BTS - Jamais Vu (English Translation)
BTS - Jamais Vu (English Translation) Lyrics
I think I lost again
You look like you're mad
In a blur, game over over over
[Verse 2: Jung Kook]
If this was a game
I could just load it again
I guess I gotta deal with this, deal with this
Real world
[Verse 3: j-hope]
It'd be better if it was a game
Because it hurts so much
I need to heal my medic
But I'm another star
Blame myself since I was imperfect
Brake in my head, brake in my step, always
All I wanted was to do well
I wanted to make you smile, damn
[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jin]
Please give me a remedy
A remedy to make my heart beat again
(Remedy)
What should I do now
Please save me, give me another chance
Please give me
A remedy, a melody
A memory that will be left just for me
If I stop right now
If I just turn it off, will all be more comfortable?
[Verse 4: Jin]
I'm fine but I'm not fine
I told myself I was used to it
It always hurts like it's the first time
[Verse 5: j-hope]
Not a good gamer, that's right, you can't control me
It keeps hurting 'cause of trial and error and 50,000-something else
My song lyrics, each gesture
I become afraid of every word, my jamais vu
Again, I try to escape as always
But still, you grab me
Even as my shadow grows
My life and yours are an equal sign
So my remedy is your remedy
[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jin]
Please give me a remedy
A remedy that will make my heart beat again
(Remedy)
What should I do now
Please save me, give me another chance
Please give me a
(Remedy)
Run and run again, stumble again
(Honestly)
Even if it repeats forever
I'll keep running
[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jin]
So give me a remedy
A remedy that will make my heart beat again
(Remedy)
What should I do now
Please save me, give me another chance
[Outro: Jung Kook, Jin, j-hope]
Please give me a remedy
(So is this success, I came back)
A remedy that will make my heart beat again
(I'll concentrate on reaching you no matter what, falling, stumbling)
What should I do now?
(This familiar pain seizes on me again)
Save me
(It's not easy this time either)
Please give me another chance
(Am I giving up? No, no never)
I won't give up
About
“Jamais Vu” is the sixth track of BTS' 2019 album Map of the Soul: Persona and is a subunit song with Jungkook, Seokjin, and Hoseok.
The phrase jamais vu comes from the psychological phenomenon for when an individual is doing something they’re familiar with, but it seems foreign to them. This is the opposite of déjà vu. Jamais vu is most often associated with reading common words or seeing people you know and momentarily not recognizing them.
This idea of not remembering familiar things has been prevalent throughout BTS' ongoing story line, most recently progressed in their Save Me webtoon. The story follows Seokjin repeatedly reliving the same day in attempt to change the fates of his friends.
Q&A
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The pitch sheet came through for more of an acoustic-type song. This was during the Christmas holidays, I [Matt] was in Scotland visiting family and had no equipment with me, so I called up my friend, Tom Urie, who let me borrow his guitar and recording equipment. I set it up on my bed, and Max and I put together some instrumentals. We then sent them off to Marcus, who was working with our friend Owen. We picked which instrumental to work on and finished up the song together. Again, BigHit contacted us saying they wanted to work on it with us, so we all met back up in London and finished it up. Pdogg added some production to incorporate the rap parts, etc., and we then finished it up together. Once again, the lyrics and raps came from the boys. When they announced the name “Jamais Vu,” we had to google it to see what it meant. But again, we were blown away by the concept, and it all just worked perfectly.
- 24.BTS - Jamais Vu (English Translation)
