Where is the Justice

"Where is the Justice?" is a song in Death Note: The Musical. The song is reprised three times, making it the most prominent song in the production.

Overview
The musical opens to a dark stage and the Overture, but "Where is the Justice?" is the first main song of the musical. Light Yagami is in a high school classroom where his teacher is discussing the nature of justice. Light stands up with objections to his teacher's views, and he begins this song when the teacher asks him what he has to say on the matter. His classmates get involved in the song/discussion, bringing in different viewpoints about the problems with the justice system.

The song is reprised three times. In addition to beginning Act 1, it also ends Act 1 and begins Act 2. It reprises again after the second Kira appears. The reprises address the question "Where is the Justice?" with the first reprise answering that Light (Kira) and L are justice, according to each one's point of view. In the final reprise, civilians proclaim that Kira and the second Kira are justice.

English version
The song was originally written in English. The English demo was recorded in December 2014 and released April 23, 2015 in a video previewing the Korean production. Below are the lyrics for the original English version.

English lyrics
(ENSEMBLE backup lyrics are in parenthesis.)

[LIGHT]

Where is the justice

When the guilty all go free?

Why don't we lock them up

And throw away the key?

[TEACHER]

I see a young man's anger

Burning in your eyes

[LIGHT]

What you see is my impatience

With your noble compromise

Show me what's right about the wrongs that we allow

Real people need to feel protected here and now

This whole damn system’s broken way beyond repair

It's just law

Not law and order

Not much good and seldom fair

[STUDENT #1]

Laws are made for everyone

We're treated all the same

[LIGHT]

Till a lawyer's tricks can fix the blame

Let the corporations make the regulations

And hold no one uncountable when everything goes wrong

Let the rich and famous get away with murder

Everytime a high-priced mouth piece starts to talk

His client gets a walk

Tell me, where is the justice?

If there’s any justice

(Where's the justice? Tell me where)

[LIGHT]

Where is the justice

For all the victims? (Tell me where!)

Where is the justice? (Tell me where!)

What good is law that can’t punish those who break it?

[STUDENT #2]

Politicians make their speeches all day long

While judges pushing pencils mostly get it wrong (Mostly get it wrong!)

[STUDENT #3]

Instead of loopholes for the laws to fall between

Let some good old fashioned payback

grease the wheels of a machine (Grease the wheels of the machine)

[LIGHT]

Isn't everybody sick to death of all this stuff?

Can't we all stand up and say enough? (We've had enough)

(Justice, justice, justice, now's the time for)

[LIGHT]

Listen to the families hiding in their houses (justice, justice)

All of them afraid to walk the streets at night

With all the doors locked tight

We must give them their justice (Where is the justice?)

We owe them some justice (Where is the justice?)

[ALL]

Where is the justice?

Where is the Justice?
こんな議論が何になるのか

正義など無駄な概念だ

正義は社会の基準だ

だけどそれはいつもご都合主義だ

たとえば戦争はどうだ？正義の旗を掲げあい

互いに命を賭けるが 実はただの大量殺人だ

ではこの国での正義とは？

権力の道具だ

正義はいつも力のある 指導者が決めた基準なのさ

真の正義を求めるなら

正しい指導者を見つけ出さなけりゃ

それこそマジで不可能だろ

人は正義を守るため 法律で規制してきた

法など抜け穴ばかりで 悪は野放し周知の事実だ

自分の正義を探せばいい

それにどんな意味がある

目立たぬように空気を読み

流れに任せて生きてるんだ

自分の正義主張すれば

笑われ無視されるだけ そう永遠に それが僕らの正義なのか

（正義は）どこにある

（正義は）どこにある

（正義は）正義とは 儚すぎる夢のようだ

夢を持てば正義なのか

正直すぎるのはどうか

恨み晴らすのは正義か

世界平和を願えばいいのか

あふれかえる退屈の中で 正義は遠すぎる

広い視野で世界を見ろ 自分の正義を探しながら

この心を満たす何かを きっと正義と呼ぶのだ それが答えだ

僕の正義を

（正義はどこだ）正義はどこだ

（正義はどこだ）正義はどこだ

正義はどこだ

Reprise 1
(lyrics to be added)

Reprise 2
(lyrics to be added)

Pedestrian Scramble (reprise 3)
(lyrics to be added)