Bed of Thorns
- Apr 6
- 2 min read
Updated: 6 days ago
⋆ Genre: Electronic
⋆ Producing Credits: Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang, Madison Love, Sorana, Hwang Yu Bin (XYXX), Kim Bo Eun (Jamfactory), YIYIJIN, ALMENG (XYXX), Mia (153/Joombas), Woo Seung Yeon (153/Joombas), Park Se Rin (lalala studio), Jo In Ho (lalala studio)
ABOUT/MEANING: ‘Bed of Thorns’ opens in a strange stillness - where pain doesn’t erupt all at once, but settles in slowly, becoming clear and undeniable. There’s a quiet acceptance running through it, as if discomfort and calm can exist in the same breath. It loosely echoes the idea of “you made your bed, now lie in it,” but shifts it into something more deliberate. For TXT, it becomes less about imposed consequence and more about chosen continuation - staying within a path that has been built over years, where every decision carries weight. Rather than resisting that reality, the song fully inhabits it. Pain isn’t avoided, but faced directly - until it begins to feel less like punishment and more like proof of endurance, growth, and identity. By the end, the “bed of thorns” is no longer just hardship endured, but something claimed: a space they willingly remain in, and recognize as their own.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION (translations by @translatingtxt)
Bed of thorns
Lost in paradise
The moment the wind falls asleep
A spreading sense of relief
Feeling a fleeting stillness
On my skin
This stinging pain
The moment it turns sharp and clear
I realize
That's why
The source of the pain
That shook me to my core
When the wind blows again
I'll face it with my whole body
All the hurt, pain
Brilliantly flowing tears
Soaking this bed of thorns
Even as I'm endlessly scratched and wounded
It's proof that I am who I am now
I made
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
TRANSLATION NOTE: The word used for 'bed of thorns' in Korean is 가시덤불, which literally means “thorn bush” or “thorn thicket.” It’s the same word used in the album title which metaphorically conveys hardship, pain, and the entanglements of life.
Between yesterday that has passed
And tomorrow yet to come
Time and space stand still
Even as it festers in this moment
Dance again
Gracefully
The deeper I sink, the more at peace I am
All mine
The wind will come again
But if I'm breaking free
Even if the pain comes
I'll face it with my whole body
All the hurt, pain
Brilliantly flowing tears
Soaking this bed of thorns
Even the wind that will blow again
Forget it for a moment -
Feel the now
I made
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
I made, made
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
I made, made
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
My bed of thorns, I lie in it willingly
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