Alumina

"Alumina" (アルミナ, arumina) is the first ending theme of the Death Note anime series, performed by the Japanese band Nightmare.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Light Yagami
 * Ryuk
 * Misa Amane (small cameo)

Romaji
Nagareru toki no naka matataku

Setsuna teki kirameki wo

Kono yo no kioku ni kizamu tame

Aruki tsuzukeru BELIEVER

Dare ni mo mirenai yume wo mite

Iranai mono wa subete suteta

Yuzurenai omoi kono mune ni yadoshite

Mada riaru idearu no hazama ni ite

Gisei no kaze ni ashi wo torarete mo

Afureru shoudou wo osae kirenai

Tsuyoku motomeru kokoro ga aru kara

"Itsuwari" "osore" "kyoshoku" "urei"

Samazama na negatibu ni

Torawareru hodo yowaku wa nai

Kodoku mo shiranu TRICKSTER

Yozora wo tsukisasu biru no mure

Hoshi nado mienai sora miage

"mayoi wa nai ka" to jibun ni toikakeru

Kono machi juu afureru mono ni mamire

Utsutsu wo nukatsu you na koto wa nai

Asu e to tsunagaru michi no hate de

Kono te ni tsukamu mono wo mitai kara

Mabuta wo toji ishiki no umi ni ukande omoi egaku

Risou wo te ni suru sono toki wo

Kagiri aru "sei" wo kono yo ni uke

Kare yuku dake wa oroka ni hitoshii

Hoka no dare mo ga mochienai mono

"jibun jishin" to iu na no kesshou e

Kirei goto wo tsukitoosu koto

Itsuka makoto e kawaru

Katakuna ni shinji tsuzuketai

IT'S JUST MY FAITH, THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH...

Nagareru toki no naka matataku

Setsuna teki kirameki wo

Kono yo no kioku ni kizamu tame

Aruki tsuzukeru BELIEVER

English
Lyrics from Jayn (LittleJayneyCakes)

As the flowing waves of time continue without end, There's a light that glimmers, just for a bit, Step by step I'll carve these memories into the world,

And I won't ever stop believing ...

There was once a dream I had that no one seemed to share, So I threw away trivial things and left them there, These feelings I've kept in my heart, will never be revealed to you.

I'm still stuck between reality and the ideal world beyond, And my feet are bound by shackles, a sacrificial bond, All this impulse swelling up now can never be suppressed, My heart's longing is too strong to give in, so I'll never rest ...

"Pretense", "fear", "vanity" and a silly thing like "grief", Will never affect me, I'm not that weak, I won't be held captive by loneliness you fear, See, above all, I'm just a trickster.

Gazing at the buildings up shooting up into the night, Taking in the stillness of the vast and starry sky, "Will I be lost just like the rest?" I wonder, somewhere deep inside ...

The entire town overflows with people filled with lust, I won't let them get to me, and I'm the only one I'll trust, This road winding, twisting, turning, will lead me to the end, So I'll reach my hands out wide to accept, whatever comes next ...

Slowly, I close my eyes, and in the sea of consciousness arise, I can see, everything, and I know when I'll finally claim the future I've made ...

Being blessed with your own life, just to waste it all away, and dying somewhere all alone, are really one in the same. So I must move forward, taking the true me in my grasp, I'll obtain "myself", shining like gem, that no one else has!

Facing the simplicity and piercing straight on through, Will transform the lie into something new, I want to believe in something, so I'll continue, it’s just my faith. The absolute truth.

As the flowing waves of time continue without end, There's a light that glimmers, just for a bit, Step by step I'll carve these memories into the world, And I won't ever stop believing ...

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Trivia

 * "Alumina" is also one of the insert songs in episodes 13, 15, 19, and 22.
 * Misa Amane and Touta Matsuda both have "Alumina" as their ringtones in the anime.
 * Misa appears briefly during the ending, but she is carefully hidden when she does. She appears for a few seconds when the doves fly away. She also appears on the TV screen when Light and Ryuk appear in the city.