Distance

Distance is a the second anime opening for Naruto Shippūden sung by Long Shot Party. It ran from episode 31 up until episode 53. It is later replaced by Blue Bird

Lyrics
YOU ARE MY FRIEND aa ano hi no yume Ima demo mada wasuretenain deshou

YOU ARE MY DREAM aa hajimatta bakka kimi wa MY LONG LOST FRIEND oh ima tabidatsu yo

EVERYDAY kono saki no SHINING de I WANNA SEE YOU hikaru MY SOUL ON FIRE Kore de miosame no FUN DAYS TO BE THE FUTURE mezashi TAKE OVER dakara I'LL DREAM ON

I'LL GO THE DISTANCE mihaterru sora SO FULL Norikonda STARTING Ore ga saikou no POWER, FULL TILT!

YOU ARE MY FRIEND aa ano hi no yume Ima demo mada wasuretenain deshou

YOU ARE MY DREAM aa hajimette bakka kimi wa MY LONG LOST FRIEND whoa ima tabidatsu yo!

THANK YOU MY FRIEND aa ano hi no koto Ima demo mada oboeteru kara

You ARE MY DREAM aa mou kondo koso mamoru MY WAY whoa THE DISTANCE

Characters
The characters in the second opening theme animation, in order of appearance, are:
 * Naruto Uzumaki
 * Sasuke Uchiha
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Sai
 * Yamato
 * Jiraiya
 * Tsunade
 * Kakashi Hatake
 * Iruka Umino
 * Deidara
 * Zetsu
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Kabuto Yakushi
 * Orochimaru
 * Danzō Shimura

Trivia

 * This song makes a reference to the friendship bond between Naruto and Sasuke and the new bond with Sai.
 * This opening has more English lyrics than any other Naruto opening.
 * On Disney XD, the blood on Naruto's hand and the weapons that were held up to Sasuke's and Naruto's necks were edited.
 * This is the final opening to be aired in standard definition.