주문 (MIROTIC) — TVXQ!: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
First verse: the song, every line and what it means — in sync언제나 그랬듯이 먼저 말을 걸어와eon·je·na geu·raet·tteu·si meon·jeo ma·reul geo·reo·waAs always, you speak to me firstListen to this line with the translationNo sign-upWhat the song is about
“주문 (MIROTIC)” by TVXQ! is about a magnetic presence that casts a spell on someone until there is no way out. The title 주문 means a spell or incantation, and the lines draw it through a magician who rules dreams, a piercing gaze and crystals running in the veins. It begins as an easy, ordinary attraction and grows into confident, total possession, with love dismissed as just a label.
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.
언제나 그랬듯이 먼저 말을 걸어와Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): eon·je·na geu·raet·tteu·si meon·jeo ma·reul geo·reo·wa
Meaning: As always, you speak to me first
Words in this line- 언제나eon·je·naalways
- 그랬듯이geu·raet·tteu·sias it was
- 먼저meon·jeofirst
- 말을ma·reulwords
- 걸어와geo·reo·wacome and address
Word for word: Always as it was, first words you hang and come
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 말 alone is 'word' and 걸다 is 'to hang', but 말을 걸다 together means 'to start talking to someone'. The ending 와 on its own is 'come', adding the sense of approaching me. That is why the literal version sounds odd: 'hang words and come'.
넌 나를 원해Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): neon na·reul won·hae
Meaning: You want me
Words in this line- 넌neonyou
- 나를na·reulme
- 원해won·haewant
Word for word: You me want.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: Korean puts the verb last: 넌 is 'you', 나를 is 'me', 원해 is 'want'. So the literal reads 'You me want', which sounds clumsy in English. The casual 해 ending adds a cocky, direct tone.
두 번의 키스 뜨겁게 터져버릴 것 같은 네 심장을Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): du beo·nui ki·seu tteu·geop·kke teo·jyeo·beo·ril kkeot ga·teun ne sim·jang·eul
Meaning: With a second kiss, your heart that seems about to burst hotly
Words in this line- 두dutwo
- 번의beo·nuiof times
- 키스ki·seukiss
- 뜨겁게tteu·geop·kkehotly
- 터져버릴teo·jyeo·beo·rilwill burst
- 것kkeotthing
- 같은ga·teunseeming
- 네neyour
- 심장을sim·jang·eulheart
Word for word: Two times kiss hotly burst-completely thing like your heart.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 터지다 means 'to burst', and the 버리다 ending adds a feeling of it happening completely and irreversibly. 것 같은 literally means 'like a thing' but really means 'seems as if'. These verb endings carry the emotion that no single word does.
내 주문에 넌 다시 그려지고 있어Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): nae ju·mu·ne neon da·si geu·ryeo·ji·go i·sseo
Meaning: Under my spell, you're being drawn anew
Words in this line- 내naemy
- 주문에ju·mu·neby the spell
- 넌neonyou (topic)
- 다시da·siagain
- 그려지고geu·ryeo·ji·gobeing drawn
- 있어i·sseoare (ongoing)
Word for word: By my spell you again being drawn are
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 그려지고 있어 combines 'to be drawn' with 'is happening now'. Drawing is a picture for being reshaped by my spell. The literal version is clumsy because English would just say 'you are being remade'.
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 가능성 | ga·neung·seong | possibility |
| 가졌어 | ga·jyeo·sseo | got / have had |
| 강한 | gang·han | strong |
| 개의 | gae·ui | pieces of |
| 곳이 | go·si | place |
| 괜찮아 | gwaen·cha·na | are fine |
| 그렇다면 | geu·reo·ta·myeon | if so |
| 길인걸 | gi·rin·geol | it's a path, after all |
| 끌려 | kkeul·lyeo | drawn in |
| 끝은 | kkeu·teun | the end |
| 나에게 | na·e·ge | to me |
| 내게 | nae·ge | to me |
| 노예 | no·ye | slave |
| 뭐다 | mwo·da | it's what |
| 미쳐 | mi·chyeo | go mad |
| 빠져 | ppa·jyeo | fall into |
| 사랑은 | sa·rang·eun | love |
| 헤어날 | he·eo·nal | get out of |
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Questions about “주문 (MIROTIC)”
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What does “언제나 그랬듯이 먼저 말을 걸어와” mean in “주문 (MIROTIC)”?
As always, you speak to me first. 말 alone is 'word' and 걸다 is 'to hang', but 말을 걸다 together means 'to start talking to someone'.
What does “넌 나를 원해” mean in “주문 (MIROTIC)”?
You want me. Korean puts the verb last: 넌 is 'you', 나를 is 'me', 원해 is 'want'.
How do you pronounce “두 번의 키스 뜨겁게 터져버릴 것 같은 네 심장을”?
In the song it sounds roughly like “du beo·nui ki·seu tteu·geop·kke teo·jyeo·beo·ril kkeot ga·teun ne sim·jang·eul”: that's how it's actually sung by TVXQ!, not the textbook romanization.
Where can I see every line of “주문 (MIROTIC)” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Sunwoo goes through all 55 lines word by word, in sync with the song; the first verse is free and needs no sign-up.
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- TVXQ!
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