TWICE (트와이스) – CHESS Lyrics & Meaning

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CHESS

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Betrayal transforms innocence into strategic power, leaving her stronger, sharper, and impossible to defeat.

Album

TEN: The Story Goes On

Release Date

October 10, 2025

Genre

K-pop / Pop

Label

JYP Entertainment

Composers / Lyricists

Natania Lalwani, Miranda Glory Inzunza, Blush Davis, Nikolay Mohr, Joshua Linne, Dahyun

Participating Members

Dahyun

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[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]

English Translation

Oh I used to be unskilled and naïve
You deceived me for your own benefit
With a cunning trick more than anything
Now completely I realize everything
Calculated, educated
I’m the monster you created

So you changed me
I’ve upgraded
Imma tell ya

I ain’t playin checkers I play chess
Became the best and nothing less
Yeah that’s what I do I’m making moves
I never lose and that’s on you

I dominate the outcome of this game
It’s getting more and more interesting
Victory is mine
Obviously I
know I’m not the same person I used to be
Calculated, educated

I’m the monster you created
So you changed me –
I’ve upgraded
Imma tell ya

I ain’t playin checkers I play chess (I make ‘em sweat)
Became the best (I make a mess)
And nothing less (I must confess)
Yeah that’s what I do I’m making moves (I bet ya knew)
I never lose (I never do)
And that’s on you (and that’s on you)

Because of you
I’ve become stronger
and I can go with the flow
Better without you better now
With or without you ain’t no doubt
You know you gotta, you gotta

Show me your manners bow down
Better without you better now
Want me to lose i don’t know how
You know you gotta, you gotta, you gotta uh

Let you shoot your shot
Now that’s on you
Shoulda done it better
When you had it all together
What now?
Now you’re really running out of moves

Yeah that’s what I do, I’m making moves (I bet ya knew)
I never lose (I never do)
And that’s on you (and that’s on you)
I ain’t playin checkers I play chess (I make ‘em sweat)
Became the best (I make a mess)
And nothing less (I must confess)

Yeah that’s what I do I’m making moves (I bet ya knew)
I never lose (I never do)
And that’s on you (and that’s on you)

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🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation

The lyrics trace a transformation from innocence and manipulation to calculated confidence and complete control. Once deceived for another person’s benefit, the narrator turns the experience into strength, learning to anticipate every move and dominate the game on her own terms. She no longer sees herself as a powerless victim but as the formidable result of what betrayal created, embracing strategic resilience, earned superiority, and the certainty that she is stronger and better without the person who underestimated her.