BTS 'Outro: Luv in Skool' Lyrics Explained – Learn Korean with BTS
- Apr 5, 2025
- 7 min read
Updated: Feb 26
Let’s study Korean with BTS Lyrics! In this post, we’ll break down each lyric in BTS’ ‘Outro: Luv in Skool’ with detailed vocabulary and grammar notes to help you understand the meaning of the Korean used. Whether you’re a fan looking to deepen your connection to the music or a language learner studying through lyrics, this post is for you. Click the expand arrow beside each lyric to view the notes and explanations for that line.
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BTS (방탄소년단) - 'Outro: Luv in Skool' Lyrics (With English Translation & Korean Grammar/Vocabulary Notes)
[Jungkook] : I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya
[V] : 아직도 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby It still feels like a dream oh baby
아직도: still / even now
아직 (still, yet) + 도 (additive particle = even / also)
꿈인 것 같아: it seems like a dream / feels like I’m dreaming / I think this is a dream
꿈 (dream) + 인 것 같아 (seems like / I think it’s…) [Noun + 인 것 같아 = It seems like (noun) / It feels like (noun)]
[Jungkook] : I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya
[Jin] : 이미 넌 알고 있잖아 oh baby You already know oh baby
이미: already
넌: you (informal, topic)
너 (you, informal) + -는 (topic marker → contracted to 넌)
알고 있잖아: you already know / come on, you know / you know this
알다 (to know) + -고 있다 (progressive form → “to be knowing,” expressing ongoing awareness) + -잖아 (you know / as you know / isn’t it → speaker reminding listener of something already known)
[Jungkook] : 커피를 마시고 눈을 떠봐도 Even though I drink coffee and try keeping my eyes open
커피를: coffee (object)
커피 (coffee) + -를 (object marker)
마시고: drink and / after drinking
마시다 (to drink) + -고 (connective: linking actions, meaning “and” / “and then” / “after”)
눈을: eyes (object)
눈 (eyes) + -을 (object marker)
떠봐도: even if (I) open / even if I try to open
뜨다 (to open → for eyes) + -아/어 보다 (to try doing [verb]) + -아/어 도 (even if / despite / concessive condition)
잠이 들 것만 같아 oh no no I feel like I'm going to fall asleep oh no
잠이 들 것만 같아: it feels like I might fall asleep / it seems like I’m about to fall asleep
잠 (sleep) + -이 (subject marker) + 들다 (to enter → in this expression, “to fall into sleep”) + -ㄹ/을 것만 같다 (It seems like it might [verb] / feels just like it will [verb] / as if it’s going to [verb]) (-만 (only / just / as if (particle)) is emphatic, often read as “just as if it's going to” or “almost seems like it will” → gives nuance of on the verge of / nearly as though)
[Jimin] : 그려보곤 했어 if I ruled the world I used to picture if I ruled the world
그려보곤 했어: I used to picture it / I would imagine it sometimes / I’d try imagining it
그리다 (to draw / to picture / to imagine) + -아/어 보다 (to try doing [verb]) + -곤 하다(repetitive/habitual action in the past, similar to: I used to [verb] / I would [verb] sometimes / I’d often [verb]) + -았/었어 (past casual) (connects to -곤 to express a past repeated habit)
너를 다시 내 옆에 둘 것만 같아 I feel like I'd put you next to me again
너를: you (object)
너 (you, informal) + -를 (object marker)
다시: again
내: my
옆에: beside / next to
옆 (side / beside) + -에 (location marker)
둘 것만 같아: it feels like I’ll put (you) there / feels like I’ll place (you) (again)
두다 (to put / to place) + -ㄹ/을 것만 같다 (It seems like it might [verb] / feels just like it will [verb] / as if it’s going to [verb]) (-만 (only / just / as if (particle)) is emphatic, often read as “just as if it's going to” or “almost seems like it will” → gives nuance of on the verge of / nearly as though)
[Jungkook] : 아직 늦지 않았다고 내게 말해줘 Tell me it's not too late
아직: still / yet (not finished or not happened)
늦지 않았다고: (that) it’s not late / that it’s not too late
