BTS — "Merry Go Round" Official MV

"Merry Go Round" is about pure desolation, melancholy, and struggling with depression — it's by far the saddest song off of ARIRANG, and one of the most profoundly sad songs from BTS in general. 

I wish that I could tell you that it's over

I wish that I could walk away from pain

My life is like a broken roller coaster

But maybe I'm the only one to blame

I can't get off this merry go round

It spins me around 

I do my best, but I can't slow down

This merry go round

And I, I can't get off of this ride

I can't get off of this ride

I try, this happens every time

I can't get off of this ride

Feel like I'm all grown up now

But I still got the same old doubts

Every day on this merry go round

Feel like I'm stuck on this hamster wheel

Oh, questions with no answers

Running through this maze

We're all just smiling 

Like everything's okay, everything

I wish that I could tell you that it's over

I wish that I could walk away from pain

My life is like a broken roller coaster

But maybe I'm the only one to blame

I can't get off this merry go round

It spins me around 

I do my best, but I can't slow down

This merry go round

And I, I can't get off of this ride

I can't get off of this ride

I try, this happens every time

I can't get off of this ride

Spinnin' up, down

Just round and round

I'm fallin' apart

Still bound to ground

Can't break out of these chains

My inner child cries out

I've had enough of this ride

Please take me out, ma

My bed is my coffin

My whole world feels like caffeine

Every day, walk into death

Can't I turn off this dream

'Cause I can't stop dancing

Just thinking and thinking and thinking and think

Thinking about how I should stop thinking

Round and round, are you happy?

Smile 'til the end for me

It took three months, but they finally released this MV for everyone. This MV was originally released for Spotify Premium members only, which was extremely disappointing because BigHit has never had to put BTS' MVs behind a pay wall before and I vehemently disagree with this practice. And I still refuse to pay for Spotify.