Author's Note: This is a music video design, meaning it has the lyrics and the directions for what I would like to happen while everything is going on, but I don't have the money, actors, sets, or equipment to actually make this video...^-^

How to Read:
Bold ((besides AN)) indicates who is singing.
Plain is the lyrics...and a little blurb at the beginning explaining the story
Italics are the directions. They are located under each line for which they are being used.
1. Listen to the song once, while looking at the lyrics. Your best bet is YouTube.
2. Read through my directions once or twice, to get a feel for them.
3. Listen to the song and read my directions at the same time. By your second or third time through, you should be able to see the music video in your head pretty well.

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note. If I did, there wouldn't be any reason for this song to have to do w/ it. I also do not own "Without You" from Rent. It actually took me 3 months to sit down and write this thing, just saying. That's when I first got the Rent soundtrack for my iPod...


Without You Music Video DEATH NOTE STYLE

((This takes place right after L's death. Light begins to realize his feelings for L and regrets his murder. However, he realizes that everything in life goes on just as it was; only L isn't there anymore. This music video has a lot of spinning and objects covering the screen to switch scenes while everything is very slow, to symbolize that the world keeps turning and everything leads to something else. Mimi's lines are sung by L, while Light is the character shown. Roger's lines are sung by Light, while L is the one being shown, watching over Light. Lines sung by both have both of them singing and playing their parts.))

Music: Light is walking down a street, on the sidewalk. 360° around him

L
Without you
Light looks down at the ground
The ground thaws
Water drips from the grass on the side of the sidewalk…mud
The rain falls
Light looks up to see someone watering their flowers (zoom in on water falling from watering can)
The grass grows
He walks a bit on the grass, only show his lower legs, flattening it; zoom in on the flattened grass after a step away

Without you
Light steps into a public park
The seeds root
He sits on a bench next to an old woman feeding birds w/ seeds
The flowers bloom
He looks around and sees that he is sitting in a rose garden
The children play
Children run pass him, laughing, and smiling; remember: everything is in slow-mo; one of the kids goes close enough to the camera that it as it runs past, the scene behind it changes

The stars gleam
New scene: Light is lying in the grass, nighttime, 360° turn looking down at him
The poets dream
As he blinks slowly, swoop down and get into his POV
The eagles fly
Above him/camera, bird flies overhead; as it's turning, it covers camera in same way kid did
Without you
New scene: Still staring up at sky, but now as if cloud-watching, for it is daytime

The earth turns
Swoop up to see Light in the same position as nighttime, but now daytime, 360° above him
The sun burns
He sits up, shading his eyes with his hand
But I die
The hand moves to completely cover his eyes
Without you
Swoop into his POV again as he moves the other hand to cover his eyes as well, letting the hand cover the view…scene change time

Without you
He uncovers his eyes to see he's sitting at an outdoor café with Misa or Sayu (either one is fine)
The breeze warms
The wind blows Misa's/Sayu's hair back slightly
The girl smiles
Misa/Sayu smile warmly at their boyfriend/older brother, not knowing about his inner torment
The cloud moves
A cloud covers the sun and everything becomes darker, Light looks up to see the cloud

Without you
Light looks down to a scene change of him standing on a beach, at the water's edge
The tides change
360° away so you see his back
The boys run
A couple of younger boys run pass him, splashing in the water ((REMEMBER: SLOW-MO))
The oceans crash
A larger wave comes in and the water goes up to his ankles, zoom in on his feet

The crowds roar
The water around his feet fades into sidewalk, zoom out to see him standing in a crowd looking up at a large television screen and cheering
The days soar
Zoom in on the screen to see it has Kira's logo ((heart w/ lace)) on it
The babies cry
Pan back to Light, who is looking away; swoop to where he is looking and you see a baby crying
Without you
Turn back to Light, who looks down and walks away

The moon glows
The crowd around Light fades to black and then into a moonlit hall in the headquarters
The river flows
Zoom in on Light's head, 45° turn to see part of his face and a tear falling down his cheek
But I die
The tear falls from his cheek to the ground, followed by several more
Without you
A hand reaches up to brush it away

Light
The world revives
Zoom back to see it is L's hand, connected to his body; it's now light out

L
Colors renew
Light turns away, not knowing L is there, and looks out the window to see it is daytime and a crowd of people is walking down the street, colors shining brightly

BOTH
But I know blue
Swoop up, to see the bright blue sky
Only blue
The clouds and sky darken to a darker, greyer, more depressing blue
Lonely blue
Zoom out to see L wraps his arms around Light, but is somewhat ghostlike in appearance
Within me, blue
Light steps away, L is intangible and Light walks away easily, not knowing L was holding him
Without you
Light walks away and L is left standing there, watching him leave; he waves goodbye and his hand switches the scene

L
Without you
Light's head is in the screen, lying on a pillow, eyes closed
The hand gropes
Pan, watching his hand as he reaches out to see if L is there…the other half of the bed is empty
The ear hears
He pulls back, eyes open, and turns onto his back once more
The pulse beats
His hand then goes to his heart, which must feel completely broken

Light
Without you
Turn 180° to see L is watching him
The eyes gaze
Zoom in on his eyes to see them glistening with tears
The legs walk
He turns around and heads out of the room, unable to stand it
The lungs breathe
The camera sees his body shaking, unable to suppress sobs

BOTH
The mind churns
L walks into the new headquarters main room—as seen after "intermission"
The heart yearns
He sees Light staring at an empty chair, probably set up for L to sit in; zoom in and into Light's POV again, still him staring at the chair
The tears dry
He brings a hand up to wipe away the tears
Without you
When the hand is brought down, he sees L sitting in his odd way in the old chair he used to sit in, as if a memory

Life goes on
Light runs to L and they embrace
But I'm gone
L fades away and so does the memory…Light's once again standing in the headquarters, standing closer to the empty chair
Cause I die
He falls to his knees in grief

Light
Without you
Zoom out back to L watching him

L
Without you
Light stands up, trying to gain his composure back

Light
Without you
L turns away, ready to walk away from Light

BOTH
Without you
Light also turns away from the chair and they both walk away, tears streaming down their cheeks