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"Through the Night" is the opening theme of Outlaw Star, performed by Arimachi Masahiko. "Through the Night" was the featured introduction for all twenty-six episodes of the series, barring Outlaw Star's broadcast on Toonami, which used a custom opening.
History[]
"Through the Night" was chosen for the opening over several candidate songs. Takehiko Itō and Sunrise Studios wanted a song that hadn't been used in an anime, then currently on the air and that the theme should feature male vocals as opposed to female.[1] Arimachi wrote the song to resemble a story, took into account its longterm impact, and felt it fit Outlaw Star perfectly.[1]
Lyrics[]
- Semenai de kesanai de makenai de
- dare datte motteru hazu yuzurenai mono
- ai dake yume dake kimi dake
- sore dake ha hanasanai donna toki demo
- doushi you mo naku ochitsukanai yoru
- nani mo kamo nagedashitaku naru
- tsube kobe iwazu ni sassato DOA o akena
- rikutsu nante koneteru HIMA ha nai
- juuou mujin tobi mawaritai youi shoutou mamori takunai
- nakushita wake ja nai mada hajimatte nai... dakara
- semenai de kesanai de makenai de
- dare datte motteru hazu yuzurenai mono
- ai dake yume dake kimi dake
- sore dake ha hanasanai donna toki demo
- nani ga hoshii nani ga shitai doko ni ikitai
- yami o saite hashiri nukete tsukamitore
- Through The Night
- kimi no yasashisa ni yudan shite mitari
- demo nama ni fuan ni nattari
- yaritai houdai yari makutte kita kedo
- demo yappa kimi no mune ga ii
- shinjiru shinjiaitai shirokuro hakkiri shitai
- hageshisa dake ja nai yasashisa dake ja nai... dakara
- semenai de kesanai de makenai de
- dakishimetai hito ha dare? wakatteru hazu
- ai dake yume dake kimi dake
- sore sae mo mamorenai ugoki da sanakya
- kizu tsuite mo kizu tsukete mo toomawarishite mo
- kokoro no mama korogaru mama tsuki nukero
- Through The Night
- semenai de kesanai de makenai de
- dare datte motteru hazu yuzurenai mono
- ai dake yume dake kimi dake
- sore dake ha hanasanai donna toki demo
- dakiatte kizu tsuite ushinatte
- dare gatte kizuite yuku taisetsuna mono
- tonikaku yakusoku sokubaku
- sore dake ja wakaranai mitsuke dasenai
- nani ga hoshii nani ga shitai doko ni ikitai
- yami o saite hashiri nukete tsukamitore
- Through The Night
- On nights when I can't settle down no matter what,
- I just want to throw anything and everything away.
- Don't bitch and complain, just open the door, ya know.
- I don't have time to quibble with you.
- I want to fly all over the place.
- I wanna throw caution to the wind.
- It isn't because I've lost anything
- It's because nothing's even started yet.
- Don't make fun of it! Don't destroy it! Don't cheapen it!
- That one thing everyone has that they won't give up.
- Only love! Only dreams! Only you!
- Those are the only things I won't let go, ever.
- What do you want? What do you wanna do? Where do you wanna go?
- Cut through the darkness and run to grab what you want (all) through the night
- Sometimes I'll let my guard down to your kindness,
- but sometimes I worry.
- I've been doing whatever I want as much as I wanted to,
- But to tell the truth, to be with you is the best.
- Believing, I want us to believe in each other.
- I want it to be as plain as black and white.
- Because it's not just intensity
- Because it's not just gentless...
- Don't make fun of it! Don't destroy it! Don't cheapen it!
- Who do I want to hold? I should know.
- Only love! Only dreams! Only you!
- I can't protect even those unless I get moving.
- Even if I get hurt, or I hurt someone, or I have to take the long way,
- With my heart as it is, tumbling as I am, I'll pierce (all) through the night
- Don't make fun of it! Don't destroy it! Don't cheapen it!
- That one thing everyone has that they won't give up.
- Only love! Only dreams! Only you!
- Those are the only things I won't let go, ever.
- Holding each other, getting hurt, then loss...
- Everyone hurts the one they hold most dear.
- Anyway, I just can't understand
- being shackled with a promise... I can't put my finger on it...
- What do you want? What do you wanna do? Where do you wanna go?
- Cut through the dark and run to grab what you want (all) through the night