Idioms from around the world: By Armaan Arora

Hero: The song II By Ashwal Bolla

Hero

Wake  up, fade  away,

Only  thing  you  see,

An  endless  void  up  ahead,

Wants  to  eat  you,

You  were  trapped  in  there for  hundreds  of years.

This  is  a  story  for  a  lifetime,

You  think,

But  it  was  too  late,

Your  arms,

Your  legs,

Your  body,

All  gone  into  the  void!

But  this  is  no  time  for  fadin’  away,

Kick  them  out,

Fight  them  off,

Do  it  for  your  nation,

Do  it  for  humanity,

Do  it  for  your  pride,

And  be  a  hero!

Now  the  void  itself, fadin’  away,

Brings  you  back  to  the  battle,

Monsters  winnin’

Humans  losin’

You  run  ahead, leave  them  behind,

Get  your  weapon, return,

Cause’  you’re a hero!

Oh, oh, oh,

You kick them  out,

Takin’  them  down, one  by  one,

You  win!

All  this  bravery,  made  you  a  hero,

The person you wanted to be!

Just be a hero!

For  your  nation,

Just  be  a  hero!

For  the  world…

Later  on, you  make  your  own  legacy,

Fendin’  off  evil,

Your  own  group  of  heroes,

You  in  the  center,

Mantle of a leader!

They’ll  remember,

That  this  new  race  of  heroes,

Started  off with you…

Songwriter:

Ashwal Bolla

Interpretation of the song

It’s about this hero who woke up and saw himself fading away.

Later, he saw an endless void up ahead and he suddenly got this feeling that the void wanted to eat him and that he was trapped in there for hundreds of years.

He thought that this was a story for a lifetime, but it was too late, because his arms, his legs, his body, were all being eaten by the void.

But he knew that this was no time for fading away, and that he had to fight and kick them out and be a hero.

Even the void a life, reading the hero’s brave thoughts.

The void itself disappeared and it sent the hero back to the battle. The hero left them all behind at the battlefield, went to his home, grabbed his sword and shield and came back to the battlefield.   He was the strongest in all humans so he took down the monsters one by one, and he and the humans won.

All this bravery caused him to be a hero, so he continued to be a hero for his nation and the world.

Later on, he made his own legacy, a team of heroes, and he was the leader.

Later he just hopes that this new race of heroes started off with him.