Genius English Translations
EPIK HIGH - 어른 즈음에 (Us Against The World) [English Translation]
[Verse 1: Tablo]
How’ve you been? Haven’t heard from you in a while
I’ve been busy getting the album ready - and raising a kid is no joke
So hard to meet up for drinks, even though we always promise to before hanging up
Heard everyone’s meeting up on the weekend?
Send them my regards. My shout next time
Kim Won-Tae would be annoyed if he finds out I won’t be there again
It’d tickle my ear all night

[Verse 2: Tablo]
For some reason, our group chat’s just full of new year’s greetings right now
I’ll keep in touch more often. Sorry, you can blame me
It’s good that everyone’s busy with their own lives but I hope we’re not lonely
They say no news is good news, but the world’s grown too dangerous for that
Whenever something’s up, just call me
More precious than my dreams were my friends
When our town was our whole entire world

[Chorus: Tablo, Mithra Jin]
We’re friends man, yeah
Don’t apologize man, yeah
No matter what you do I’ll understand
It’s us against the world

When the world does us wrong, yeah
When our love abandons us, yeah
Always there beside me were my friends
It’s us against the world
[Verse 3: Mithra Jin]
I want to return to the days of innocence
When my backpack was heavier than my responsibilities
When I was little, a ball was enough to bring happiness
But the adults made an effort to take that happiness away
More phone numbers added every year
And business cards exchanged instead of greetings
Absent among those is the peace that my friends offered
When they yelled out my name from outside the window

[Verse 4: Mithra Jin]
Now, the burden sits heavy on my shoulders
I must be finding it more and more difficult
Even holding a phone in my hand
Been filling up my glass with my worries all night long
They tread on the early morning air, as if they have nowhere to go
Drunk on emptiness, I open my old yearbook for the first time in years
Got lots to remember
Though we’ve got lots to lose in this world, I thank the good old days for giving me something to lose

[Chorus: Tablo, Mithra Jin]
We’re friends man, yeah
Don’t apologize man, yeah
No matter what you do I’ll understand
It’s us against the world
When the world does us wrong, yeah
When our love abandons us, yeah
Always there beside me were my friends
It’s us against the world

[Bridge: All]
Running towards the same dreams
Together in pain when we fall
Getting beaten by the same sticks
That’s how we grew up, my friends

Now, we go for a smoke
And have a glass of hard liquor
Facing the years passing by without mercy
Together, we grow old…

[Chorus: Tablo, Mithra Jin]
We’re friends man, yeah
Don’t apologize man, yeah
No matter what you do I’ll understand
It’s us against the world

When the world does us wrong, yeah
When our love abandons us, yeah
Always there beside me were my friends
It’s us against the world
[Outro: Tablo]
Be happy, man
Get rich, man
Meet the right one and live a good life, man
Be happy, man
I love you, man
Meet the right one and love your daughter, man
Man, man