L goes to confront Light Yagami for the final showdown, meeting him in a warehouse in Daikoku Wharf. After showing the Death Note and confessing to L, Light begins singing this song about his victory, but L warns that it isn't the end.
English version[]
The song was originally written in English, but an English-language version has not been released, although one was recorded for the NY demo album. The original English title of the song is "The Way It Ends".[1]
On October 19, 2017, script-writer Ivan Menchell shared the English lyrics when fans asked him on Twitter.[2]
English lyrics
NY demo lyrics
[L]
I'm sitting down and pouring tea
As if I do it every day
Go through the motions
Like the hands upon a clock
Though it feels right, a part of me
Knows that it's wrong
As if another's will had moved me
It's like I'm hitting all my marks
As if I'm acting in a play
So out of character, yet somehow not a shock
I'm like a software program
Caught inside an endless loop
Just bad code that keeps repeating
Is this the way it ends now?
How could I not see this coming?
My camera's cloudy lens now
Takes much darker pictures than before
[Light]
I know by now you understand
You're but a pawn upon a board
I've won the game, but never
Gave up half my years
Life will continue just the way
I've always planned
Let the cold, hard justice crash the system
I've always stayed a step ahead
But you were with me all the way
Until I played upon a Shinigami's fears
For Misa's love, she wrote your name
Then left upon a breeze
Into the sands of dust and darkness
This is the way it ends now
See it flicker, hear it humming
My power just extends now
Rem has written, you will write no more
[L]
I've seen through you right from the start
[Light]
I've simply let you play your part
[L]
You'll never, ever get away
[Light]
Don't you see that you will die today?
[L]
Is this the way it ends now?
How could I not see this coming?
The message that it sends now
Sounds exactly like a closing door
[Light]
This is the way it ends now
See it blazing, hear it drumming
[L]
Like a closing door
[Light]
Feel how a minute spends now
When you wish you had a minute more
[L]
Like a closing door
[Light]
A minute more
Script lyrics
[Light]
I know by now you understand
You're but a pawn upon a board
I've won the game, but never
Gave up half my years
Life will continue just the way
I've always planned
Let cold, hard justice crash the system
I've always stayed a step ahead
But you were with me all the way
Until I played upon a Shinigami's fears
For Misa's love, Rem wrote your name
Then left upon a breeze
Into the sands of dust and darkness
This is the way it ends now
See it flicker, hear it humming
My power just extends now
Rem has written, you will write no more
[L]
I've seen through you right from the start
[Light]
I've simply let you play your part
[L]
You'll never, ever get away
[Light]
Don't you see that you will die today?
[L]
Is this the way it ends now?
How could I not see this coming?
The message that it sends now
Sounds exactly like a closing door
[Light]
This is the way it ends now
See it blazing, hear it drumming
[Light/L]
Feel how a minute spends now
When you wish you had a minute more
A minute more
mou wakatta darou omae wa owari da
kono gemu chekkumeito kanpeki da
keikaku doori seigi tsuranuku
boku ga sekai wo tadasu
Misa wo aishita shinigami ga tsui ni
omae no name wo kaita
soshite shinigami wa yami no naka
suna ni kawari kieta
gemu wa tsui ni koko de owaru no sa
saigo ni nanika iitakya kiiteyaru
saisho kara Kira to
wakatteita darou
nigerare wa shinai
omae wa shinu boku no kachi da
mada mienai ka? nani ga nokoru ka wo
munashii dake da gemu ga owaru toki
saa finaru da sono kao miosame ga
nani mo kamo
omae ga shineba machinozonda hibi ga
owaru darou
hajimaru