The Game Begins

"The Game Begins" (ゲームの始まり, gēmu no hajimari) is a song in Death Note: The Musical.

Overview
After the Lind L. Tailor broadcast, L sings this song about beginning the investigation. During the course of the song, L realizes that Kira is likely a high-school student.

English version
The song was originally written in English, but an English-language version has not been released. The original English title of the song is "The Game Begins".

On September 11, 2017, script-writer Ivan Menchell shared the English lyrics when a fan asked him on Twitter.

English lyrics
Empty your mind of any theories 'Til all the facts are in Start at the end of all your queries To learn where things begin

You analyze by learning backwards Effects reveal their cause For even perfect crimes have perfect flaws

The calculus of a solution, While changing, stays the same The stronger mind and evolution Determine who wins the game

I poke and prod to find a weakness Where the bend becomes the break And make the most of Kira's first mistake

The game begins the same way I look for patterns on a screen Connecting bits of data Until I find out what they mean The game begins

A kilobyte of information And soon a corner's turned Anticipate his adaptation By using all you've learned

Some little thing, some minor detail Will draw you in, and then Another one will draw you out again

The game begins the same way I look for patterns on a screen Connecting bits of data Until I find out what they mean

The game begins the same way The chase is on, the die is cast I sift a thousand pixels Until I chase you down at last...

(spoken) He's a high school student.

The game begins!

Japanese version
The Japanese title for the song, "Gēmu no Hajimari" (ゲームの始まり), is a direct translation of the original English title, "The Game Begins."

Japanese lyrics
怒りこそ心を 映す鏡だ 理屈など空虚な 言葉遊びさ お前が振りかざすその理想は 偽りの十字架だ

恐らくその目には何も見えない 物事の上辺を軽くなぞって すべて理解出来たと思い上がり 救世主気取るなら

目障りだから遊んでやろうか 相手に影を踏まれた方が死ぬゲームだ

壮大な理想を掲げながら 命を弄びはしゃいでいる 恐れを投げ捨てた愚か者よ 地獄を見せてやろう

幾千万のデータを操り この世のルール 思い知らせてやる キワどい勝負 見えない駆け引き これはゲームだ 賽は投げられた

「・・・高校生だ」

始めよう