You Know I Love You Meaning
Hi everyone,
I'm taking a quick break from the Honey Yourself albums to write near this vocal. How could I not? It is so beautiful, I have and then much to say, and information technology fits so perfectly with my theory and storyline.
For those who don't know, TXT released this song 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Dear You) on the 31st of May. What makes it and then special is that our Joon wrote the lyrics.
Per all the press including this article, PD Bang was having problems writing a love song. Thus, he asked Joon for help and Joon thankfully said he would exist glad to assist.
And so here we are, blessed with a wonderful cute song that beautifully ties all of my song analyses together.
Permit'southward get!
Assumed Knowledge & Assumptions
I have written this post bold you have at minimum , the knowledge of all the things discussed in:
- Trivia 承: Dear (Function one)
- Serendipity
- DNA (Part 1)
- "I Love You lot", "I Know" (Office ane and Part 2)
- I Need U (Role i and Part 2)
- The SEAcret "whole new" side of Namjoon and Tonight
- Always
- I'chiliad Fine
This is because this vocal has many references to them.
New Readers
Hello there and welcome to my blog! I'yard sorry to say that if you oasis't read any of the in a higher place posts… this assay will not make much sense and is unfortunately likely to mean nothing to you.
This is considering unfortunately, you do not still sympathize the backstory, logic and significance of many references.
BTS told us that the Love Yourself albums contain a narrative. In other words, all of the songs are connected to tell a story.
In my blog, I reveal this narrative by simply reading the song lyrics in the correct order from the author'south perspective, only like a book.
Ane of the subplots of the narrative is almost Namjoon's dear story, and this song has deep, meaningful and intricate connections to it. Delight likewise notation the assumptions I apply when I analyse songs. Enjoy! 😊
Thus, if you're wondering where to starting time, delight start here.
1. The title 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Dear You)
I choked on my tea when I read the title. Where do I even begin.
Allow's hash out this bit by chip.
1a. 0X1
1ai. 0X1 as a mathematical formula
First, let'southward talk over what aught times one (0x1) can be interpreted as:
- With reference to the lyrics "the only (one) shining gold… the only (i) rule of this world… the only (1) shining glow," Namjoon tells us that his lover is the only ane source of light, constabulary and order (i.e. dominion) in Namjoon's dark, chaotic and meaningless (0) earth;
In other words, "in this world of zero(es) (0)…[Namjoon's lover is] my one and on1y."
Therefore 0 x 1 = 0 . In this world of 0 , because you're the 1 , in that location is no one ( 0 ) else and I, Joon, have nothing ( 0 ) else.
- Since 0 x one = in that location is no ane and nothing (i.east. 0) else I tin can love but y'all, this vocal is clearly going to be a love song.
Therefore 0 x 1= (a) LOVESONG
1aii. 0X1 as letters and alphabets
It can be hands observed that the "X" can exist interpreted every bit the alphabet "X".
0 can also hands be interpreted as the alphabet "O" and 1, particularly when handwritten, tin exist easily confused with the alphabet "I".
Trivia 承: Dear as nosotros know, is all nearly directly lines (I or 1) morphing into curved lines and circles (0 or O).
Linking this concept to Trivia 承: Honey is not unreasonable either because we run into an case of this happening in the music video where curved lines and direct lines replaced each other: LO S ER = LO V ER. In fact, I prophesied almost it before the music video came out.
You may remember from my Trivia 承: Beloved assay that:
- there is a line that goes "I crossed (X) all the messages and I reached you" ;
- Joon and his lover's name are one alphabet difference. Joon has an "O" in his proper noun and his Lover has an "I" in "Her" proper noun.
In other words, OXI can be interpreted every bit: "I, Joon (symbolised past the letter of the alphabet O), crossed (X) all the letters and reached you lot (his lover is symbolised by the alphabetic character I).
Or even just: I, Joon, crossed (X) all the letters and reached yOu.
Thus, OXI equals a LOVESONG, because this vocal is a dear song similar Trivia 承: Love.
1b. LOVESONG
Edifice on what we accept learnt higher up, it is of import to call back that Joon thinks in dichotomies. Blackness vs White. Angel vs Demon. Good vs Bad. Fine vs Not fine. Love vs Hate. Joy vs Suffering.
Thus, though the championship states "LOVESONG", it is clear from the lyrics (which we will presently explore) and from the photo in a higher place that "LO V Eastward" can also stand for "LO S E".
As we will before long run into, 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Beloved You) is all near the possibility of losing someone you dearest.
Thus, 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) can really exist interpreted as
0X1=LOSESONG (I Know I Dearest You).
Building on this concept, "Ten" has connotations of crossing something out, failing, or cancelling/losing something or someone.
