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"The Way Things Are," alternatively "The Unwavering Truth," is a song in Death Note: The Musical.

Overview[]

As L moves forward with the case, he resolves to uncover the truth, even if it means accepting incredible things like the existence of shinigami.

The song is reprised just before L's final confrontation with Light at Daikoku Wharf. Again L sings about solving the case and defeating Kira, but between his verses, Light's voice is heard reciting the manner of L's death that's already been written into the Death Note.

This is L's second solo song, the first being "The Game Begins."

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 Way Things Are".[1][2] On October 31, 2017, script-writer Ivan Menchell shared the English lyrics in honor of L's birthday.[3] Menchell later shared the reprise lyrics on November 15, 2017.[4]

English lyrics[]


[L]
Every fact that I thought I knew
Is subverting me
Deserting me
Every truth I was sure was true
Is on shaky ground
Has come unwound

What if the things I see
Are not as they appear
Are impossible, yet clear
How can I deny it?

Always only believed what was
Right in front of me
What I could see
Shinigami are real because
It's the only way
The only way

When all other explanations
Really don't explain
No matter how insane
You are left with only

The cold, hard truth
Can't shut it down
You can't change it
You can't turn it off
Or turn it 'round
Can't rearrange it

The cold, hard truth
A ragged scar
To remind you never forget
The way things are

I won't let who I used to be
How I used to think
Get me out of sync
I'll turn into a different me
Not so cynical
Not so clinical

Light is willing to risk it all
Defying all the odds
If I must, I'll fight the gods
'Til our war is over

The cold, hard truth
Can't lock it out
You can't change it
True or false, no
Shadow of a doubt
Can't rearrange it

The cold, hard truth
Is my north star
So I know I'll live and I'll die
The way things are

Frame by frame
I see this movie in black and white
Shot by shot
Minute by minute, just me and Light

The cold, hard truth
The way things are
I can't change it
Even if the truth
Seems too bizarre
I can't change it

The cold, hard truth
Is my north star
So no matter what he might try
Shake the heavens
Shatter the sky
I know we must both live and die
The way things are

English reprise lyrics[]


[L]
Finally figured a way to prove
Kira is your name
I win the game
Gotta calculate one last trick
Get you there by ten
The pier, and then

Into the warehouse where
I'll corner you at last
Bring a gun and end it fast
There is no escaping

The cold, hard truth
Won't disappear
You can't change it
You will face your end
And cringe with fear
You can't escape it

The cold, hard truth
Is my north star
So no matter what you might try
Shake the heavens, shatter the sky
I know that today you will die
The way things are

Japanese version[]

The Japanese version of the song is titled "Yuruganu Shinjitsu" (揺るがぬ真実), which translates to "The Unwavering Truth," "The Unshakable Truth," or "The Unchanging Truth."

Japanese lyrics[]


明白な事実が突然
裏切る
疑いの余地も無いはずの
事実が
目の前で崩れ去るのは
現実なのか
虚構なのか

潜在意識が叫び出し
暴れて
妄想と現実が
もつれ混ざる
自分の事さえ解らない
何もかもが
迷宮なら

いいだろう全てを
認めよう
あり得ない現実
受け入れて
それでも揺るがぬ
真実の姿
見てやろう

異質な何かが増殖を
続ければ
異質こそ本質に変わり
荒れ狂う
熱狂の渦がさらってゆく
僅かに残る
本質さえ

いいだろう死神
認めよう
だが神は命を
裁かない
生きるか死ぬかに
意味を
持たすのは
人間だ

嘘と真実の境を
探そう生と死の分かれ目

いいだろう全てを
認めよう
この闇の彼方に
探そう
揺るがぬ真実
浮かび上がるはず
死神の影から
姿見せるはず
光の

Romanji Lyrics[]


Meihakuna jijitsu ga totsuzen
uragiru utagai no yochi mo nai
hazu no jijitsu ga menomaede
kuzuresaru no wa genjitsuna no
ka kyokōna no ka

Senzai ishiki ga sakebi dashi
abarete mōsō to genjitsu ga
motsure mazaru jibun no koto
sae wakaranai nanimokamoga
meikyūnara

Īdarou subete o mitomeyouari
enai genjitsu ukeirete sore demo
yuruganu shinjitsu no sugata
Mite yarou
Ishitsuna nanika ga zōshoku o
tsudzukereba ishitsu koso
honshitsu ni kawari arekuruu
nekkyō no uzu ga saratte yuku
wazuka ni nokoru honshitsu sae

Īdarou shinigami
mitomeyoudaga kami wa inochi
o sabakanai ikiru ka shinu ka ni
imi o motasu no wa ningenda

Uso to shinjitsu no sakai o
sagasou seitoshi no wakareme
Īdarou subete o mitomeyou kono
yami no kanata ni sagasou
yuruganu shinjitsu ukabiagaru
hazu shinigami no kage kara
sugata miseru hazu hikari no

Reprise Romanji lyrics[]


Tsuini shōmei dekiru kira wa
omaeda to nochi wa saigo no
torikku sae haka sereba daikoku
futō no sōko ni koi watashi no
kachida nigashi wa shinai

Ima koso subete o abakou kono
yami o harashite miseyou
yuruganu shinjitsu ukabi agaru
hazu shinigami no kage kara
sugata miseru hazu

Japanese reprise lyrics[]


遂に証明出来るキラは
お前だと
後は最後のトリックさえ
吐かせれば
大黒ふとうの倉庫にこい
私の勝ちだ
逃がしはしない

今こそ全てを
暴こう
この闇を晴らして
見せよう
揺るがぬ真実浮かび
上がるはず
死神の影から
姿見せるはず

Russian version[]

The Russian title of the song is "The Genius of Evil" (Гений зла, Geniy zla).[5]

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