Let me tell you a story: one child
Experienced difficult emotions
After accidentally overhearing the adults
Realizing he was a child who was abandoned
Now he understands his relatives’ awkward looks
Fights everyday trying to wash away his feelings of inferiority
With those wounds that haven’t healed, he becomes an adult
And alcohol changes those wounds into anger
Remembers vividly sixteen years ago, a snowy winter
Raised by a father through heart
After seeing his father vomit blood
Out of fear runs away crying barefoot
When he comes back
Currently he’s the most typical person
Even with the pain goes out to work as a cleaner
Returns around dawn to his two sleeping sons
Holds their hands remembering himself at that age
When was happy playing guitar –
Thinking of that time, he sings
Like father, like son
Wherever we go we resemble each other
Even without anyone saying, we’re the same
The words I am embarrassed to say are:
I love you, my father
When I become you
Like you (just like you)
I want to be like you were to me, to my son
Let me tell you a story: one child
When adolescence started, I emigrated
My excitement flying for the first time was covered
By the unfamiliarity of the distant place
Music was essential to me, who could not adjust
Music didn’t discriminate against me
Far away from reality, everything was possible in my imagination
Praying, dreaming, finally my dream come true
Working hard, not thinking at all
Was running then fell, sat down
Suddenly, right then I remembered my father
How you endured
Becoming an adult, it was a lonely fight
I promised not to live like you – that was a mistake
Without an answer, quietly living for your family for years
I can’t imagine how heavy your burden was
Why is it now that I know in my memory
Long ago when around dawn work ended and you returned
While I was pretending to be asleep, touched my hand
Humming while looking upon my face for a long time
With you, my father
I return to that time singing
Like father, like son
Wherever we go we resemble each other
Even without anyone saying, we’re the same
The words I am embarrassed to say are:
I love you, my father
When I become you
Like you (just like you)
I want to be like you were to me, to my son
Even if I was reborn, I would choose to be your son
No, in my next life I want to be your father
Let you realize the dreams that you abandoned
You’ve worked hard, my father
Don’t walk alone now, lean on my shoulder
I want to stay with you forever
I’m singing a song for you
Like father, like son
Wherever we go we resemble each other
Even without anyone saying, we’re the same
The words I am embarrassed to say are:
I love you, my father
When I become you
Like you (just like you)
I want to be like you were to me, to my son
