Album
Release Date
January 4, 2018
Genre
Pop Ballad
Label
RBW
Composers / Lyricists
Mich Hansen, Peter Wallevik, Daniel Davidsen, Chelcee Grimes, Kara DioGuardi, Dr.JO
Participating Members
About the Song
《Paint Me》 is a track by MAMAMOO from the 2018 album Yellow Flower, released under RBW. Composed and arranged by Mich Hansen, Peter Wallevik, Daniel Davidsen, Chelcee Grimes, and Kara DioGuardi, with lyrics by Dr.JO, the song uses the image of color and painting to express love as something that leaves a vivid mark on the heart, highlighting MAMAMOO’s powerful vocals through emotional depth, dramatic imagery, and a beautifully polished pop-ballad sound.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
yeo-gi-jeo-gi sae-gyeo-jyeo ga-ne
gye-sok na-reul chil-hae-jwo
white ne-ga eop-deon geu-ttae-ui na-neun
kaen-beo-seu-cheo-reom sae-ha-yaet-sseo-jji
oe-rop-gin hae-jji-man pyeong-hwa-rop-deon il-sang geu-raet-jji hang-sang
Here and there, it’s being engraved
Keep painting me
White, back when you weren’t here
I was pure white like a canvas
Though lonely, my peaceful days were always like that
eo-neu-saen-ga nae ma-eum-sok ga-deuk-hi
bo-meul dalm-eun on-gi-deul-i chae-wo-jyeo-sseo kkwae ja-yeon-seu-re
han gyeop du gyeop chil-hae-jyeo ga-ne mul-gam-cheo-reom
yeo-gi-jeo-gi sae-gyeo-jyeo ga-ne mun-sin-cheo-reom
ne-ga seu-chin ja-ri-ma-da da-reun saek-e
Before I knew it, my heart was filled
With warmth resembling spring, quite naturally
Layer by layer, it’s being painted like paint
Here and there, it’s being engraved like a tattoo
Every place you touched, a different color
cha-cheum-cha-cheum jit-eo-jyeo ga-ne kka-man bam-cheo-reom
gye-sok na-reul chil-hae-jwo
deo manh-eun chu-eok-deul-lo
eo-seo na-reul chil-hae-jwo
neo-man-ui hyang-gi-deul-lo
Gradually getting darker like the black night
Keep painting me
With more memories
Hurry and paint me
With your unique scents
neo a-nin nu-gu-do nae mam-sok-e
geu-ryeo-ji-ji mo-ta-do-rok
red nal tteu-geop-ge an-deon geu sun-gan
hwa-san-cheo-reom teo-jyeo-beo-ryeoss-deon my heart
bul-geun ja-uk-i na-mass-eo nae mam-e a-jik tta-tteus-hae
So no one but you can be drawn in my heart
Red, the moment you held me hotly
My heart erupted like a volcano
A red mark was left, still warm in my heart
gip-il al su eop-neun ba-da sok-cheo-reom
a-ju pa-ra-ke geu-ryeo-jyeo beo-ryeoss-neun-geol
do you remember?
han gyeop du gyeop chil-hae-jyeo ga-ne mul-gam-cheo-reom
yeo-gi-jeo-gi sae-gyeo-jyeo ga-ne mun-sin-cheo-reom
Like the depths of an unknown sea
It was painted very blue
Do you remember?
Layer by layer, it’s being painted like paint
Here and there, it’s being engraved like a tattoo
da-reun saek-e gi-eok-i deot-chil-doe-go it-neun-geol
cha-cheum-cha-cheum jit-eo-jyeo ga-ne
kka-man bam-cheo-reom
gye-sok na-reul chil-hae-jwo
deo manh-eun chu-eok-deul-lo
Memories of different colors are being overlaid
Gradually getting darker
Like the black night
Keep painting me
With more memories
neo-man-ui hyang-gi-deul-lo
ji-ul su eop-ge hae-jwo
neo a-nin nu-gu-do nae mam-sok-e
geu-ryeo-ji-ji mo-ta-do-rok
kka-mat-ke deo kka-mat-ke byeon-hae-beo-ryeo-do gwaen-chanh-a
With your unique scents
Make it so it can’t be erased
So no one but you can be drawn in my heart
Even if it turns blacker and blacker, it’s okay
ja-kku-ja-kku jin-hae-jyeo ga-ne espresso-cheo-reom
geu-rae tto deot-chil-hae-jwo
neol meom-chu-ji ma-ra-jwo
ne-ga eop-sin nan ui-mi eop-seo
ga-deuk-ga-deuk chae-wo-jwo
Keep getting deeper like espresso
Yes, paint over it again
Don’t stop
Without you, I’m meaningless
Fill me completely
neo-man-i nae yu-il-han hwa-ga
You’re my only artist
The lyrics elegantly compare the emotional journey of falling in love to a blank canvas being gradually colored with different emotions and colors. Starting from a peaceful yet lonely state of white, the relationship becomes painted with the warmth of yellow, the burning passion of red, and the deep sorrow of blue. It conveys a desperate plea to keep coloring the heart with lasting memories and scents, declaring the lover as the only painter who can fill the emptiness so deeply that it can never be erased.
