i started a joke

내가 농담을 하자 온 세상이 울기 시작했어요

몰랐던 거예요, 웃음거리는 바로 나라는 것을

내가 울기 시작하자 온 세상이 웃어대기 시작했어요

왜 몰랐을까요, 내 농담이 아니라 나를 두고 웃고 있단 걸

두 눈을 감싼 손가락 사이로 흐르는 하늘을 바라봤어요

침대에서 떨어졌을 때 내 머리를 찧었던 건, 그동안 내가 했던 말들이었어요

내가 죽어야 온 세상이 마침내 사는가요

나도 참 바보였어요, 나란 존재란 단지 농담일 뿐이었군요

I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me oh no
I started to cry which started the whole world laughing
Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
Oh no that the joke was on me

i started a joke / low (bee gees cover)

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