To my beloved Japan: HERO by Mr. Children


tatoeba daeka hitori no inochi to
hikikae ni sekai wo sukueru to shite
boku ha dareka ga nanorideru no wo matteiru dake no otoko da

aisubeki takusan no hitotachi ga

boku wo okubyoumono ni kaeteshimattan da

chiisai koro miburiteburi wo manetemiseta

akogare ni narou da nante
daisoreta kimochi ha nai
demo hi-ro ni naritai
tada hitori kimi ni totte no
tsumazuitari korondari suru you nara
sotto te wo sashinoberu yo

dame na eiga wo moriageru tame ni

kantan ni inochi wo suterareteiku
chigau bokura ga miteitai no ha
kibou ni michita hikari da

boku no te wo nigiru sukoshi chiisana te

sutto mune no yodomi wo tokashiteikun da

jinsei no furuko-su de fukaku ajiwau tame no

ikutsumono supaisu ga daremo ni yoi sareteite
toki ni ha nigakattari shibuku omou koto mo aru darou
soshite saigo no deza-to wo waratte taberu
kimi no soba ni boku ha itai

zankoku ni sugiru jikan no naka de

kitto jyuubun ni boku mo otona ni nattan da
kanashikunai setsunasa mo nai
tada kou shite kurikaeshitekita koto ga
sou kou shite kurikaeshiteiru koto ga
ureshii itoshii

zutto hi-ro de aritai tada hitori kimi ni totte no

chitto mo nazomeitenai shi
ima sara mou himitsu ha nai
demo hi-ro ni naritai tada hitori kimi ni totte no
tsumazuitari korondari suru you nara
sotto te wo sashinoberu yo. 

Translation :
Supposing that the world could be saved
by one person giving their life in exchange,
I would be the man who waits until someone else has volunteered.

All those dear to me have made me a coward.


I don't expect to be like my idols

whose actions and mannerisms I imitated as a child.
But I'd like to be a hero,
just for you,
to reach a hand out to you,
when you stumble or fall.


To make an awful movie more exciting

they casually kill off people on screen.
But they're wrong, what we want to see is a light full of hope.

the slightly smaller hand in my hand

silently melts away the gloom in my heart.

the many spices that one needs to really taste life's full course

are prepared for everyone.
sometimes they're bitter
and you'll think the taste astringent.
and then you'll eat your last desert with a smile.
I want to be next to you.

through the cruel passage of time,

surely even I've become adult enough.
I'm not sad, and it doesn't hurt
just having kept going, and keeping going
is enough to make me happy, is precious.

I always want to be a hero,

just for you,
there's nothing mysterious about it,
at this point there's nothing to hide.
but I want to be a hero,
just for you
to reach a hand out to you,
when you stumble or fall.

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