UNDEAD is the closing theme of the Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season anime series. The song is performed by Japanese duo YOASOBI and is written and produced by Ayase. The lyrics of the first half of the song is based on the short story Nadeko Past, while the lyrics of the second half of the song is based on the short story Shinobu Future.
The closing of episode one to six have the first half of the song as the theme, while the closing of episode seven to fourteen have the second half of the song as the theme.
Lyrics[]
悩める人の子よ
(Unlucky?) 人成らざる者も
(Be happy!) 弛まず目指せよ
(Undead) 生きているんだし
目を逸らした過去も
退屈な未来も
カウンセリング やれやれ
古今東西 ピースピース
ねえねえねえねえ何だかどうして
戦ってるようなそんな気がするの
触れられない 触れたくもない
過去の自分 自分 自分 自分と
もうとっくに死んでる
透明な亡霊と対決
幼気で痛い記憶の奥
残念? もう居ないのに
あれ? そっちが良い? アイロニーね
透かされているのは現在の自分?
ナンセンス 消えないレッテル
Yes! 要はコンプレックス
取り憑かれているみたい
巻き付いたまま
まだ離れない
在りし日の自分
Undead 死んじゃいない
お前とお前の連鎖
生きていることとは変わり続けることだ
不幸に甘んじて
満足するなよ
幸せになろうとしないなんて卑怯だ
この世この世は
奇怪奇怪ファンタジー
次は鬼が出るか蛇が出るか
出会って遭ってやっと始まる物語
さあ人か化物か
閑話休題 ピースピース
Past and future
Can't change the past
Past and future
Run for the future
カ カ カットイン
何だかどうして未来になんぞ
何の希望もない 期待出来ない
ような気がして
もう随分生きている
既視感とテンプレで食傷
素敵な出来事の気配もない
残念 積んだ経験の因果
形骸化された神話と退屈な進化
要は刺激が欲しいんだ
飽きちゃった 慣れちゃった
なんて 整っていくガイダンス
増えるコンプライアンス
蓋されていくみたい
吸い尽くして
あれもこれもどれも
同じ味がする
Undead 死んじゃいない
お前とお前の連鎖
何時の世も
過去も未来も現在にあるんだ
生きていることを
愚直に果たせよ
目指せハッピーエンド
Undead 死んじゃいない
お前に言っているんだ
幸せを諦めてしまうな
人で在れ
ただ苦しみに慣れて
耐えているだけじゃ
死んでいるも同然
屍のアンデッド
悩める人の子よ
(Unlucky?) 人成らざる者も
(Be happy!) 弛まず目指せよ
(Undead) 生きているんだろ
不幸に浸るも
幸せになるのも
そう全部全部お前だ
古今東西 一切合切
森羅万象 ピースピース
Past and future
Can't change the past
Past and future
Run for the future
人の在る所に何時も憂い事
生き抜けこの化物ばかりの物語
Unhappy? Nayameru hito no ko yo
Unlucky? Hito narazaru mono mo
Be happy! Tayumazu mezase yo
Andeddo! Ikite iru nda ne
Me o sorashita kako mo
Taikutsuna mirai mo
Kaunseringu yareyare
Kokon tōzai pīsupīsu
Unhappy?
Unlucky?
Be happy!
Andeddo!
Ande, andeddoddoddo!
Nē, nē, nē, nē
Nandaka dōshite
Tatakatteru yōna son'na ki ga suru no
Fure rarenai furetaku mo nai
Kako no jibun (jibun) jibun (jibun) to
Mō tokkuni shin deru
Tōmeina bōrei to taiketsu
Itaike de itai kioku no oku
Zan'nen? Mō inainoni
Are? Sotchi ga yoi? Aironī ne
Sukasa rete iru no wa genzai no jibun?
Nansensu kienai retteru
Yes! yōha konpurekkusu
Tori tsukarete iru mitai
Makitsuita mama
Mada hanarenai
Arishi hi no jibun
Andeddo!
