I found this really awesome song called I've Had To Learn from Facebook just now. Okay, I did not find it literally, my friend shared it but still, it's counted as I half found it from my friend's profile! It's a song from the latest Korean musical, Tears of Heaven, which depicts the story of "a Korean soldier who is dispatched to Vietnam only to fall hopelessly in love with a Vietnamese woman and does everything in his power to help her." (source: http://www.hancinema.net/jyj-junsu-to-star-in-musical-tears-of-heaven--26575.html)
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I don't know about you guys, but I do find myself repeating the song again and again in Youtube. The lyrics and the sheer majestic feeling of the music sorts of jump out to me. It's as though I can feel the pain and anguish that the singer is going through in the song. Which is why I liked the song. All the emotions sounded so real to me.
I don't know who sang this version, but I heard that Junsu will be singing this version in the musical (thanks to Vi for telling me) and I could foresee that it will become an instant hit on the web. Since I can't find any lyrics of this song on the web, I'm gonna transcribe the lyrics myself again in hopes of raising the readership of this blog like what happened when I did the same to the It's Only Just A Dream cover by Sam Tsui and Christina Grimmie. If you're gonna copy and paste it, I would appreciate some credits (I had to sit and decipher the words after all) and if there's anything wrong with the lyrics, do let me know. My ears tend to fail me sometimes.
I don't know who sang this version, but I heard that Junsu will be singing this version in the musical (thanks to Vi for telling me) and I could foresee that it will become an instant hit on the web. Since I can't find any lyrics of this song on the web, I'm gonna transcribe the lyrics myself again in hopes of raising the readership of this blog like what happened when I did the same to the It's Only Just A Dream cover by Sam Tsui and Christina Grimmie. If you're gonna copy and paste it, I would appreciate some credits (I had to sit and decipher the words after all) and if there's anything wrong with the lyrics, do let me know. My ears tend to fail me sometimes.
Enough of me talking already, here's the song and the lyrics!
I've Had To Learn
Lyrics:
How can I tell you
How it feels to see
A country torn in half
Ripped apart by war
How can I tell you
How it feels not to know
Whether I'll see your face
If tomorrow ever comes
I've had to learn
Learn how to kill
Learn how to hate against my will
Learn how to fight
Shelter the weak from strong
Take from a boy
It's way to be(?)
It's inhuman to be me
I ask myself
Is this what it means to be a man
It's cause of love that I'm alive
Because of your love that I'm surviving
But what of these ghosts that I must carry to my grave
Din' he had a wife
Din' he had a dream
Someone who loved them like you loved me
Why do I have to take his last breath away
What if he thrived(?)
Each life that I take
What is the price that I must pay?
Tell me the cost, Because it's too late to turn back now
It's cause of love that I'm alive
Because of your love that I'll survive
Take from a boy
It's way to be(?)
It's inhuman to be me
I ask myself
Is this what it means to be a man
It's cause of love that I'm alive
Because of your love that I'm surviving
But what of these ghosts that I must carry to my grave
Din' he had a wife
Din' he had a dream
Someone who loved them like you loved me
Why do I have to take his last breath away
What if he thrived(?)
Each life that I take
What is the price that I must pay?
Tell me the cost, Because it's too late to turn back now
It's cause of love that I'm alive
Because of your love that I'll survive
But what of these ghosts that I must carry to my grave
I wasn't born
With a gun in my hand
But yet every soldier understands
When duty calls
It's somebody's freedom or your own
So you learn not to run
You learn not to cry
You learn how to aim your weapon high
and with them all
Never regretting what you're fighting for
Cause what you're fighting for
Is the one thing
You have left
You have left
I've had to learn
Learn how to kill
Learn how to hate against my will
I wasn't born
With a gun in my hand
I was born... to love
Words in italics and a (?) means that i do not know what is he singing. If you do know please let me know in the comment section down there and leave your name too so I can thank you!
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Wow, I must admit that this is quite a failure. Certainly did not know that trying to decipher the words from a single song could be so tiring. I had to strain my ears to really hear the word that he meant or this whole song would be jumbled up. But I still have about 6 uncertainties from my first attempt. I do hope what those uncertainties will be addressed and if there's any mistakes please help me point them out too.
And I do hope that you'll find this song as wonderful as I did. I'm no soldier but I could understand exactly what is he singing in the song, especially the part about learning how to kill (my Dragon Age training did help quite a bit in understanding the dilemma of taking one's life). It's certainly a question that is worth debating about but well, for now lets just focus on getting the song itself only.
Oh well, I did try my best with the lyrics and I know my hearing isn't exactly good with this cheap speakers of mine but hopefully with the internet, someone will eventually help me out. Time to sleep then, and see what will happen tomorrow. Nights.
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5 comments:
thanks for the lyrics, I love this song immensely as well. Just for your information, though in the musical Junsu is going to be singing this song, in this version, it's not Junsu. I don't really know who sings this though, but this is clearly not Junsu's voice. Hope that clarifies for you. Thanks a bunch for the lyrics!
Thank you
I was looking for the lyrics of this amazing song
now I can translate to spanish and show it to my mom ^^
This song speaks for itself and like you said
I can also feel the pain of this soldier
and how he has to be to stay alive
every time I listen to it, I shed tears
Im expecting for a fancam or video of Junsu singing this song
Thank you Again
Mercedes ^^
Awesome thank you!
and I think this is:
Take from the boy(?)
Take from the poor.
not sure though... ^^
So I gave it a try...
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*Shoulder(?) the weak from strong >> Shelter the weak from strong
*Take from the boy(?),It's meant to be(?) >> Take from a boy, his way to be. (? I'm not sure myself ;p)
*It isn't human to be me >> It is inhuman to be me (dunno which one)
*Din' he had a wife, Din' he had a dream >> Didn't he have a wife? Didn't he have a dream?
*Why do I have to take his last breath away >> But why do I...
*What have he thrived(?) >> What if he thrived?
*[?] >> and with them on {?? lol, totally clueless here..)
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This is Rob Even version btw ^___^
Thank you for the lyrics~^^ but there's some part that i'd like to revise.. (this is based on what i&my sister heard though)
shoulder the weak from strong >> shelter the weak from strong
Take from a boy, it's way to be, it is inhuman to be me
I ask myself is this what it means to be a man?
Din' >> Didn't he have a wife? didn't he have a dream?
so you learn not to run, you learn not to cry
you learn how to aim your weapon high
and with them all, never regretting what you're fighting for
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