Sea Lyrics in English BTS

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Sea by BTS from Korean to English.
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eojjieojji georeo badae watne
Somehow, I walked and came to the sea
i badaeseo naneun haebyeoneul bwa
From this sea, I look at the shore
musuhan moraealgwa maeseopgo geochin baram
Facing endless grains of sand and a rough wind
yeojeonhi naneun samageul bwa
I still see the desert
bada gatgo sipeo neol ontong deurikyeosseo
I wanted the sea and absorbed all of you
geunde geu jeonboda deo mogi malra
But my throat is even drier than before
naega da aneun geosi jinjeong badainga
Is everything I know is truly the sea
animyeon pureun samaginga
Or is it a blue desert
naega jigeum padoreul neukkigo itneunji
Am I feeling the waves right now
ajikdo moraebarame jjotgigo itneunji
Or am I still chased by the sand wind
badainji samaginji huimanginji jeolmanginji
Is this sea, desert, hope, or despair
jinjjainji gajjainji
Is it real or fake
jigeum nae siryeoneul
My present ordeal
igyeonael geoseul
What will I overcome
nal kkabalro
Expose me
naega uijihal gosiran geoseul
A place I can depend on
joke saenggakae mareunchim samkyeo
Think positively, swallow your dry spit
buranhadeorado samagiljirado
Even if I'm anxious, even if it's a desert
areumdaun namibeu samagirago
Call it the beautiful Namib Desert
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
badainjul aratdeon yeogineun doeryeo samagieotgo
The place I thought was the sea it turned out to be a desert
byeolgeo eopneun jungsoaidori dubeonjjae ireumieosseo
A nobody mid-tier idol group was our second name
bangsonge jjalrigineun mwo bujigisu
Getting cut from shows countless times
nuguui ttaemppangi uriui kkum
Our dream was someone else's leftover airtime
eotteon ideureun hoesaga jagaseo
Some said our company was too small
jedaero mot tteulgeorae
That we'd never make it big
nado ara
I knew it too
hanbangeseo ilgobi jameul cheonghadeon sijeoldo
When seven of us tried to sleep in one room
jami deulgi jeone naeireun
Before sleep came, we'd believe tomorrow
dareulgeoran mijeumdo
Would be different
samagui singiru hyeongtaeneun boijiman
We could see the mirage in the desert
japijineun anhatgo
But we couldn't catch
kkeuti eopdeon i samageseo saranamgil bireo
We prayed to survive this endless desert
hyeonsiri anigireul bireo
Prayed it wasn't reality
gyeolguk singiruneun japigo
But we finally caught the mirage
hyeonsiri dwaetgo
And it became reality
duryeopdeon samageun
The fearful desert
uriui pi ttam nunmulro chaewo badaga dwaesseo
Filled with our blood, sweat, and tears and became a sea
geureonde i haengbokdeul saie
Yet among these joys
i duryeoum deureun mwolkka
What is this fear we feel
wollae igoseun samagiran geol urin neomu jal ara
We know too well this place was once a desert
ulgo sipji anha
I don't want to cry
swigo sipji anha
I don't want to rest
ani jogeumman swimyeon eottae
No, what if we just rest a little
ani ani ani
No no no
jigo sipji anha
I don't want to lose
wollae samagijanha
It was a desert in the first place
geureom da alryeojwotne
Then they've all been told
deo uulhaeyaji mwo
I guess I should feel even gloomier
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi siryeoni itne
There's always trials
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi jeolmangi itne
There's always despair
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi jeolmangi itne
There's always despair
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi jeolmangi itne
There's always despair
huimangi itneun gosen
Where there's hope
bandeusi jeolmangi itne
There's always despair
urin jeolmanghaeyahae
We have to despair
geu modeun siryeoneul wihae
For all those trials
urin jeolmanghaeyahae
We have to despair
geu modeun siryeoneul wihae
For all those trials
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SONG MEANING

Sea invites you to step into BTS’s vivid imagination, where a single landscape can feel like both a shimmering ocean and a bone-dry desert. Through these shifting backdrops, the group reflects on their own climb from obscurity to fame: one moment they are splashing toward the shoreline of success, the next they are choking on sand, unsure whether the water they taste is real or just another mirage. The lyrics acknowledge that hope and despair travel together – if you find a place filled with dreams, it will inevitably contain shadows of doubt as well.

Rather than letting that duality discourage them, BTS turns it into fuel. They admit their thirst, their fear, even the “second names” the world once gave them, yet they keep rowing across the endless blue. The central message is simple: life will always feel like a sea that can become a desert at any time, but those contrasts are what make the journey meaningful. Embrace the uncertainty, keep searching for your own shoreline, and remember that every wave of hope owes its power to the depths beneath it.

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