RIIZE “Love 119” Korean Lyrics

RIIZE · 2024 · Album: Love 119 · Intermediate

A crush as a 119 emergency — playful pun with natural conditionals.

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Full lyrics (Korean, romanization, English translation)

뺏긴 My heart that girl's a killerppaetgin My heart that girl's a killerMy heart's been stolen — that girl's a killer

Love so good feels like a thrillerLove so good feels like a thrillerLove so good it feels like a thriller

시작됐지 이건 Emergency (Vroom)sijakdwaessji igeon Emergency (Vroom)It's begun — this is an emergency (vroom)

1-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-9

Save my life save my lifeSave my life save my lifeSave my life save my life

She sets me freeShe sets me freeShe sets me free

이건 Emergency (Love)igeon Emergency (Love)This is an emergency (love)

너는 마치 Flashlightneoneun machi FlashlightYou're like a flashlight

자꾸만 시선을 뺏겨jakkuman siseoneul ppaetgyeoMy gaze keeps getting stolen

많은 사람 속에서manheun saram sokeseoAmong all these people

순간 너만 보였어sungan neoman boyeosseoFor a moment, I only saw you

다들 말하지 Love is so sweetdadeul malhaji Love is so sweetEveryone says love is so sweet

아직 난 뭔지 모르겠지 Right nowajik nan mwonji moreugessji Right nowI still don't know what it is, right now

처음 느낀 이상한 떨림cheoeum neukkin isanghan tteolrimThis strange shiver I've never felt

이건 진심 I'm not kiddingigeon jinsim I'm not kiddingThis is real — I'm not kidding

친구이기엔 더 Deeper deeper deeperchinguigien deo Deeper deeper deeperToo deep to stay just friends

어쩌면 Love song yaheojjeomyeon Love song yahMaybe it's a love song, yeah

뺏긴 My heart that girl's a killerppaetgin My heart that girl's a killerMy heart's been stolen — that girl's a killer

Love so good feels like a thrillerLove so good feels like a thrillerLove so good it feels like a thriller

시작됐지 이건 Emergency (Vroom)sijakdwaessji igeon Emergency (Vroom)It's begun — this is an emergency (vroom)

1-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-9

Save my life save my lifeSave my life save my lifeSave my life save my life

She sets me freeShe sets me freeShe sets me free

이건 Emergency (Love)igeon Emergency (Love)This is an emergency (love)

이상해 나 What do I doisanghae na What do I doIt's strange — what do I do?

너에 관한 건 뭐라도neoe gwanhan geon mworadoAnything about you

신경 쓰여 난 All day 넌 만들어 My daysingyeong sseuyeo nan All day neon mandeuleo My dayI'm on it all day — you make my day

이 감정은 Someday 난 알고 싶어i gamjeongeun Someday nan algo sipeoThis feeling — someday I want to know

귓가에 울린 Love is so sweetgwitgae ulrin Love is so sweetRinging in my ears — love is so sweet

멈출 수 없이 빠져버린 나야meomchul su eopsi ppajyeobeorin nayaI've fallen past the point of stopping

네가 자꾸 궁금해 왜지nega jakku gunggeumhae waejiI keep wondering about you — why?

말도 안 돼 I'm not kiddingmaldo an dwae I'm not kiddingUnbelievable — I'm not kidding

시간이 갈수록 깊어 깊어 깊어져 가는 나잖아sigani galsurok gipeo gipeo gipeojyeo ganeun najanhaAs time goes, deeper and deeper — that's me

뺏긴 My heart that girl's a killerppaetgin My heart that girl's a killerMy heart's been stolen — that girl's a killer

Love so good feels like a thrillerLove so good feels like a thrillerLove so good it feels like a thriller

시작됐지 이건 Emergency (Vroom)sijakdwaessji igeon Emergency (Vroom)It's begun — this is an emergency (vroom)

1-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-9

Save my life save my lifeSave my life save my lifeSave my life save my life

She sets me freeShe sets me freeShe sets me free

이건 Emergency (Love)igeon Emergency (Love)This is an emergency (love)

뺏긴 My heart that girl's a killerppaetgin My heart that girl's a killerMy heart's been stolen — that girl's a killer

Love so good feels like a thrillerLove so good feels like a thrillerLove so good it feels like a thriller

시작됐지 이건 Emergency (Vroom)sijakdwaessji igeon Emergency (Vroom)It's begun — this is an emergency (vroom)

1-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-91-1-9 1-1-9

Save my life save my lifeSave my life save my lifeSave my life save my life

She sets me freeShe sets me freeShe sets me free

이건 Emergency (Love)igeon Emergency (Love)This is an emergency (love)

Vocabulary (22)

