TOP (English Version)

Musical Context

TOP (English Version), released on the 11th of May 2020, is the opening song for the multi-national anime 'Tower of God', adapted from the Korean Webtoon under the same name. The song was originally released in Japanese and English for the broadcast of the anime, and then, was adapted into English due to the international audiences of the anime.

Lyrics

Tell me something, how much higher can we go from here, we changing the game

And they all wanna know if this is only a phase

Don't have the answer but we keep on climbing, breaking boundaries and setting the pace

And we ain't never gonna stop until the world's our stage



Yeah, you might say that it's impossible

Stronger together, we'll turn it into probable

And in the darkest shadows we'll be shining, uh

So hold on tight 'cause we KO every single fight



I see it clear, the stairway reaching up to the sky

It seems so far away now

I'm wondering if I'll ever get all the way to the end

But it's a risk I gotta take



I'll keep on running all day and night

'Cause even if it kills me

Never let you go, never let you go

I won't give it up until I see the light, I go



No turning back

Go up



I'm not gonna fall



I'll rise till I reach the sky

Go up



Never let you go, never let you go

I won't give it up until I see the light, I go



I don't need no luck, I make my own

And I ain't even afraid no more

Yeah, you can try to block my path, I won't take my foot off the gas

Keep on blazing the trail, follow my dream, I'm straying off the beaten track



Woo

The clock is ticking and I know that I gotta keep on moving uphill

It's okay, I'll give it my everything, blood, sweat and tears and I'm all in

I am who I am, I know that I can win



I see it clear, the stairway reaching up to the sky

It seems so far away now

I'm wondering if I'll ever get all the way to the end

But it's a risk I gotta take



I'll keep on running all day and night

'Cause even if it kills me

Never let you go, never let you go

I won't give it up until I see the light, I go



No turning back

Go up



I'm not gonna fall



I'll rise till I reach the sky

Go up



Never let you go, never let you go

I won't give it up until I see the light, I go



If I ever fall, I'll get up again

Life can throw me anything, take it step by step

Locked up in this tower but it's all inside my head

I got the key, just open up one door and on to the next



One-track minded, I'm gonna clear every last hurdle

I know that I can do it, oh I've never been so certain

Destroying every level out there, I'm the most determined

I'm going to the TOP and I'ma focus on the journey



No turning back

Don't let go



I'm not gonna fall



I'll rise till I reach the sky

Don't let go



I'ma run to the TOP and no one's stopping me 'cause I don't give a woah

Never let you go, never let you go

I won't give it up until I see the light, I go