늦다 (to be late) + -지 않다 (negation → “to not be/do [verb] …”) → 늦지 않다 (“to not be late”) + -았- (past stem, giving the nuance “has not become late”) + -다고 (that… / saying that… / (quote/indirect speech marker))
내게: to me
나 (I / me) + 에게 (dative particle meaning to / toward / used when giving, telling, doing something to someone) [In speech/writing it commonly contracts to: 나 + 에게 → 내게 (same meaning as 나에게, just smoother)]
말해줘: tell me (please)
말하다 (to speak / to tell) + -아/어 주다 (“please do for me," makes it a softer or more polite request)
이게 악몽이라면 날 어서 구해줘 If this is a nightmare, save me quickly
이게: this (subject)
이것 (this thing) + -이 (subject marker) → 이것이 contracted to 이게
악몽: nightmare
악 (evil/bad) + 몽 (dream) → 악몽 (a bad dream, nightmare) + -이라면 (if (it) is… / assuming (it) is…) [N + (이)라면 = if it is (noun) / if (someone/something) is (noun)]
날: me (object)
나 (me) + -를 (object marker → contracted to 날)
어서: quickly / hurry
구해줘: save me
구하다 (to save / to rescue) + -아/어 주다 (“please do for me," makes it a softer or more polite request)
[Jimin] : 잘 봐봐 아직까지 난 너만 기다리는데 Look, I'm still waiting for only you
잘: well / properly
봐봐: look / take a look
보다 (to look / to see) + -아/어 보다 (to try doing [verb] → makes it gentler, “try looking / take a look”) → 봐 (informal imperative “look”) → 봐봐 carries a warm, casual, soft “come on, look” feeling.
아직까지: until now / still (even until now)
아직 (still / not yet) + -까지 (until / up to) → 아직까지 adds emphasis, “still up to this very moment.”
난: I (topic)
나 (I, me) + -는 (topic marker → contracted to 난)
너만: only you
너 (you, informal) + -만 (only / just)
기다리는데: I’m waiting (but / though / and…)
기다리다 (to wait) + -는데 (a connector ending that adds background or contrast, softens tone, leads into another idea, or carries a trailing-off nuance—roughly meaning “but/and/so/you know” depending on context → “I’m waiting, but…” / “I’m waiting, you see…” / “while I wait…”)
[Jungkook] : I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya
[V] : 아직도 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby It still feels like a dream oh baby
아직도: still / even now
아직 (still, yet) + 도 (additive particle = even / also)
꿈인 것 같아: it seems like a dream / feels like I’m dreaming / I think this is a dream
꿈 (dream) + 인 것 같아 (seems like / I think it’s…) [Noun + 인 것 같아 = It seems like (noun) / It feels like (noun)]
I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya
[Jin] : 이미 넌 알고 있잖아 oh baby You already know oh baby
이미: already
넌: you (informal, topic)
너 (you, informal) + -는 (topic marker → contracted to 넌)
알고 있잖아: you already know / come on, you know / you know this
알다 (to know) + -고 있다 (progressive form → “to be knowing,” expressing ongoing awareness) + -잖아 (you know / as you know / isn’t it → speaker reminding listener of something already known)
[Jungkook] : Oh baby love you girl
Oh beautiful girl
[V] : 아직도 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby It still feels like a dream oh baby
아직도: still / even now
아직 (still, yet) + 도 (additive particle = even / also)
꿈인 것 같아: it seems like a dream / feels like I’m dreaming / I think this is a dream
꿈 (dream) + 인 것 같아 (seems like / I think it’s…) [Noun + 인 것 같아 = It seems like (noun) / It feels like (noun)]
[Jungkook] : Oh baby love you girl
Oh beautiful girl
[V] : 모든 게 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby Everything feels like a dream oh baby
모든 게: everything / all things (as the subject)
모든 (all / every → determiner that modifies nouns, meaning “the whole of…”) + 것 (thing) + -이 (subject marker → 것이 contracted to 게)
꿈인 것 같아: it seems like a dream / feels like I’m dreaming / I think this is a dream
꿈 (dream) + 인 것 같아 (seems like / I think it’s…) [Noun + 인 것 같아 = It seems like (noun) / It feels like (noun)]
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