Stay Alive (Prod. SUGA of BTS) Lyrics
[Intro]
Mmm, please stay alive, yeah
[Verse 1]
어디서부터 잘못됐나
전혀 기억이 나질 않아
작은 방안에 나의 몸을 숨긴 채
속삭이네
어둠이 유일한 내 벗 (내 벗)
구원을 바라는 내 손
내가 이상한 걸까
피로 물든 방
누구든 제발 날 구해줘
[Pre-Chorus]
Hide in the moonlight
그래 기적 따윈 없어
내 바람들은 그저
Hide in the moonlight
그리 거창한 게 전혀 아닌데
그게 어렵네
잠들지 못하는 새벽 끝엔
눈뜬 채 악몽을 헤맨듯해
기적 따윈 없어 라고 말한 난데
기적처럼 와준 그 한마디
넌 나의 운명
이따위 말로 설명할 순 없어
이 지친 나를 구한 구원
이 말이 설명하기가 쉬울까
나를 살린 그 한마디
많은 밤이 지나도
너의 곁에 나 있을게
Ooh, yeah (그 한마디)
나의 발에 피 나도
너의 곁에 나 있음에
[Post-Chorus]
Please, you stay alive
(Woah-oh-oh, woah)
Please, you stay alive
(Woah-oh-oh, woah)
Please, you stay alive
[Verse 2]
그림잔 커져가지만
괜찮아 너란 큰 빛 덕분이니
내 삶의 이윤 네가 전부이니
넌 언제든 그저 그렇게 웃어줘
나와 너무나 닮은 너
너와 너무나 닮은 나
가끔씩 이유 없이 겁나
이 감정은 뭘까
끝이 날지 모르지만
끝나지 않는 이 악몽 끝에
너라는 존잰 날 일으켜 매일
기적처럼 와준 기적과도 닮은
기적과도 같은 그 한마디
[Chorus]
넌 나의 운명
이따위 말로 설명할 순 없어
이 지친 나를 구한 구원
이 말이 설명하기가 쉬울까 (Ooh)
나를 살린 그 한마디
많은 밤이 지나도
너의 곁에 나 있을게
Ooh, yeah (그 한마디)
나의 발에 피 나도
너의 곁에 나 있음에
Please, you stay alive
[Outro]
넌 나의 구원
이따위 말로 설명할 순 없어
Please, you stay alive
(Woah-oh-oh, woah)
Please, you stay alive
About
“Stay Alive” works as the soundtrack for the 7FATES: CHAKHO, an original web-novel and comic released by BTS in cooperation with the Naver Webtoon—one of the biggest digital comics platforms worldwide.
This touching song adds depth to the storyline inspired by the Joseon Dynasty but set in a futuristic city. It follows connected by fate seven-members tiger hunting team called ‘Chakho.’ SUGA, who produced the song, based it on the actual synopsis and drawing sketches of the comic to get the synergy with the story. In addition, Jung Kook’s vocals were added to complete the atmosphere of the song.
The title “Stay Alive” is a sentence that expresses the surviving narrative of the main characters in the story when thrown into harsh fate.
The soundtrack was unveiled for the first time through Naver Webtoon a few days before the official release—on February 5, 2022.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
I worked on “Stay Alive” with Jung Kook. It’s been a while since we started to work on it, but I wasn’t sure when it would be released. So I’ve just been working on it, making the beat and the melody. We were going back and forth, and then when the release date was fixed, I started to write the lyrics. I think I started working on it in the US when we arrived before the LA concert. I worked on it on the plane. I wrote two sets of lyrics on that plane ride—“Girl Of My Dreams” and this one. I think I started recording as soon as we arrived. I wrote the lyrics for “Stay Alive.” Since it’s a webtoon, I looked at the story and everything. I think I read until episode 3 or 4. And kind of… I thought of the OST songs for animations.
First of all, Jung Kook was such a good singer. So there weren’t that many difficulties. When I was writing the song, the key, and the verse… If I set it on the verse, the chorus part got to be too high. And if I set it on the chorus, the verse part was too low key. So the melody goes up and down a lot, but Jung Kook sang so well when we recorded it. I was in the US for longer, and when Jung Kook sent me the recordings, I thought he did really well. So I kept listening to it over and over again before sending over the mixed version. And I loved it so much that we didn’t even have a second recording session. Jung Kook did such a great job. He’s so talented.
Yes, that was the song I was working on while we were shooting IN THE SOOP 2, but Jung Kook’s melody didn’t make it.
For “Stay Alive,” we have been writing with our good friend Gabriel Brandes loads. So when BigHit sent over a track they had (which we didn’t know was a SUGA production at first) but it was so beautiful… straight away we all started putting melodies down on it. We must have come up with about three whole versions of it, but we selected our favorite parts and sent those ideas off to the guys at BigHit. They contacted us shortly after to say they had used some of our melody ideas, but again, the lyrics all came from their side. So we were so thankful they gave us the opportunity to be involved. It’s such a beautiful song, and Jung Kook’s voice on it is angelic and stunning!