Shinja inai
Omae to omaeno rensa
Ikite iru koto to wa kawari tsudzukeru kotoda
Fukō ni amanjite
Manzoku suru na yo
Shiawaseninarō to shinai nante hikyōda
Konoyo konoyo wa
Kikai kikai fantajī
Tsugi wa onigaderukajagaderuka
Deatte atte yatto hajimaru monogatari
Sā hito ka bakemono ka
Kanwakyūdai pīsupīsu
Past and future
Can't change the past
Past and future
Run for the future
Ka~tsu, ka~tsu, kattoin
Nandaka dōshite
Mirai ni nanzo
Nani no kibō mo nai kitai dekinai
Yōna ki ga shite
Mō zuibun ikite iru
Kishikan to Tenpure de shokushō
Sutekina dekigoto no kehai mo nai
Zan'nen
Tsunda keiken no inga
Keigai-ka sa reta shinwa to taikutsuna shinka
Yōha shigeki ga hoshī nda
Aki chatta
Nare chatta
Nante
Totonotte iku gaidansu
Fueru konpuraiansu
Futa sa rete iku mitai
Sui tsukushite
Are mo kore mo dore mo
Onaji aji ga suru
Andeddo!
Shinja inai
Omae to omaeno rensa
Nanji no yo mo
Kako mo mirai mo genzai ni aru nda
Ikite iru koto o
Guchoku ni hataseyo
Mezase happīendo
Andeddo!
Shinja inai
Omae ni itte iru nda
Shiawase o akiramete shimau na
Hito de are
Tada kurushimi ni narete
Taete iru dakeja
Shinde iru mo dōzen
Shikabane no andeddo
Unhappy? Nayameru hito no ko yo
Unlucky? Hito narazaru mono mo
Be happy! Tayumazu mezase yo
Andeddo! Ikite iru ndaro
Fukō ni hitaru mo
Shiawase ni naru no mo
Sō zenbu zenbu omaeda
Kokon tōzai issaigassai
Shinrabanshō pīsupīsu
Past and future
Can't change the past
Past and future
Run for the future
Hito no aru tokoro ni itsumo ureigoto
Ikinuke kono bakemono bakari no monogatari
Unhappy?
If you're dealing with a lotta woes
Unlucky?
Then you got to listen very close
Be happy!
Keep on trying, never give up
Don't forget that you're alive
The past you have been running from
That boring future yet to come
Still counseling you
Oh my, oh my
Universal peace, peace yeah
Unhappy?
Unlucky?
Be happy!
Undead, oh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Somehow feeling like there's a fight within and it's been going on so long
I don't feel it and don't even wanna try
Past version of me, of me, of me, of me
and those figures of the old
Transparent ghosts over my route
The childish and painful memories have the deepest roots
Saddening?
Nowhere to be seen
Say what?
Way better then? Irony
They all see the me of the past when looking at me now
Nonsense
Label I can't erase
Yes!
In essence, a complex
It's almost like something's possessing me
It is wrapping tight around
And won't loosen its bounds
The self I used to be before
Undead, oh
Still alive
Time is a chain of your own path
To be alive is to always embrace your inner changes, on and on
Don't settle for unhappiness
Don't be complacent in distress
Not even trying to seize the joy and be happy, you coward
Oh, this world, oh, this world is one odd, one odd fantasy
Who knows what is coming up next, a monster or a snake?
This is a story starting after that encounter, finally
With people or monsters and spirits
Back on topic
Peace, peace yeah
Past & Future
Can't change the Past
Past & Future
Run for the Future
Cutting in
Somehow feeling like there's nothing to be looking forward to
No hope to find
Cannot be defined
That's how I'm feeling inside
There's nothing left to view
Lived long enough, nothing is new
No sign of anything wonderful waiting down the line
Saddening
Too much knowledge results in feeling like every myth is but another boring evolution
Thrill is what I really want now
Bored and down
Used to frowns
And this is the way the guidance grew
Rising compliance too
It's like I'm going under a lid
I consumed everything
This one or that one or, whichever
And now it all just tastes the same
Undead, oh
Still alive
Time is a chain of your own path
In any era, your past and your future are in this very moment
Fulfill the life you're set upon, and truthfully keep moving on
Go for that happy ending
Undead, oh
Still alive
I'm telling this to you, now
So never give up on pursuing your happiness and keep being human
'Cause being numb to suffering
Always enduring everything
It's almost as if you're dead
A lot of corpses undead, oh
Unhappy?
If you're dealing with a lotta woes
Unlucky?
Then you gotta listen very close
Be happy!
Keep on trying, never give up
Be aware that you're alive
Drowning deep in unhappiness
Or seizing that true happiness
It's on you, on you, it's all on you
Universal
All embracing all creations
Peace, peace yeah
Past & Future
Can't change the Past
Past & Future
Run for the Future
Where people gather and go
You'll find all worries and woes
Oh, you gotta live on, through this tale of monsters everywhere that you can see