Death Note (song)

"Death Note" (デスノート) is a song in Death Note: The Musical. The original English version of the song is titled "Hurricane," but the lyrics were completely rewritten in the translation and the entire hurricane metaphor was removed.

An early rehearsal of the song, performed by Kenji Urai and Hayato Kakizawa, was used in a video announcing the first production of the Japanese musical.

Overview
When Light Yagami first picks up the Death Note, he thinks it's a joke and kills a criminal he sees on television, Kurou Otoharada. Horrified, he sings this song and resolves to use the Death Note for justice. The song involves a montage of names being written, and time moves forward enough for Soichiro Yagami to learn of the criminals' deaths and begin the investigation.

The song is briefly reprised later in Act 1 when Light sings a few lines when he kills the FBI agents. It's briefly reprised again at the end of Act 2 when Light sings a few lines before dying.

Hurricane lyrics
[LIGHT]

Did I hear correctly?

Did it really happen?

Was it simply done by writing down his name?

Killing indirectly

Pen and ink and paper

Writing is the gun, I only have to aim

Could this be the hour

Unimagined power

Waiting to devour who I say?

The hardest rains

The coldest winds

Are waiting for the hurricane

The human stains

And all their sins

Blown away

The earth will shake

The sky will scream

When they feel the power of the hurricane

Finally a chance to

Find a bit of justice

There's nowhere to run to once the name is penned

Take the force it grants you

Use it while you've got it

Once you have begun you're at it 'til the end

Elegant solution

Pious execution

Righteous retribution on the way

I'll bring the rain

I'll bring the wind

I am the mighty hurricane

The human stains

And all their sins

Blown away

I'll bring the pain

So be afraid

I will bring the power of the hurricane

I am the God of a brave new world

Much better than the last

The time for talking is finally in the past

The hardest rains

The coldest winds

Are waiting for the hurricane

The human stains

And all their sins

Blown away

The hardest rains

The coldest winds

Are waiting for the hurricane

The human stains

And all their sins

Blown away

I'll take the reins

So be afraid

I will bring the power of the hurricane