As BTS attracts a wider audience of English speakers, Billboard aims to help new fans understand the meaning behind the boy band’s Korean lyrics.
On the single “Blood Sweat & Tears” from the group’s 2016 album, Wings, tropical house blends with moombahton production as members Jimin, Jungkook, Suga, RM, J-Hope, V and Jin declare their willingness to throw everything on the line for love, success or whatever their aim might be. Thematically, the guys blend sentiments of temptation with an often carnal willingness to sacrifice everything.
“Kiss me, I don’t care if it hurts/ Hurry up and choke me/ So I can’t get hurt any more/ Baby, I don’t care if I get drunk, I’ll drink you/ Deep into my throat, a whiskey called you,” they sing on one verse.
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Suga, RM and J-Hope co-wrote the lyrics, which profess, “It doesn’t matter if it hurts/ Make it tighter so I can’t escape/ Hold me tight and shake me/ So I’ll be unconscious/ Kiss me on the lip, lips/ This is a secret between the two of us/ I am addicted to the prison that is you.”
Here are the original lyrics to “Blood Sweat & Tears,” followed by the English translation:
BTS, Blood Sweat & Tears:
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BTS, Blood Sweat & Tears (English Translation):
My blood, sweat and tears
My last dance
Take it all
My blood, sweat and tears
My cold breath
Take it all
My blood, sweat and tears
Even my blood, sweat and tears
Even my body, heart and soul
I know well that I am yours
This is a spell that will punish me
Peaches and cream
Sweeter than sweet
Chocolate cheeks
And chocolate wings
But your wings are the devil’s
Before your sweetness there is bitter, bitter
Kiss me, I don’t care if it hurts
Hurry up and choke me
So I can’t get hurt any more
Baby, I don’t care if I get drunk, I’ll drink you
Deep into my throat, a whiskey called you
My blood, sweat and tears
My last dance
Take it all
My blood, sweat and tears
My cold breath
Take it all
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot
It doesn’t matter if it hurts
Make it tighter so I can’t escape
Hold me tight and shake me
So I’ll be unconscious
Kiss me on the lip, lips
This is a secret between the two of us
I am addicted to the prison that is you
I cannot worship anyone else besides you
I knowingly drank
From the poisoned chalice
My blood, sweat and tears
My last dance
Take it all
My blood, sweat and tears
My cold breath
Take it all
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot
I want you a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot
Kill me softly
Close my eyes with your caress
I can’t reject it anyway
I can’t even escape anymore
You are too sweet, too sweet
Because you are too sweet
My blood, sweat and tears
My blood, sweat and tears
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