“ESCAPE” is a collaborative track by Stray Kids members Bang Chan and Hyunjin, featured on their latest project, Mixtape: dominATE.
The song delves into themes of seeking freedom from a collapsing world, emphasizing the urgency to break free from constraints and find solace together.
In the lyrics, Hyunjin portrays a bleak reality with lines like “The sky is burning, a gray, ashen world,” highlighting a desire to escape alongside a companion.
Bang Chan adds a reassuring tone, expressing determination to lead and protect, as reflected in the pre-chorus: “I can’t let you go, ’cause the world’s ’bout to break; just follow me, I’ll lead, night and day.”
The chorus amplifies this urgency with the repeated call to “run, run, run,” inviting listeners to join them in seeking a place “that nobody even knows,” symbolizing hope and liberation.
Escape Stray Kids Lyrics (with English Translation)
The sky is burning
Tadeureo ganeun hoesaek jaetbit sesang, there’s no way (A gray, ashen world burning away, there’s no way)
Chagaun nunbit (Cold gaze)
Angmaui sonjit, huh, manggajyeo gal iyuga manne (Devil’s beckoning, huh, many reasons to break down)
Like magic, i siganeul meomchundamyeon (Like magic, if I could stop this time)
Ne ape seolge domanggaja, hold my hand (I’ll stand before you, let’s run away, hold my hand)
Tteugeopge nal taeumyeo (Burn me passionately)
Chagawojin neol nogyeo (Melt your cold self)
I can’t let you go, ’cause the world’s ’bout to break
Just follow me, I’ll lead, night and day (Escape now)
In exchange for this pain, can you promise me
To show your love for me every day? Oh
Come with me, let’s escape now
(Run, run, run) Ah-oh!
Escape now
(Run, run, run) Run, run, run
Let me take you to a place that nobody even knows
Them shackles and them chains, yeah, you’re free to take ’em off
Escape now
(Run, run, run) Run, run, run
Escape now
Feel the rhythm of your
Heartbeat pounding loud
We’re on a thrill adventure
Hold my hand, just let it out
Escape from reality, come with me
I’ll fulfill all your fantasies, follow me
Let’s run away from the world, shh
Don’t you love the sound of silence? It’s all we need, oh, oh, oh
I can’t let you go, ’cause the world’s ’bout to break
Just follow me, I’ll lead, night and day (Escape now)
I’ll take all this pain, can you promise me
To give me all of you every day? Oh
Come with me, let’s escape now
(Run, run, run) Ah-oh!
Escape now
(Run, run, run) Run, run, run
Let me take you to a place that nobody even knows
Them shackles and them chains, yeah, you’re free to take ’em off
Escape now
(Run, run, run) Run
Escape now
All hell’s breaking loose on the surface we live on
There isn’t a heaven, no more (Heaven, no more)
Hold onto my hands, headed for the climax
Baby, let’s run away together (Yeah)
Come with me, let’s escape now
Ah-oh!
Escape now
(Run, run, run) Run, run, run
Let me take you to a place that nobody even knows (Come with me)
Them shackles and them chains, yeah, you’re free to take ’em off (Come with me, come with me)
Escape now (Come with me, come with me, come with me)
(Run, run, run) Run, run, run
Escape now
