HERO ~ Kibou no Uta

"HERO ~ Kibou no Uta" (HERO ~ Song of Hope) is an insert song for Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, performed by FLOW, who also performed an English-language version of the song for the film's English dub. 
==Overview==
The song was composed by Takeshi Asakawa and performed by the Japanese pop-rock band FLOW for the insertion song of the 2013 movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and released on a double A-side CD single with the opening song for the movie, "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", on March 20, 2013.
==Lyrics==
===Kanji Japanese===
時に現実は神様のように　様々な試練をくれる
All day　All night　そりゃたまに　嫌んなっちゃうけれど
それでも立ち向かう君の　抗う姿は光
Oh Yeah　All right　照らし出せ太陽
勇気 Gimme Gimme パワー　Power Up Power Up パワー
今呼び覚ませ
何度打ちのめされようと　熱く立ち上がれ
だから　バリ☆バリ　パワー　小さな夢を　守り抜くために
走る背中はまるでHERO
言葉じゃ伝えきれない悩み　誰もが抱えているんだよ
Wishes come true そうさ今がどんなに辛くても
夢中で闘う日々を　勇気づけてくれたメロディー
そっと　ずっと　心響かせて
元気 Gimme Gimme パワー　Power Up Power Up パワー
素敵に素敵
何度打ちのめされようと　熱く立ち上がれ
だから　バキ☆バキ　パワー　小さな夢を　守り抜くために
走る背中はまるでHERO
今この時を踏みしめながら　膨らみ出した未来　見届けに
進む僕らの世界はきっと　まだ始まったばかりなんだ
届け　信じる力　満たして今　光さす方へ
何度打ちのめされようと　熱く立ち上がれ
勇気 Gimme Gimme パワー　Power Up Power Up パワー
目もくらむ程
走る背中はまるでHERO
涙を越えて　胸は高鳴り　想い溢れて　響くは遠く　憧れの空
願いは叶う
明日へ続いて行く
涙を越えて　胸は高鳴り　想い溢れて　響くは遠く　憧れの空
願いは叶う
君に贈る希望の歌
===Romaji Japanese===
Toki ni genjitsu wa Kami-sama no yō ni sama-zama na shiren o kureru
All day All night　sorya tama ni　iya n’ natchau keredo
Sore de mo tachimukau kimi no aragau sugata wa hikari
Oh Yeah All right terashidase taiyō
Yūki Gimme Gimme pawā
Power Up Power Up Pawā ima yobisamase
Nan-do uchinomesareyō to atsuku tachiagare
Da kara　bari☆bari pawā chiisa na yume o mamorinuku tame ni
Hashiru senaka wa maru de HERO!
Kotoba ja tsutaekirenai nayami dare mo ga kakaete iru n da yo
Wishes come true sō sa ima ga don’na ni tsurakute mo
Muchū de tatakau hibi o yūki-zukete kureta merodī
Sotto　zutto　kokoro hibikasete
Genki Gimme Gimme pawā
Power Up Power Up pawā suteki ni muteki
Nan-do uchinomesareyō to atsuku tachiagare
Da kara baki☆baki pawā chiisa na yume o mamorinuku tame ni
Hashiru senaka wa maru de HERO!
Ima kono toki o fumishimenagara fukuramidashita mirai mitodoke ni
Susumu boku-ra no sekai wa kitto mada hajimatta bakari na n da
Todoke shinjiru chikara mitashite ima hikari sasu hō e
Nan-do uchinomesareyō to atsuku tachiagare
Yūki Gimme Gimme pawā
Power Up Power Up pawā me mo kuramu hodo
Hashiru senaka wa maru de HERO!
Namida o koete　mune wa takanari omoi afurete
Hibiku wa tōku　akogare no sora negai wa kanau
Asu e tsuzuite iku
Namida o koete　mune wa takanari omoi afurete
Hibiku wa tōku　akogare no sora negai wa kanau
Kimi ni okuru kibō no uta
===English===
From time to time, reality puts you through all kinds of ordeals, just like God does
All Day [All Day] All Night [All Night].. they can sometimes grow irritating, but..
.. despite that, your figure as you go clashing and fighting against them, is engulfed in light
Oh Yeah [Oh Yeah].. All Right [All Right].. shine away like the sun!
Courage, Gimme Gimme power.. Power Up Power Up power.. call it forth right now
No matter how many times you’re about to be knocked down, blaze up and stand again
So let’s get energetic & full of power.. so as to protect to the end, this small dream
Your running figure looks from behind just like that of a.. HERO
Worries that mere words just can’t describe.. everybody’s got their share of them
Wishes Come True.. yes, that’s true.. and it doesn’t even matter how harsh the present is
The melody that gave us courage in those days we raptly kept fighting, ..
.. softly, and eternally, let it echo in your heart
Vigor, Gimme Gimme power.. Power Up Power Up power.. so awesome, and invincible
No matter how many times you’re about to be knocked down, blaze up and stand again
So.. crack crack*.. let’s get full of power.. so as to protect to the end, this small dream
Your running figure looks from behind just like that of a.. HERO
We take these firm steps right now, to ensure the future as it starts to expand
The world we are moving forward into, has surely only just started
Power of belief, that we achieved just now, go and reach out, to the direction of the emittent light
No matter how many times you’re about to be knocked down, blaze up and stand again
Courage, Gimme Gimme power.. Power Up Power Up power.. so much that it would daze all eyes
Your running figure looks from behind just like that of a.. HERO
Surmounting our tears, our chests throbbing, overflowing with emotions, echoing faraway, into the aspiring sky, our wishes granted
Continuing into tomorrow
Surmounting our tears, our chests throbbing, overflowing with emotions, echoing faraway, into the aspiring sky, our wishes granted
Holding out to you, the song of hope
===Funimation dub===
Reality could put you through a test from time to time!Very much like a power from above!All day, all night You know sometimes it makes you sick to the bone!But you'll never let go or give up the fight !You the one who showed me how to see the light!
Oh yeah, all right The sun's ready to shine on!!Be brave and gimme, gimme power! Power, power, power!You gotta let it awake!And no matter what, you get right up where you were stopped, dead in the ground!That's why you're running, running, runningRunning for the future!Trying to live up to your dream!I see you dashing through the wind just like a hero!
Get over the sorrow...Heartbeat is rising...Pouring out emotions...Ringing in the distance...Sky, I'm looking up to you...Wishes always come true...
And it goes on and on! Get over the sorrow!Heartbeat is rising! Pouring out emotions!Ringing in the distance! Sky, I'm looking up to you!Wishes always come true! From me to you, this is the song of hope!
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