Thus OTenI=LODue southESONG can as well be interpreted every bit:
JOOn losouthing (X) his lover (symbolised by the letter I).
1c. I Know I Love Yous
I discussed in my blogs why logically I believe the song "I Love You", is continued to "I Know", the vocal Namjoon wrote.
I stated that "I Know" is simply a response to "I Love You".
I've also demonstrated in my blog many times how Joon loves to piece of work in mirrors and in opposite.
Nosotros saw examples of him doing this in Save ME vs I'm Fine, and Serendipity vs Singularity, Deoxyribonucleic acid vs Fake Love, 보조개 (Dimple) vs 전하지 못한 진심 (The Truth Untold), etc.
Thus, 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Dear You) is quite merely, the "black mirror" of those 2 songs:
I honey you. I know | I know I honey yous
Remembering that "I honey you lot" and "I know" are 2 songs that went read together, are well-nigh finding beloved and each other once again, it is hence elegant and fitting that 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) is the complete contrary.
["I love you" + "I know"] is the antithesis of "I know I love you".
["I love you lot" + "I know"] is about finding and having a 2d chance at dear with the person you lot love.
Notwithstanding, (0X1=LOVESONG) "I know I dearest you lot" is nigh losing the person you dear.
1d. 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Dear You)
At that place is one more interpretation that we tin can now discuss after learning about the different ways to interpret the title.
0 and 1 are binary numbers. At that place is literally no other numbers but i or 0.
Thus, the outcome of this song will either exist a LOVESONG or a LOSESONG.
As Namjoon says in the lyrics, it is either:
All or Nothing.
(1 or 0)
Binary.
2. Namjoon'south world
Alright, allow's become started with the lyrics.
I refer to the following lyrics:
In this world of zero(es)*
I know you're my 1 and on1y
In this endless darkness similar
Oh my god, so holy
From the tip of my fingers
Everything runs far away
My life before you lot was a mess
Couldn't win one round of this chess
Oh nosotros
From this bottomless abyss
Y'all're the but (i) shining gilded
At present I tin can't cease thinking 'bout you
When I'm sinking alone
Angel who ane day appeared to me
Accept me abroad to your hometown
I know it's existent, I can feel it
… I'k not going to make information technology
I won't exist able to become into heaven
I don't vest there
No place for me in heaven…
*Retrieve, at that place is no real way to tell plurality in Korean. Thus, this could be zero, or zeroes.
2a. A globe of zeroes
Namjoon describes his world to be full of nil(es). This can be interpreted as:
- information technology has nothing or is filled with zip (meaningful or important);
- it is cold (i.eastward. 0 degrees); and
- it is filled with losses (i.e. I got nothing points on my examination, I got nothing interviews, I got zero friends, etc).
Interestingly Namjoon phonetically spells out the English word "zero" in Hangul: 제로의 (jei-ro).
The Korean discussion for "zilch" is either 영 (yong) or 공 (gong), and the decision to use 영 and 공 is dependent on the situation. 영 is used to count things (east.g. there are zilch people) while 공 is used for telephone numbers or code and can also mean/is pronounced the same as the Chinese word 空, which means emptiness.
Thus, since "cipher" has been phonetically spelt, it is open to interpretation. So choose your toxicant.
2b. The Abyss
Namjoon describes his metaphysical globe as one of "countless darkness" below the ground, "from this abysmal abyss." The clarification of his world is consequent with our cognition that Joon consistently characterises himself every bit a demon or a devil, or a monster… beings who stereotypically live underground in darkness.
Due to his belief that he is a demon, devil or a monster of some sort, Namjoon believes that "I'm non going to make it, I won't be able to go into heaven, I don't belong at that place, no place for me in heaven."
This is juxtaposed against his lover who is "oh my god, and so holy.. shining," and is a literal "Affections." This is again consistent with our knowledge that Joon consistently characterises his lover every bit an Angel and someone who is the complete opposite of him.
The point of this is that this is entirely consistent with what we accept learnt from analysing the Love Yourself anthology songs, for example, Serendipity, DNA and 보조개 (Dimple). Namjoon is talking about the aforementioned person and is writing lyrics based on the aforementioned relationship.
After all, he tin can't be writing most some other human relationship. His lover is the one and only.
Another interesting affair to discover is that Namjoon is not the only one in the completeness.
His lover is as well in the abyss with him, "oh we from this abysmal abyss, you're the only (one) shining gilt."
Nevertheless, unlike Namjoon, the abyss isn't his lover'southward home. His lover's "hometown" is sky because his lover is an Angel.
The takeaway from this is that the lyrics betoken that the metaphysical space of the Abyss is of common significance to both Namjoon and his lover.
2c. 유1하
Before nosotros move on, at that place is a vivid wordplay that I must share with you lot. This wordplay was explained by @BTStranslation.
