Red Velvet’s song “In My Dreams” is a bittersweet, melancholic R&B ballad. The song explores themes of escapism, unrequited love, and the desire for connection.

Song Credits

  • Artist: Red Velvet
  • Album: The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm
  • Released: March 21, 2022
  • Length: 3:24
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Lyrics: Kim Su Ji
  • Composers: Alma Goodman, Alida Garpestad Peck, Erik Smaaland, Kristoffer Tømmerbakke
  • Producer: Erik Smaaland, Kriss Tømmerbakke

Red Velvet “In My Dreams” Official Audio

Red Velvet “In My Dreams” Lyrics

Hangul

In my dreams you love me back

꼭 춤추듯이
둘만의 공중을 돌고 돌지 Uh
긴 밤을 건너
어디든 금세 닿을 듯해 우린 Yeah

끊이지 않는 웃음
구름 위의 발걸음
사탕 같은 네 두 눈 꿈만 같애
간지러운 목소리
깃털 같은 손길이
영원 속에 머물길 난 기도해

In my dreams you love me back
In my dreams you love me back

꿈에서도 꿈인걸
알면서도 I still love you
이대로 Don’t wake me up
달콤하게 날 속여줘
In my dreams

돌아갈래
꿈속의 널 찾아 I’m going mad
더 조금 더 멀리
현실로 돌아오는 길을 모르게 Yeah

영원하자던 Promise
가득 날리던 꽃잎
환상 같던 그 Happy Ending 속에
부서지듯 깨어나
한참이나 멍해 난
애써 다시 눈 감아 잠을 청해

In my dreams you love me back
In my dreams you love me back

꿈에서도 꿈인걸
알면서도 I still love you
이대로 Don’t wake me up
달콤하게 날 속여줘
In my dreams

우린 Happily forever after
In my dreams
눈 뜰 수 없을 만큼 황홀해

In my dreams you love me back
In my dreams you love me back

꿈에서도 꿈인걸
알면서도 I still love you
이대로 Don’t wake me up
네 품 안에 날 가둬줘

In my dreams you love me back
In my dreams you love me back
In my dreams you love me back

Romanized

In my dreams, you love me back

Kkok chumchudeusi
Dulmanui gongjungeul dolgo dolji, uh
Gin bameul geonneo
Eodideun geumse daeul deuthae urin, yeah
Kkeuniji anneun useum
Gureum wiui balgeoreum
Satang gateun ne du nun kkumman gatae
Ganjireoun moksori
Gitteol gateun songiri
Yeongwon soge meomulgil nan gidohae

In my dreams, you love me back
In my dreams, you love me back

Kkumeseodo kkumingeol
Almyeonseodo I still love you
Idaero don’t wake me up
Dalkomhage nal songnyeojwo
In my dreams

Doragallae
Kkumsogui neol chaja I’m going mad
Deo jogeum deo meolli
Hyeonsillo doraoneun gireul moreuge, yeah
Yeongwonhajadeon promise
Gadeuk nallideon kkochip
Hwansang gatdeon geu happy ending soge
Buseojideut kkaeeona
Hanchamina meonghae nan
Aesseo dasi nun gama jameul cheonghae

In my dreams, you love me back
In my dreams, you love me back

Kkumeseodo kkumingeol
Almyeonseodo I still love you
Idaero don’t wake me up
Dalkomhage nal songnyeojwo
In my dreams

Urin happily forever after (In my dreams)
Nun tteul su eopseul mankeum hwangholhae
In my dreams, you love me back
In my dreams, you love me back

Kkumeseodo kkumingeol
Almyeonseodo I still love you, oh, oh
Idaero don’t wake me up
Ne pum ane nal gadwojwo, oh, oh

In my dreams you love me back
In my dreams you love me back
In my dreams you love me back

Translation

In my dreams, you love me back

Like dancing
We turn and turn around the air of ours, uh
Across the long night
Wherever it is, it’s like we would soon reach it, yeah

Endless laughter
Footsteps above the clouds
Your eyes like candy, it’s like a dream
Tickling voice
Your hands like a feather
I pray that it would remind in forever

In my dreams, you love me back
In my dreams, you love me back

It’s a dream even in a dream
Even though I know it, I still love you
Just like this, don’t wake me up
Sweetly deceive me
In my dreams

I want to go back
Find you in the dreams, I’m going mad
A little more, more further
So that I don’t know the way back to reality, yeah

Promise of being forever together
Flower petals that was fully fluttering
In that fantasy like happy ending
Wake up like it broke
For a long time I become blur
Try to close my eyes again and sleep

In my dreams, you love me back
In my dreams, you love me back

It’s a dream even in a dream
Even though I know it, I still love you
Just like this, don’t wake me up
Sweetly deceive me
In my dreams

We are happily forever after
In my dreams
It’s ecstatic that I can’t open my eyes

In my dreams, you love me back
In my dreams, you love me back

It’s a dream even in a dream
Even though I know it, I still love you
Just like this, don’t wake me up
Lock me in your arms

In my dreams, you love me back
(In my dreams, in my dreams, ooh)
In my dreams, you love me back (Yeah)
In my dreams, you love me back

Red Velvet “In My Dreams” Meaning

“In My Dreams” by Red Velvet is a melancholic song about longing for someone who cannot be yours in reality. Despite knowing the relationship is impossible, the narrator continues to hold onto their feelings and finds comfort in dreams where that love can exist.

A central theme of the song is escapism. Instead of facing the pain of unrequited love, the narrator retreats into a dream world where they can be together with the person they miss. Dreams become a temporary refuge from loneliness and heartbreak.

The lyrics also highlight the contrast between fantasy and reality. The narrator is fully aware that the affection they receive in their dreams is not real, yet they willingly remain in that illusion because it feels more comforting than the truth.

Overall, “In My Dreams” captures the bittersweet emotions of loving someone from afar and wishing reality could match your deepest desires. Its dreamy production and emotional lyrics create a hauntingly beautiful portrait of longing and hope.