
Really very sad song and has deep meaning !
very profound indeed, and i am truly impressed by the lyrics writer, who cleverly use the alarm clock to bring out several analogies….
This is a very sad song, its the loss of love. But this song penetrates in my heart. Just sad.
I hope he is well in real life and lives happily. I hope he is not abandoned. I wish him well in his love life, a woman who can encourage him even when everything is not going well.
Feelings come and go, but true love is a decision – unconditional commitment regardless of seasons and time.
I hope deeply that he finds someone whose love for him is unconditional.
Apologies for the error above, the ‘apo and og’. Accidentally touched keys. Sorry.
I don’t know why, but For me It seems like he has a broken heart and now he’s suffering from pain of separation !!
Thank you so much for translating this beautiful sad song. It really touches my heart.
He who has achieved so much cannot hold on to any relationship. If he chooses relationship, he loses all he achieved. So how? I always believe that if we love him, we must let him go. So what if eels do not like his choice, in the first place who the hell are we to decide for him. His relationship with eels is only virtual and I hope those possessive eels will realise that HE DOES NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND NEVER WILL. Give him our blessing, please.
Mandy Pan if there are like button I will press it. Let him be happy with his life no matter who his chose.
i super agree with you Mandy Pan……..
Second the motion. I respect his choice.
I always think suk is a mature young man. its normal to love and to get hurt. if the girl was not meant for him..so..they wont get together. I love this song..he really can expressed himself through song because he’s the type who speak frm his heart..it just he cant speak directly to eels about his love relationship because eels may have different mindset..matured and immature eels. I hope eels could be more supportive and open minded..so..he could show his vulnerable side more for us. even I bet he wont do much about that. the only way he feel safe to do it is through this album. so that..this album means so much for him.
I came to like the melody and the beat of this song since the first time I listened to it yet had no idea at all about how deep the lyrics were… whoa… it’s frustratingly beautiful :’). If it’s describing his real life experience, he won’t cling too much to the past – to that broken alarm clock- and move on slowly but surely to better and happier days :). zikzin, sukkie! love will find you <3!
thank you for the translation, much appreciated. a sad song indeed, deep in meaning and we can never fully know.
dear Fabiland7 thanks for the insights into Suk’s interviews, does seem to be something he went or is going through and it affected him deeply.
sometimes when we watch him in dramas, in the roles he plays, we feel like he is like that…yet we know it is also his superb acting that makes it all so believable. in reality he is human like us, and needs to be himself, and would go through relationships and challenges like we all do, but perhaps even at a more difficult level because he is such a celebrity and star, and everything he does or happens, is under great scrutiny.
we can only love and support him by being behind him, behind his drama works and music and concerts and let him know it – and hopefully it lifts his spirits and he knows we are always here for him.
we wish him every success and happiness of course, as much as he has given to us so here’s to Sukkie with all our love.
here’s to the great success of Monochrome.
You are absolutely right, I agree with U, he is human like us, and needs to be himself and would go through relationships and challenges like we all do, but perhaps even at a more difficult level because he is such a celebrity and star. therefore, we must support him in his decision.
I have to admit I’m excited because probably (not totally sure) our sukkie finally found the love of his life.
our sukkie is a wonderful man, and deserves to be happy in his private life too.
I admire his courage as sukkie is trying to share his deep emotions and feelings with us through his music/lyrics. I when I read the lyrics, I fell in love him many more, because here reflects his deep side so full of love, lonely (sometimes), pain, hope, happinest, sensitive and with a pure, strong and noble heart.
his feelings are true. I love and admire our sukkie.
I need to emphasize again ^^ that Sukkie said: This album ‘monochrome’ describes A MAN who FALLS IN LOVE with fear in his heart and also who pursues his dreams.
thanks Fabiland7 we all want the best for Sukkie.
life in the fast lane of fame and fortune can sometimes be a very slippery road, and when one is a young star, one needs much care…so i often pray that all the people around Sukkie, take good care of him to ensure his well-being physically, mentally, emotionally and that he always has good friends and close family around him that he can rely on. super-stardom can be a tough and lonely place too.
golly gee whizzz still waiting for my album will get it wed night from my friend just returned from Tokyo!!!
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY, SUKKIE IS MY BEST PRESENT!! I LOVE YOU SUKKIE WITH ALL MY HEART!!! LOOKING AT YOUR EYES, YOUS SMILE AND KNOWING THAT YOU ARÉ DOING GOOD IS MY BEST PRESENT!! SARANGAE FOR EVER!!!
Happy birthday LULU. <3 I wish you all the best.
thank you for translating the lyrics, it is a big help for us to understand the message of all songs and especially the feelings of Prince JKS. ZIKZIN!!