The lyrics " you're the only (one) shining gilt… the but (i) rule of this globe… y'all're the only (one) shining glow in Korean is 넌 유 i 하 게 빛나던 gold, 세계의 유 one 한 법칙 and 넌 유 ane 하 게 빛나던 glow.
유 일 하다 (yu-il-hada) = to be the simply
The number 1 in hangul is 일 (il)
Thus, the wordplay is replacing the 일 (il), significant 1, from the verb 유 일 하다 (yu-il-hada) with the number 1 to make 유 1 하다 (yu-1(il)-hada) significant 'but one'.
3. Take me to your hometown
I refer to the following lyrics
When I'm sinking alone
Angel who one 24-hour interval appeared to me
Take me abroad to your hometown
I know information technology'due south real, I tin can feel it
I'thousand full of issues, love sick
No way to go
I was fine to die
I'grand a lo s er* in this game
The but (1) dominion of this earth
Save me
Have my hand
Please apply me like a drug (I know I love you)
*As discussed earlier in my weblog, this can be as well read equally I'm a lo v er in this game. So cull your favourite estimation!
As per The SEAcret "whole new" side of Namjoon and This night and Ever, we have come to learn that when Namjoon is depressed, he is thinking about the sea and his desire to die. We tin can run across this same thought process and yearning in the higher up lyrics "when I'm sinking lonely… I'g full of problems… No way to get… I was fine to die."
Thus, when Namjoon is saying to his Affections "take me away to your hometown," he is asking to be taken out of this hell hole of an completeness and brought to heaven.
The lyrics "I'm total of issues, honey sick, no manner to become" chillingly repeat the various interpretations of the lyrics "I've lost my all means" we discussed in E'er.
Further, the lyrics of "I was fine to dice " is consistent with my interpretation of I'm Fine where I stated:
Opposite to the upbeat tune and positive title, I'm Fine is actually a heartbreakingly pitiful song from Namjoon's perspective.
Namjoon in I'k Fine is actually non fine at all.
Y'all may besides call back from I'one thousand Fine that Namjoon merely woke up on the beach.
And, yous may remember from Always that before he woke upwardly in I'm Fine, he was about to sink into the abyss alone because he was "full of problems" and was utterly "love sick" considering he had broken upwards with his lover.
Further, since I'g Fine and Salve ME are deeply connected, Namjoon of course ensures this deep connection endures in the song:
"I was fine to die… Save me"
And, since 0X1=LOVESONG (I KNOW I LOVE You) is about the cease* of the relationship, Namjoon appears to have used a chiastic structure (i.e. what he did with I'thou Fine and Salve ME) to come up total circle and link it back to the vocal that describes the start of the relationship: Serendipity.
*Luckily, we know from retrospect that Namjoon was given a second take a chance at the human relationship.
In Serendipity, Namjoon said to his lover:
You lot're my penicillin
Saving me
Don't be nervous, concur my hand
This is reversed in 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You):
Save me
Take my paw
Please utilise me like a drug (I know I love yous)
4. The last plead: I NEED YOU
Namjoon makes ane concluding plead to his lover:
I'm not going to arrive
I won't be able to become into heaven
I don't belong there
No place for me in heaven
At the tips of my feet
Everything turned pitch blackness
My life earlier you was trash
Could never even light a single match
Oh we
The hole in my soul begins to mend
Frigid air starts to thaw
In this world of zero
I found warmth that's you lot
Take all of me
Girl, I demand you…
…Say you honey me, say you love me
Till the cease of the world (I honey you)
All or null, I want all of yous
I know I love you lot
Say y'all dearest me, say you love me
Till the end of the world (Till the terminate of the earth)
All or nothing, I requite all of you
I know I love you
Namjoon reveals to united states of america that his lover brought warmth and light into his pitch-black world. Due to "Her" angelic and healing presence, "the hole in my soul begins to mend, frigid air starts to thaw… (and) I found warmth that's yous."
The repetition of the lyrics "till the stop of the globe" also echoes Namjoon's sentiment in DNA whereby he believes their honey can transcend expiry and go on till the terminate of the world. As I stated in my post:
And, because of the prophecy embedded in their DNA and their metaphorical immortality (through their association with the Affections and Devil);
Namjoon believes that he and his lover will always end upwards finding each other fifty-fifty after decease, pregnant that their love transcends time and infinite, and is forever eternal.
Dna – Part 1
Now that Namjoon knows what warmth feels like because of "Her", Namjoon doesn't want to give this upward. If "She" left, Namjoon would exist back to where he started: A broken cold soul with a life that was "trash."
Thus, Namjoon desperately pleads with her "Daughter, I demand you, say you lot love me… [considering] I know I love you lot."
