명랑하게 (MRHG)

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

I wish I could, I gonna be

before you ask me

I want to show myself to you

clear and transparent

I wish I could, I gonna be

after you asked me

like a favourite pair of blue jeans

I look pretty cool

You never get satisfaction

try singing along with me

I will tell you a folk tale,

into the world I longed for

Tonight,

don’t worry 

you know I told you

tomorrow too, sunshine maybe

You never believe it might be

when you do not want to believe anything

like one of John Lennon’s jokes

why me, why not 

love does exist!

• About the song title: 명랑하게 is difficult to translate clearly. It carries a sense like brightly, cheerfully, light-heartedly, or in good spirits. That is probably why the English title is kept as MRHG, instead of forcing an awkward single-word equivalent.