[Intro]

[Verse 1]
오늘도 난 얼굴을 골라 입어
다들 좋아할 표정으로 cover
진짜 나는 안쪽에 접어 두고
맞는 척해, like I’m proper

눈치라는 교실에서 배운 rule
튀면 틀린 거라 적힌 manual
작은 말도 먼저 검열해
I cut my edges to look normal

[Pre-Chorus]
괜찮냐는 말은 easy
기다리지 않는 answer
웃어주면 좋은 사람
무너지면 social danger

모두가 나를 보지만
아무도 나를 몰라
I smile like I’m okay
while I’m breaking lower

[Chorus]
Perfectly broken
예쁘게 망가져 가
웃는 얼굴 뒤에
내가 없어져 가

Perfectly broken
they taught me how to hide
눈물은 안쪽에 묻고
I keep dying polite

잘 웃으면 good enough
울면 too much, out of line
세상은 날 고쳐 놓고
asks me why I lost my mind

[Verse 2]
기대는 항상 이름이 예뻐
사랑, 성공, 미래, dream
근데 내 목 위에 걸리면
그건 그냥 silent chain

착하면 쓰이고
솔직하면 불편해
아프다 말하면
분위기를 망친대

다 같이 같은 방향으로
무너지는 줄도 모르고
박수 소리에 묻혀버린
my small little funeral

[Pre-Chorus 2]
언제부터였을까
내가 나를 미워한 게
칭찬받는 방법만 알고
사는 법은 잊은 게

모두가 말해 “be yourself”
then punish every difference
I learned to disappear
and called it independence

[Final Chorus]
Perfectly broken
예쁘게 망가져 가
웃는 얼굴 뒤에
내가 없어져 가

Perfectly broken
they taught me how to hide
눈물은 안쪽에 묻고
I keep dying polite

웃으면 상품이 되고
울면 문제가 돼
너희가 만든 기준 속에
we are all afraid

잘 웃으면 good enough
울면 too much, out of line
세상은 날 부숴 놓고
asks me why I lost my mind

[Outro – instrumental main motif hook only]



- ENGLISH LYCICS -

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Today, once again, I pick out a face to wear
Covering myself with an expression everyone will like
I fold my true self away deep inside
And pretend to fit in, like I’m proper

It’s a rule I learned in the classroom of social cues
A manual stating that standing out means you’re wrong
I censor even my smallest words before I speak
I cut my edges to look normal

[Pre-Chorus]
Asking "Are you okay?" is easy
It’s an answer they don’t actually wait for
If I smile, I’m a "good person"
But if I break down, I’m a "social danger"

Everyone looks right at me
Yet no one truly knows me
I smile like I’m okay
While I’m breaking lower

[Chorus]
Perfectly broken
Falling apart, but doing it beautifully
Behind this smiling face
My true self is slowly fading away

Perfectly broken
They taught me how to hide
I bury my tears deep inside
And keep dying polite

If I smile well, I’m "good enough"
But if I cry, it’s "too much", out of line
The world fixes me up just the way it wants
Then asks me why I’ve lost my mind

[Verse 2]
Expectations always have such pretty names
Love, success, the future, dreams...
But once they’re hung around my neck
They become nothing more than a silent chain

If I’m kind, I get used
If I’m honest, I make people uncomfortable
And if I say that I’m hurting
They say I’m ruining the mood

We’re all heading in the same direction
Unaware that we’re all just breaking down together
Drowned out by the sound of applause
Lies my own small, little funeral

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I wonder when it started?
When I began to hate myself?
When I learned only how to earn praise
But forgot how to actually live?

Everyone tells me, "Be yourself"
Then punishes every single difference
I learned to disappear completely
And called it independence

[Final Chorus]
Perfectly broken
Falling apart, but doing it beautifully
Behind this smiling face
My true self is slowly fading away

Perfectly broken
They taught me how to hide
I bury my tears deep inside
And keep dying polite

If you smile, you become a product
If you cry, you become a problem
In the standards you made
we are all afraid
If you smile well, it's good enough
If you cry, it's too much, out of line
The world shatters me
and asks me why I lost my mind

[Outro – instrumental main motif hook only]