Deja Vu — TOMORROW X TOGETHER: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
First verse: the song, every line and what it means — in sync이유를 모르던 나의 눈물 내 anemoiai·yu·reul mo·reu·deon na·ui nun·mul nae anemoiaTears whose reason I didn't know, my anemoiaListen to this line with the translationNo sign-upWhat the song is about
TOMORROW X TOGETHER's “Deja Vu” is about a lover who stops running from an old promise and chooses to stay with the one who waited. Among ruins, dust and burning rain, they share sadness and an endless journey, and he finds that every return leads him to the same person. It feels like a vow renewed across lifetimes, ending in a bright, bridal glow of certainty.
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.
이유를 모르던 나의 눈물 내 anemoiaListen from this lineRomanization (as sung): i·yu·reul mo·reu·deon na·ui nun·mul nae anemoia
Meaning: Tears whose reason I didn't know, my anemoia
Words in this line- 이유를i·yu·reulreason
- 모르던mo·reu·deondidn't know
- 나의na·uimy
- 눈물nun·multears
- 내naemy
Word for word: Reason not-knowing my tear my anemoia
Why it doesn't translate word for word: Anemoia is a rare invented English word from John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: nostalgia for a time or place you never actually experienced. The line links unexplained tears (이유를 모르던 눈물, 'tears whose reason I didn't know') directly to that feeling — sadness with no clear cause turns out to be longing for something that never happened, not grief over a real past.
넌 마치 deja vuListen from this lineRomanization (as sung): neon ma·chi deja vu
Meaning: You're just like deja vu.
Words in this line- 넌neonyou
- 마치ma·chilike
Word for word: You as-if deja vu.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: Adding 넌 (you) shifts deja vu from a feeling about a moment to a quality of the person themselves — the metaphor moves from event to addressee.
나를 태우는 그 불꽃 비 속에Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): na·reul tae·u·neun geu bul·kkot bi so·ge
Meaning: Inside that rain of flames burning me.
Words in this line- 나를na·reulme
- 태우는tae·u·neunburning
- 그geuthat
- 불꽃bul·kkotflame
- 비birain
- 속에so·geinside
Word for word: Me burning that flame-rain inside.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 불꽃 비 isn't literal rain — it's a compound image of 'rain made of sparks/flame', two nouns stacked without a connector. 태우는 (burning) modifies 비, not 나를 — Korean word order runs opposite to English here.
무너진 폐허 틈의 너와 나의 place of promiseListen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): mu·neo·jin pye·heo teu·mui neo·wa na·ui place of promise
Meaning: In the crack of collapsed ruins — our place of promise.
Words in this line- 무너진mu·neo·jincollapsed
- 폐허pye·heoruins
- 틈의teu·muiof the crack
- 너와neo·wawith you
- 나의na·uimy
Word for word: Collapsed ruins' crack with-you and-my place of promise.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 틈의 (of the crack) physically anchors the abstract 'place of promise' inside a collapsed structure — it lives not in the whole ruined city, but in that narrow gap. 너와 나의 ('yours and mine') stresses the place is shared.
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 거야 | geo·ya | will |
| 곁으로 | gyeo·teu·ro | beside/towards |
| 그저 | geu·jeo | just |
| 기다려 | gi·da·ryeo | waited |
| 기다리는 | gi·da·ri·neun | waiting |
| 기억해 | gi·eo·kae | remember |
| 꿈처럼 | kkum·cheo·reom | like a dream |
| 나눈 | na·nun | shared |
| 너야 | neo·ya | is you |
| 대지 | dae·ji | land |
| 도망갔었어 | do·mang·ga·sseo·sseo | ran away |
| 마침내 | ma·chim·nae | finally |
| 미래는 | mi·rae·neun | future |
| 세게 | se·ge | tightly |
| 안을 | a·neul | will hug |
| 약속처럼 | yak·ssok·cheo·reom | like a promise |
| 찾은 | cha·jeun | found |
| 첫날의 | cheon·na·rui | of the first day |
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Questions about “Deja Vu”
What is “Deja Vu” by TOMORROW X TOGETHER about?
TOMORROW X TOGETHER's “Deja Vu” is about a lover who stops running from an old promise and chooses to stay with the one who waited.
What does “이유를 모르던 나의 눈물 내 anemoia” mean in “Deja Vu”?
Tears whose reason I didn't know, my anemoia. Anemoia is a rare invented English word from John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: nostalgia for a time or place you never actually experienced.
What does “넌 마치 deja vu” mean in “Deja Vu”?
You're just like deja vu. Adding 넌 (you) shifts deja vu from a feeling about a moment to a quality of the person themselves — the metaphor moves from event to addressee.
How do you pronounce “나를 태우는 그 불꽃 비 속에”?
In the song it sounds roughly like “na·reul tae·u·neun geu bul·kkot bi so·ge”: that's how it's actually sung by TOMORROW X TOGETHER, not the textbook romanization.
Where can I see every line of “Deja Vu” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Taejun goes through all 41 lines word by word, in sync with the song; the first verse is free and needs no sign-up.
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Credits and sources
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- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
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