Let's Get Together Now

Let's Get Together Now is a K-Pop/J-Pop song used as an anthem for the 2002 World Cup. Performed by the supergroup Voice of Korea/Japan (Lena Park and Brown Eyes for Korea and Sowelu and Chemistry for Japan), it was released in three separate versions: a full Japanese version, a full Korean version (with some English at the end), and a merged version which combines the lyrics of the two versions. The last of the three was included in the official soundtrack album and was performed in the opening ceremonies in Seoul on June 1, 2002.

Composed by Daisuke Kawaguchi and Kim Hyung Suk and written by Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Kiyoshi Matsuo, Park, and Kim, the lyrics tell spirit of gathering and coming together as one, as the with the theme of the two countries in co-hosting the said event. Although this is not the official theme song (which is "Boom" by Anastacia), this song proves to be popular.

Below are the lyrics of the merged version (original text). Note that not many lyrics websites in the West, especially English-language ones, carry this:

La la la la ・・・(Let's get together now)

Mmmh すれ違い　そんな日もあった
まじわらぬ海流のよう　陸をはさむ
Mmmh 기다려 왔던 그 순간이 왔어
二人でつかめないものなんてないよ

もしも　言葉　世界にひとつとして無かったとしても　結ばれる
(Let's get together now)

다른 생각과 다른 풍경 속에 있지만 「愛してる」 그 맘 하나로도
追いかける転がる二人の夢を
(Let's get together now)

作られたその笑顔は要らない　つなぐ手の堅さでいい
서로를 위해 우리 기도할 수 있기를
(Let's get together now)

기쁨을 같이 해도 아깝지 않고
슬픔을 같이 해도 서로가 미안하지 않게
이젠 내 손을 잡아 우리의 꿈을 위해
僕のこの想いが綴っていくから

もしも　誰か　僕らの物語り　阻んだとしても　止まらない
(Let's get together now)

満たされたその幸せは要らない　ガムシャラな理想でいい
멀리 있지만 서로를 항상 느낄 수 있도록
(Let's get together now)

시간이 가도 지금에 소중한 이순간 항상 우리 맘 속에 머물기를
築きたい二人の真実の世界
(Let's get together now)

飾られたその言葉は要らない「사랑이라는」気持ちでいい
追いかける転がる二人の夢を
(Let's get together now)

同じ歩幅刻んで歩く
見てる景色はひとつ (Oh baby love)
사랑으로 충분해
자 이제부터야 꼭 잡은 손으로 진실의 세계로

Don't you think its time we all let go of fear inside
Open up our mind, understand each other
If we just decide to be as one, we'll set our spirits free

Let this be a time, we can always keep within our hearts
Far beyond today, till the end of time
No longer a dream, peace and love become reality...