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Hero by Mariah Carey

《歌詞 英/中》

There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know will melt away

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold
You can find love if you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt will disappear

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow

But don't let anyone tear them away

Hold on, there will be tomorrow

In time, you'll find the way

有一個英雄
如果你檢視自己的內心
你不必害怕真正的你
會有一個答案
如果你深入自己的靈魂
所有你知曉的煩憂將融化於無形

然後，一個英雄現身
帶著努力不懈的力量
你將恐懼丟在一旁
你明白你可以活下去
因此，當你感到希望已杳
看看自己內心，堅強起來
你終將看見真相
英雄就在你心裡

那是條漫長的路
當你獨自面對全世界
沒有人對你伸出援手
你可以找到愛，如果你探尋內心
你感受到的空虛將消失無蹤

上帝明白夢想難追
但別讓任何人將它們撕碎
堅持下去，還有明天
你將及時找到正確的路

《介紹》

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970), an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress, earned many awards and being the best-selling female pop artist.

The song, "Hero" was written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and recorded for Carey's fourth album, Music Box (1993). It was released as the album's second single in the fourth quarter of 1993 and became a worldwide commercial success. This song was considered one of Carey's signature songs, and she regularly performs it when invited to charity events and closes most concerts with it.

Its protagonist declares that even though we may feel discouraged or down at times, in reality we are "heroes" if we look inside ourselves and see our own inner strength; in time, this will help us "find the way."

瑪麗亞凱莉，是位曾獲多項葛萊美獎及唱片銷售量極佳的美國知名女歌手。

這首歌是瑪麗亞凱莉為個人的發行於1993年，第3張專輯「Music Box」所寫的作品，且這也是她歌唱生涯中第一張獲得全美唱片工會鑽石唱片銷售認證累積銷售達1000萬張的專輯。不僅如此，這首歌也是瑪麗亞凱莉再歌唱生涯中非常具代表性的作品，隨後曾於多場慈善義唱會及演場會中演出。

這首歌主要的創作主旨對聽眾宣達了，當我們感到沮喪、失意時，都要我們仔細看看內心，發現其中存在著的堅強，這位”英雄”會帶領我們找到出路。

《歌曲資訊》

Single by Mariah Carey

Released

Format

Recorded

Genre

Length

Label

Writer(s)

Producer

Certification

October 19, 1993 (1993-10-19)

CD single, cassette single, 7" single, 12" maxi single September 1992

Pop, R&B

4:19

Columbia

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff

Platinum (U.S., Australia)
Gold (New Zealand, Norway)
Silver (France)

M.Carey

from the album

Music Box

《資料來源》

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(Mariah_Carey_song)

http://www.tacocity.com.tw/abs1984 --安德森之夢西洋流行歌曲英漢對照

《推薦原因》

The theme and the meant of the song is that I want to recommend the melody. I think the song is really encouraging. Sometimes when I felt upset, I will listen to this song, and think the meaning of the lyric. I believe l get better after I do this. So, that is why I choice the song from all composition of Mariah Carey to introduce.