"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 TV 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 the album Evangelion-VOX and other Sagisu projects. MASH is a group project between Shiro Sagisu and Mark Lascelles.
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