I Wait Lyrics in English DAY6

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song I Wait by DAY6 from Korean to English.
Aye
Aye
Wonchi anhneunda malhae
Say you don't want it
Kkumdo kkuji malla hae
Say don't even dream
Mannal ireun eopda hae
Say we'll never meet
Say it
Say it
Aye
Aye
Gwansimjocha eopda hae
Say you don't even care
Charari garago hae
Say just leave
Soljikhage malhae
Tell me straight
Say it
Say it
Neon hangsang
You always
Daedap
answer
Hanbeon hal ttae
only once
Eonjena
and always
Aemae
kinda
Hage
vague
No
no
No
Jeoldaero
never
Naega
I
Tteonajin mothage
can't leave
Nae mami
my heart's
Hetgallige
confused
Nan jigeum gil ilheun chae
I'm lost now
I wait
I wait
Jejarie
right here
A wae
Ah, why
Nae soneul jabajugiman gidaryeo
Just waitin' for you to grab my hand
Neoege mukkin chae
Still tied to you
I wait
I wait
Jejarie
right here
A wae
Ah, why
Nal pureojudeunji jabadanggyeojwo
Either set me free or pull me in
Waitin' all day
Waitin' all day
Aye
Aye
Deo sege jabajwo
Hold me tighter
Byeogeul heomureo
Tear down the wall
Deuryeobonaejwo
Let me inside
Let me in
Let me in
Aye
Aye
Deo sege jabajwo
Hold me tighter
Charari deo danggyeojwo
Then pull me closer
Neoui gyeote ittge haejwo
Keep me by your side
With ya
With ya
Neon hangsang
You always
Daedap
answer
Hanbeon hal ttae
only once
Eonjena
and always
Aemae
kinda
Hage
vague
No
no
No
Jeoldaero
never
Naega
I
Tteonajin mothage
can't leave
Nae mami
my heart's
Deo apeuge
Make it hurt more
Nan jigeum gil ilheun chae
I'm lost now
I wait
I wait
Jejarie
right here
A wae
Ah, why
Nae soneul jabajugiman gidaryeo
Just waitin' for you to grab my hand
Neoege mukkin chae
Still tied to you
I wait
I wait
Jejarie
right here
A wae
Ah, why
Nal pureojudeunji jabadanggyeojwo
Either set me free or pull me in
Waitin' all day
Waitin' all day
Boiji anhneun byeogane
in an unseen wall
Gadwonohji ma
Don't lock me up
Nal gatji anheul geomyeon pureojwo
If you won't keep me, set me free
Boiji anhneun byeogane
in an unseen wall
Gadwonohji ma
Don't lock me up
Nal gatji anheul geomyeon pureojwo
If you won't keep me, set me free
Nan jigeum gil ilheun chae
I'm lost now
I wait
I wait
Jejarie
right here
A wae
Ah, why
Nae soneul jabajugiman gidaryeo
Just waitin' for you to grab my hand
Neoege mukkin chae
Still tied to you
I wait
I wait
Jejarie
right here
A wae
Ah, why
Nal pureojudeunji jabadanggyeojwo
Either set me free or pull me in
Waitin' all day
Waitin' all day
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SONG MEANING

“I Wait” is DAY6’s electric confession of restlessness, a pop-rock plea shouted from the edge of a one-sided relationship. The narrator is stuck in limbo, a hand stretched out in hope while the other person stays silent. Lines like “Jejarie A wae… I wait” paint a picture of someone standing still on an emotional crossroads, terrified of losing the other yet exhausted by the unanswered tension. Every pounding drumbeat and guitar riff mirrors the tug-of-war inside his heart: should he keep holding on, or finally let go?

At its core, the song captures the universal ache of “almost love.” The singer begs for clarity—“Say it”—because any answer, even rejection, feels kinder than the suffocating uncertainty. He asks to be pulled closer or set free, anything but this paralyzing in-between. That raw honesty, wrapped in DAY6’s signature energetic sound, turns “I Wait” into an anthem for anyone who has ever paced the room, phone in hand, waiting all day for a call or message that never comes.

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