Release Date
September 16, 2019
Label
Composers / Lyricists
WOOZI, BUMZU, VERNON, S.COUPS, Park Ki Tae (PRISMFILTER)
Participating Members
About the Song
Fear (독 : Fear) is a dark and emotionally intense title track by SEVENTEEN, featured on the group’s 2019 album SEVENTEEN 3RD ALBUM ‘An Ode’ released under PLEDIS Entertainment. Written and composed by WOOZI, BUMZU, VERNON, S.COUPS, and Park Ki Tae (PRISMFILTER), the song presents love as something beautiful yet dangerous, almost like poison spreading through memory and emotion. With its restrained tension, sharp atmosphere, and mature sense of vulnerability, Fear (독 : Fear) marks one of SEVENTEEN’s boldest emotional shifts, turning desire, guilt, and self-doubt into a haunting centerpiece of An Ode.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
I know I can’t take it no more
I know I can’t take it no more
al-myeon-seo-do kkeut-nael su-do eop-seo Yeh
(Tell me what you want)
Even knowing, I can’t end it Yeh
(Tell me what you want)
ma-eu-mi nal o-hi-ryeo deo sang-cheo nae-go i-sseo
na-neun wi-heom-hae neo-mu ji-dok-hae
nae jin-sim-bo-dan nal-ka-ro-un jin-sil-i jung-yo-hae
Got to get away
I can’t hesitate anymore
Everything turns gray
Is hurting me instead
I’m dangerous, too toxic
The sharp truth is more important than my sincerity
Got to get away
I can’t hesitate anymore
Everything turns gray
do-gi beon-jyeo ga-gi jeon-e
Before the poison spreads
geop-i na kkae-ji mot-hae tto geo-jit-mal-eul hae
nae gi-eok-ma-jeo mul-deul-go i-sseo
Please baby neon nae-ge-seo mul-leo-seo-ya hae
Someone tell me what should I do
neon nae gi-eo-geul ji-wo-ya dwae I’m poison
I know I can’t take it no more
I’m scared, can’t wake up, lie again
Even my memories are tainted
Please baby, you need to step away from me
Someone tell me what should I do
You need to erase my memory, I’m poison
I know I can’t take it no more
The way I love the way I love
gye-sok-hae ban-bok-hae nap-peu-ge
sa-rang-hae Oh tto hu-hoe-hae
i-reo-ke neo-reul wi-heom-e
nun tteu-ge ha-go sip-ji a-na
nae do-geun pi-eo-na tong-jeung-eun gi-peun bam
nae jin-si-meun wae jin-sil-eul oe-myeon-ha-neun geon-ga
Get out of my mind
mot-hae gam-dang na-do nae-ga geop-i na-seo
jin-sil-i na-reul mu-kkeo nwa-sseo
The way I love the way I love
Keep repeating badly
Love you Oh regret again
I don’t want to wake you
To danger like this
My poison blooms, the pain is deep at night
Why does my sincerity ignore the truth
Get out of my mind
Can’t handle it, I’m scared of myself
The truth has tied me up
byeon-hal-kka du-ryeo-wo
geop-i na kkae-ji mot-hae tto geo-jit-mal-eul hae
nae gi-eok-ma-jeo mul-deul-go i-sseo
Please baby neon nae-ge-seo mul-leo-seo-ya hae
Afraid of change
I’m scared, can’t wake up, lie again
Even my memories are tainted
Please baby, you need to step away from me
neon nae gi-eo-geul ji-wo-ya dwae I’m poison
I know I can’t take it no more
i seon-eul neom-ji mot-han na-reul sa-rang-hae-jwo
The way I love the way I love
Uh uh wuh ya ya uh uh uh
You need to erase my memory, I’m poison
I know I can’t take it no more
Love me, who couldn’t cross this line
The way I love the way I love
Uh uh wuh ya ya uh uh uh
Uh uh wuh ya ya uh uh uh
The way I love the way I love
neo-ro meom-chwo-beo-rin ga-sa-do
eon-jen-ga eon-jen-ga
This is love on-mom-e peo-jin
nae mo-deun Fear nae sok-e sang-cheo
mae-il nae-ga neo-ro a-pa-do
Lyrics stopped by you
Someday someday
This is love spread all over
All my fear, the wounds inside
Even if I’m hurt by you every day
Uh uh wuh ya ya uh uh uh
Uh uh wuh ya ya uh uh uh
The way I love the way I love
“Fear” portrays love as something dangerous, almost poisonous, where the speaker believes their own feelings may harm the person they care about. The lyrics are not simply about wanting distance; they reveal someone trapped between desire and guilt, asking to be loved while also warning the other person to step away. Images of poison, stained memories, wounds, and darkness turn affection into a source of anxiety, making the song feel like a confession from someone afraid of their own heart. At its core, the lyrics revolve around toxic love, inner fear, and the painful wish to protect someone by disappearing before the damage spreads.
