My Pick Me Up.

No, I'm not referring to the episode in the first season of Scrubs. I'm referring to a J-pop song. Yes, a J-pop song is my pick me up. Anytime I think this life isn't worth living anymore, I just listen to the first Naruto Shippuuden opening. For those of you not familiar with anime, it originates from Japan, and it's probably one of the deepest things you could ever watch on a telivision set at times. That having been made a point of, said theme songs to said anime shows are usually quite deep as well. But this song is probably the most inspirational (once translated for all it's worth) anime theme song that I've ever heard in my life. Which is exactly why it's my new pick-me-up. Just look at the lyrics. Here's the link: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/shippuuden/heroscomeback.htm

And then, listen to the actual song and try to match up said lyrics with the music to get the best comprehension. Yet another link for that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_i_xsjsN8E

It takes a while, but you start to realize just how powerful these lyrics really are once translated into English properly, indeed, the most powerful song I've ever heard in my life (when taken in consideration of the quite shallow lyrics American songwriters seem to prefer, mostly talking about nothing but women and sexual exploits). The entire message of the song, not just a single part, is what moves me so. As you'll see if you did what I told you to earlier, in times of crisis, this can be a powerful ally of a song to have, since we all know that only a true hero can save us from crisis. But who's to say YOU can't be said hero? That is exactly what makes the English-translated lyrics so powerful. And on top of all that, it's pretty easy listening if you're used to the genre. If not, it still has quite a bit of sticking power, so either way, once you know what it all means, you get the feeling that the Japanese were trying to tell us something. As if they were trying to rally us all to a cause. Maybe I'm reading too far into this. Or maybe the lyrics to Hero's Comeback really are as deep as I'm making them out to be. Until I find a disproval of it, I'd rather believe the latter. Comparatively, most J-pop is centered around positive emotion, while most Western music is centered around anger. And while I can stand by a little of both, the J-pop/J-rock template is certainly something I can stand by in general.