Epik High — “빈차” | “Home is Far Away” English lyrics
Korean title’s literal translation: “Empty Taxi”
I have far to go. There are no empty taxis, Though it looks like it’s about to rain. Today’s weight on my sagging shoulders, I want to put it down for a bit. Home is far away.
Nothing has changed. Left alone on the playground After pulling myself up to that high bar, Still a life spent on tiptoes. The things demanded of me Are always just a little above my reaching hands. The world’s eye-level, over time, becomes an Everest. As I head for the summit, my stress becomes its own mountain. I know I can never rest. There is no sleeping pill to put my dissatisfactions to sleep, So I bite my tongue through the night. As a child, The reason they taught us early to stand in line is now clear to me. Complex human relationships are a paradox. There are only relationships, and not a single place for people. I had dreams because I was afraid of being ordinary, But now I envy the ordinary. As I stand all alone in the rain, If you don’t grow, growing pains are just pain.
I have far to go. There are no empty taxis, Though it looks like it’s about to rain. Today’s weight on my sagging shoulders, I want to put it down for a bit. Home is far away.
Over time, I become afraid. I’m running, but my feet and heart don’t remember what for. Dreams that have become nothing but baggage. Putting them down and running is my only hope. It encourages me to take one more step. I lifted my head, and before me was a cliff. Looking behind me, all my expectations stood in a line, And while pretending to support me, pushed my back. Like how the commas I wanted to someday rest in my heart Have become entangled in numbers, This calculating world has been shoved into my hands. I don’t want to hold it, but being empty-handed is more frightening. Even if I hold tight, isn’t going its own way just a matter of time? Looking at the sky dark with clouds, There once was a time when I had something like a dream, But tonight even falling asleep is hard.
Would it be okay to stop for a moment for me? It’s difficult to walk any further. A wind blows, and still,
I have far to go. There are no empty taxis, Though it looks like it’s about to rain. Today’s weight on my sagging shoulders, I want to put it down for a bit. Home is far away.
Is there no place for me in this wide world? (Home is far away.) Am I alone on this crowded street? (So, so far away.) Is there no empty place for me? Home is so far away.
The things that I have to do And the money I have to make, there was something besides that… The things that I have to do And the money I have to make, there was something besides that… The things that I have to do And the money I have to make, there was something besides that… The road I need to take, I too had something like a dream. I did. I had dreams.
