Artist: Mr. Children
Title: Hero
Words: Sakurai Kazutoshi
Music: Sakurai Kazutoshi

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 [bad word] passage of time,
surely even I’ve [bad word] 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.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Mr. Children／HERO
作詞：櫻井和壽／作曲：櫻井和壽／編曲：小林武史、Mr. Children

例えば誰か一人の命と
引き換えに世界を救えるとして
僕は誰かが名乗り出るのを待っているだけの男だ

愛すべきたくさんの人たちが
僕を臆病者に変えてしまったんだ

小さい頃に身振り手振りを
真似てみせた
憧れになろうだなんて
大それた気持ちはない
でもヒーローになりたい
ただ一人　君にとっての
つまずいたり　転んだりするようなら
そっと手を差し伸べるよ

駄目な映画を盛り上げるために
簡単に命が捨てられていく
違う　僕らが見ていたいのは
希望に満ちた光だ

僕の手を握る少し小さな手
すっと胸の淀みを溶かしていくんだ

人生をフルコースで深く味わうための
幾つものスパイスが誰もに用意されていて
時には苦かっ