Thanatos -If I Can't Be Yours-

Thanatos: If I Can't Be Yours is the theme song used in the credits of The End of Evangelion. LOREN & MASH performed both the original song and the 9 Years After Mix version. The song is based on the melody of Thanatos, an instrumental piece played throughout the series. The title, Thanatos, is a reference to the Greek personification of death.

Vocalist Loren also sang the Komm, süsser Tod Tumbling Down Remix among other songs on Evangelion-VOX. Other songs by Mash include various songs on Evangelion: Vox, including X-plicit and Armageddon, a rap version of Pachelbel's Canon in D, complete with string quartet.

Lyrics
Now it's time, I fear to tell I've been holding it back so long But something strange deep inside Of me is happening I feel unlike I've ever felt And it's making me scared That I may not be What I think I am

What of us? What do I say? Are we both from a different world? 'Cos every breath that I take I breath it for you I couldn't face my life without you And I'm So Afraid There's nothing to comfort us What am I? If I can't be yours

I don't sleep, don't feel a thing And my senses have all but gone Can't even cry for the pain Can't shed a tear now I realize we're not the same And it's making me sad 'Cos we can't fulfill our dreams In this life

So I must let us break free I can never be what you need If there was a way through the hurt Then I would find it I'd take the blows, yes I would fight it But this is the one Impossible Dream to live What am I? If I can't be yours