MARK - Child (Romanized)
Neoga mwonde nae maeumeul
Maedalgo heundeureo nal eojireopge
Naega munjearamyeon wae
Hangsang jilmuneul deonjineun geonde
Oh I, oh I, oh I, seodureudaga
Oh I, oh I, oh I, seotulleojine
[Chorus]
Uh, I'm a child
Neoga barandaeron mot dwae
Have a good night
Jajangganeun pillyo eopdae (Ooh, ya)
It's my question, many questions
Saramdeuri barabon nan nuguya
Who am I? Who I'll be?
Dareun bam gateun nightmare
[Post-Chorus]
Why, why, why kill my night?
Neoga buswobeorin bame
Naega dachil geot gata
Blah, blah, blah, y'all talk too much
Don't waste my time
Geogikkajiman (Hae)
I pull at the strings when I'm pissed
Al saramdeulman alji nan jom
Twisted but the fittest to the point
Kkumiraneun ge taeyangiramyeon nae meorineun geugeol
Bingbing doneun Earth all day
I'm alert, it's a curse, yeah, it hurts
I don't know my own strength
There's a lot that I don't know (Yeah)
But you learn when you don't know (Yeah)
Red on my Valentino (Yeah)
[Verse 3]
Buswodo busullae nae chaegimgam (gam)
Jayuroul ttaekkaji dwireul an dorabwa
Kkok meon nami doego sipeosseo i sahoewa
Propanei bureowo, I need to blow up now (Now, now)
Tubakaeya neukkyeojina bwa i mat
Gasireul gilleo swipge mot neomgige nal
How'd I get so bitter? (Uh)
Brother liquor
I don't feel the same
Neon eottae? Tell me later (Uh)
[Chorus]
Uh, I'm a child
Neoga barandaeron mot dwae
Have a good night
Jajangganeun pillyo eopdae (Ooh, ya)
It's my question, many questions
Saramdeuri barabon nan nuguya
Who am I? Who I'll be?
Dareun bam gateun nightmare
Uh, ne
Ayy, ayy, ayy
Oh, why?
Hoksi nugungan gonggamhalkka
Jigeummankeumeun arajumyeon andoelkka
[Outro]
Oh, yes, sir
Woah (Yes), yeah (Don't say)
No, no, no, no, no
I'm saying what's on my mind (Woo-hoo)
I'm trying to spend this day just like (Yes, sir)
Oh-oh (Yeah, yeah)
About
“Child,” the launching track in SM STATION’s 2022 project NCT LAB, is NCT rapper MARK’s first officially-released solo single since his 2016 debut.
The song is written and solely performed by MARK himself, unlike the two previous SM STATION releases.
The “sentimental” rock-inspired hip-hop release features an electric guitar and bass synth. Like other tracks on NCT LAB, MARK said it was made “quite long” before release.
Q&A
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Mark Lee discussed the track on a January 29, 2022 Instagram live days before release.
“Child” is a song that was made quite long ago, yeah. It isn’t one of my recent projects or anything. It was a song that […] was in our archives. And it just happened to be “Child” for, uh, this coming STATION.
He went on to describe the genre as “alternative rock”-like with an “electric guitar sound” and the vibe of the track as “sentimental.”
