Galaxy (우주를 줄게) — BOL4: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
First verse: the song, every line and what it means — in sync한참 뒤에 별빛이 내리면han·cham dwi·e byeol·bi·chi nae·ri·myeonWhen, after a while, the starlight comes down...Play the first verse with translationNo sign-upWhat does “Galaxy” by BOL4 mean?
BOL4’s “Galaxy” follows a sleepless, racing-hearted crush, as the singer offers the person they love a whole sky of stars. Coffee and nerves keep the singer awake, trembling with eagerness, and the singer vows to be a pilot at the loved one’s side, plucking a star and building a Milky Way to fly through. Circling close like a satellite, then drifting to sleep by dawn, the mood stays dreamy, shy and tender.
Key lines
4 lines from the song in Korean, with how they sound and what they mean. The full line-by-line breakdown lives in the app.
한참 뒤에 별빛이 내리면Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): han·cham dwi·e byeol·bi·chi nae·ri·myeon
Meaning: When, after a while, the starlight comes down...
Words in this line- 한참han·chama good while
- 뒤에dwi·eafter
- 별빛이byeol·bi·chistarlight
- 내리면nae·ri·myeonif it descends
Word for word: Considerable-while after star-light if descends.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 별 means 'star' and 빛 means 'light', together 'starlight'. 내리다 is normally used for rain and snow, so the light is described as 'falling' like precipitation.
지나간 새벽을 다 새면 다시 네 곁에 잠들겠죠Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): ji·na·gan sae·byeo·geul da sae·myeon da·si ne gyeo·te jam·deul·get·jjyo
Meaning: Once the night has passed into dawn, I'll fall asleep by your side again.
Words in this line- 지나간ji·na·ganpast
- 새벽을sae·byeo·geuldawn hours
- 다daall
- 새면sae·myeonif it breaks
- 다시da·siagain
- 네neyour
- 곁에gyeo·tebeside
- 잠들겠죠jam·deul·get·jjyoI'll fall asleep, I guess
Word for word: Past dawn all if dawns, again your side-at fall-asleep-probably.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 새벽 means 'pre-dawn' and 새다 means 'to leak/break through'; together they mean 'to spend the night until morning'. 곁 is 'side', so 곁에 is 'beside you'. -겠죠 adds a gentle certainty.
엄지와 검지만 해도 내 마음을 너무 잘 표현해Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): eom·ji·wa geom·ji·man hae·do nae ma·eu·meul neo·mu jal pyo·hyeon·hae
Meaning: Just a thumb and a forefinger say exactly how I feel
Words in this line- 엄지와eom·ji·wathumb and
- 검지만geom·ji·manjust index finger
- 해도hae·doeven if I do
- 내naemy
- 마음을ma·eu·meulheart
- 너무neo·muso
- 잘jalwell
- 표현해pyo·hyeon·haeexpress
Word for word: Thumb-and index-only doing-even, my heart too well express
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 엄지 is the thumb and 검지 the index finger, and together they make the Korean 'finger heart' gesture. -만 해도 means 'even just doing this', so the tiny gesture is enough. 마음 is 'heart' or 'feelings', and 너무 잘, literally 'too well', is just Korean emphasis for 'extremely well'.
별빛 아래 잠든 난 마치 온 우주를 가진 것만 같아Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): byeol·bi da·rae jam·deun nan ma·chi o nu·ju·reul ga·jin geon·man ga·ta
Meaning: Asleep under the starlight, I feel like I own the whole universe
Words in this line- 별빛byeol·bistarlight
- 아래da·raeunder
- 잠든jam·deunasleep
- 난nanI
- 마치ma·chias if
- 온owhole
- 우주를nu·ju·reuluniverse
- 가진ga·jinhaving
- 것만geon·manthe fact
- 같아ga·taseems
Word for word: Starlight under asleep I as-if whole universe having only seems
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 가진 is 'having', 것 is 'thing', 만 is 'only', 같아 is 'seems'. Together 것만 같아 means 'I feel exactly as if...'. 온 is 'whole' and 마치 is 'as if', which paints someone who seems to hold the entire universe.
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 가까워진다면 | ga·kka·wo·jin·da·myeon | if we get closer |
| 가장 | ga·jang | most |
| 가져줄래 | ga·jyeo·jul·lae | will you take |
| 가지고 | ga·ji·go | to have |
| 같아요 | ga·ta·yo | it seems |
| 그대 | geu·dae | you (poetic) |
| 날아가게 | na·ra·ga·ge | so it flies |
| 내리고 | nae·ri·go | send down and |
| 네게만 | ne·ge·man | only to you |
| 만들어 | man·deu·reo | making |
| 별빛을 | byeol·bi·cheul | starlight |
| 별을 | byeo·reul | star |
| 쏟아 | sso·da | pouring out |
| 어디든 | eo·di·deun | anywhere |
| 은하수를 | eun·ha·su·reul | Milky Way |
| 줄게 | jul·kke | I'll give you |
| 품에 | pu·me | in the arms |
| 할거야 | hal·kkeo·ya | I will make |
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Questions about “Galaxy”
What is “Galaxy” by BOL4 about?
BOL4’s “Galaxy” follows a sleepless, racing-hearted crush, as the singer offers the person they love a whole sky of stars.
What does “한참 뒤에 별빛이 내리면” mean in “Galaxy”?
When, after a while, the starlight comes down... 별 means 'star' and 빛 means 'light', together 'starlight'.
What does “지나간 새벽을 다 새면 다시 네 곁에 잠들겠죠” mean in “Galaxy”?
Once the night has passed into dawn, I'll fall asleep by your side again. 새벽 means 'pre-dawn' and 새다 means 'to leak/break through'; together they mean 'to spend the night until morning'.
How do you pronounce “엄지와 검지만 해도 내 마음을 너무 잘 표현해”?
In the song it sounds roughly like “eom·ji·wa geom·ji·man hae·do nae ma·eu·meul neo·mu jal pyo·hyeon·hae”: that's how it's actually sung by BOL4, not the textbook romanization.
Where can I see every line of “Galaxy” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Ari goes through all 43 lines word by word, in sync with the song; the first verse is free and needs no sign-up.
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