The lyrics "Girl, I need you" is a reference to the lyrics "I need you girl" from I Demand U.
We can be confident that I NEED U is related to this song because as said above, Namjoon just has/had ane lover and he has stated multiple times that he writes lyrics based on this true-life story.
In any case, Namjoon told us that I Demand U is most a failing relationship and a drastic centre that is longing for the love or youth (i.e. life) that is about to end. Nosotros can see that I NEED U'due south story is the aforementioned with this song.
Thus, if we put all of the pieces of the puzzle together, nosotros tin pinpoint the song'due south timeline.
0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) is set sometime late 2014 to late 2015, before the cover of the song I Love Yous (난 너를 사랑해) was released.
Keeping the timeline in mind, we besides know that I NEED U:
- is the first vocal that contains the line "I beloved you"; and
- every bit at the time I Need U was written and released, Namjoon's lover had not actually said, "I love you" to Namjoon. His lover preferred to say "I like you lot" instead.
Thus, the high level dialogue between I NEED U, I Dearest Y'all, I Know and 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Beloved You) can exist graphically represented equally follow:
It also makes sense why 0X1=LO5ESONG is in capitals like I Demand U.
The capital letters enhance and convey Namjoon's desperation and fear of losing "Her".
This now takes me to my concluding indicate: I said at the kickoff of my blog that this song was either going to be a LO V ESONG or a LO S ESONG.
If you read the lyrics of 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Dear You) in isolation without any knowledge of what we've discussed, it is non possible to tell what Namjoon's lover response was.
Luckily for us, we have hindsight!
I've demonstrated in my blog why I believe that thankfully, Namjoon and his lover were able to overcome the break up and have a second hazard at love. Thus, with this hindsight, we can actually see that it is consequent with the binary upshot of the song title:
The terminal official title of the song isn't 0X1=LOSESONG (I Know I Dear Y'all).
It is 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Dearest Yous). Thus, the outcome of the story is that honey prevailed.
Information technology is a dearest song.
five. Golden clues
I have demonstrated in my blog why considerately and logically, I believe Namjoon'southward lover is Jin by piecing bits of prove together. For anyone that disagree, that is fine, I'yard not hither with any ship agenda (delight read my disclaimer below and my about me section) and I'one thousand non here to convince you Namjin is real. At the cadre, my theory and blog is based on the premise that Namjoon has/had a lover. Simple as that.
In this section, I'm going to comprehend some clues Namjoon may have left usa based on the supposition that Jin is his lover. Thus, if you don't like Namjin, yous may wish to skip this department 🙂. I promise I won't accept whatsoever offence.
Okay, let'due south get started!
5a. Aureate
Please thank @ReJendnamjin for bringing this to my attention.
I refer to the following lyrics:
Y'all're the only (one) shining gilt
넌 유1하게 빛나던 gilded
(Neon yuilhage binnadeon gold)
We have seen examples in my web log where Namjoon executes a trilingual wordplay between Korean, English and Chinese.
This is what I believe has occurred here, gilt in Chinese is 金, which is pronounced…
You guessed information technology, Jin.
You're the 1 and just shining Jin.
5b. Real
Nosotros have seen this wordplay a few times in my blog.
I refer to the post-obit lyrics:
I know information technology's real, I can feel information technology
Existent in Korean is… 진(짜).
I know (my 1 and only everlasting love) is Jin, I tin can feel information technology.
5c. Shining and glowing
Namjoon describes his lover's being as "oh my god, so holy… shining aureate… shining glow."
At that place is 1 BTS member that Namjoon consistently praises to be glowing, shining, dazzling, etc.
This person, is Jin. In the latest FESTA poster, Namjoon wrote to Jin:
"Your face in its own existence is so dazzling. The criminal offense/sin of blinding ARMY's eyes. You're the best prize"
Namjoon's lover sounds similar to 金 indeed! 😉
Author's Thoughts
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Lyric sources:
Per the English captions in the official MV and Genius lyrics for the original Korean lyrics
Disclaimer:
As per my outset author'southward note, please, no hate!
I do not have a shipping or private bias, I dear all seven members equally and I do not write my blogs because of a detail personal want for i of them. I reached my conclusion on Joon and Jin being together based on the lyrics, logic and patterns as I have discussed in all my posts (i.e. I did non ship Namjin get-go, then started trying to find things to prove my bespeak). I genuinely savour all ships because I enjoy watching the different chemistries between the boys.
Information technology does non matter ane bit to me if they are direct, gay, intersex, a skrull, a mutant or if they could lay eggs. I dear them wholeheartedly (as a sister who would beloved her younger brothers) for their individual selves.
This theory of 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) is based on my interpretations of its lyrics. Delight savor.
Source: https://www.btsgtheories.com/0x1lovesong-i-know-i-love-you/
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