Korean	Romanization	English	Note
뺏기다	ppaetgida	to be stolen / taken	Passive of 빼앗다
killer	killer	killer	Loanword
thriller	thriller	thriller	Loanword
시작되다	sijakdoeda	to begin	Passive of 시작하다
긴급	gingeup	emergency	긴급 출동 = emergency dispatch
구조하다	gujohada	to rescue	구조대 = rescue team
자꾸만	jakkuman	repeatedly	keeps coming to mind
시선	siseon	gaze	look away
순간	sungan	instant	that moment
이상하다	isanghada	to be strange	뭔가 이상해 = something's off
떨림	tteolrim	trembling	noun of 떨리다
진심	jinsim	sincerity	진심이야 = I mean it
신경 쓰이다	singyeong sseuida	to be on one's mind	weighs on the mind
감정	gamjeong	emotion	감정이 상하다 = feelings get hurt
귓가	gwitga	edge of the ear	by the ear
울리다	ulrida	to ring	phone rings
멈추다	meomchuda	to stop	can't stop
빠지다	ppajida	to fall into	fall for someone
궁금하다	gunggeumhada	to be curious	dying to know
말도 안 돼	maldo an dwae	unbelievable	lit. 'words don't even work'
깊다	gipda	to be deep	deep relationship
갈수록	galsurok	the further (time goes)	later and later

Grammar notes (5)

-아지다 = passive

자꾸만 시선을 뺏겨

뺏다 (snatch) → 뺏기다 (be snatched). The passive flips the subject to receiver.

Pattern: [stem] + passive suffix

Example: 가방을 도둑맞았어 (my bag got stolen) / 비를 맞았다 (got rained on)

-ㄴ = experiential attributive

처음 느낀 이상한 떨림

느끼다 + ㄴ = 'felt/realized': the first-ever shiver.

Pattern: [stem] + 은/ㄴ + [noun]

Example: 처음 본 얼굴 (a face I've never seen) / 처음 걸어본 길 (a road never walked)

-에 관한 = about / concerning

너에 관한 건 뭐라도 신경 쓰여

-에 관한 = concerning: 'anything about you.' News-register.

Pattern: [noun] + 관한 + [noun]

Example: 음악에 관한 책 (a book about music) / 미래에 관한 이야기 (a talk about the future)

-ㄹ수록 + -아 가다 = keep getting more

시간이 갈수록 깊어 깊어 깊어져 가는 나잖아

-ㄹ수록 + -아 가다 stacks: 'keeps getting deeper as time goes.'

Pattern: [stem] + 아지다 + 가

Example: 추워져 가는 날씨 (weather getting colder) / 좋아져 가는 관계 (a relationship getting better)

-ㄹ 수 없이 = unable to (state)

멈출 수 없이 빠져버린 나야

-ㄹ 수 없이 = to the degree of 'unable to stop.'

Pattern: [verb stem] + ㄹ 수 없이

Example: 기다릴 수 없이 급해 (so urgent I can't wait) / 잠들 수 없이 신나 (too excited to sleep)

7-day study plan

Day 1 — Vocab Set A + hum along to the chorus

Memorize 10 basic words
Listen to the song 3 times
Hum along to the chorus 1-1-9, save my life
Write today's new words once

Day 2 — Grammar 1, 2 (-아지다 = passive, -ㄴ = experiential attributive)

Review vocab set A
Learn -아지다 = passive and -ㄴ = experiential attributive
Notice these patterns while listening
Make two sentences with today's grammar

Day 3 — Vocab Set B + Grammar 3 (-에 관한 = about / concerning)

Memorize Love 119 keywords
Learn -에 관한 = about / concerning
Sing the whole chorus
Sing the chorus along with the video

Day 4 — Grammar 4 (-ㄹ수록 + -아 가다 = keep getting more) + Vocab Set C

Learn -ㄹ수록 + -아 가다 = keep getting more
Read the lyrics aloud twice
Make a sentence with emergency (緊急事件)
Shadow the verses once

Day 5 — Grammar 5, 6 + sing the whole song

Learn -ㄹ 수 없이 = unable to (state) and -아지다 = passive
Sing the whole song with karaoke
Flag the words you still miss
Review grammar 1-3

Day 6 — Vocab review + quiz

Score 80+ on the vocab quiz
Write missed words 3 times
Sing the chorus without looking
Explain the meaning of emergency to a friend

Day 7 — Final check: full sing-through + use the grammar

Sing the entire song without subtitles
Make one sentence per grammar point
Record yourself singing and check pronunciation
Use today's expressions in a short diary entry

RIIZE “Love 119” Korean Lyrics

Full lyrics (Korean, romanization, English translation)

Vocabulary (22)

Grammar notes (5)

-아지다 = passive

-ㄴ = experiential attributive

-에 관한 = about / concerning

-ㄹ수록 + -아 가다 = keep getting more

-ㄹ 수 없이 = unable to (state)

7-day study plan

Day 1 — Vocab Set A + hum along to the chorus

Day 2 — Grammar 1, 2 (-아지다 = passive, -ㄴ = experiential attributive)

Day 3 — Vocab Set B + Grammar 3 (-에 관한 = about / concerning)

Day 4 — Grammar 4 (-ㄹ수록 + -아 가다 = keep getting more) + Vocab Set C

Day 5 — Grammar 5, 6 + sing the whole song

Day 6 — Vocab review + quiz

Day 7 — Final check: full sing-through + use the grammar

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