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
Amidst the passing time, a twinkling and ephemeral sparkling

I'm a believer that keeps walking, to carve his memories of it into the world

Having dreams that no one else can, I cast aside the things I don't need

Feelings that I won't surrender reside in my heart

There is still a gap between ideals and reality, even though the shackles of sacrifice prevent my feet from moving

I can't suppress the overflowing urge, because my heart is very wanting

"Lies," "fear," "emptiness," "grief," I'm not so weak that I'm

Gripped by all these kinds of negativities, I'm a trickster who knows solitude

Flocks of buildings stab into the night sky, look up to the sky in which I can't see any stars

I ask myself "Aren't you lost?"

The city is smeared with overflowing things

It's not something that's unrealistic

At the end of the road that connects us to the future, I want to see what I've got in my hand

Closing my eyes, I float on the sea of my senses, and envision it

The day that I have my ideals within my grasp

It's accepted in this world that "righteousness" has its limits, and withering is foolishly the same way

Something that no one else has, toward a crystallization called "myself"

Piercing through simplicity, one day it will change into reality

I want to continue to obstinately believe it's just my faith. The absolute truth…

Amidst the passing time, a twinkling and ephemeral sparkling

I'm a believer that keeps walking, to carve his memories of it into the world

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.