親愛なるDEATHMASK

Template:SongHeader 親愛なるDEATHMASK is one of the few songs that are mistakenly attributed to Dir En Grey, despite being from another band.

In this case, the song was created by 黒夢 Kuroyume, a Japanese rock band that existed even earlier than Dir en grey. 黒夢 was, along with X Japan, one of the bands that had great influence on Kyo and at one concert during Dir en grey's early days, they covered this song along with the band Vasalla. More specifically, this happened on September 15, 1997, on the last date of the Dir en grey presents MAZOHYST OF DECADENCE SHOW tour at Meguro Rockmaykan. At the same concert, they also covered INSANITY by Vasalla and X by X Japan, again with Vasalla. You can listen to the original song here.

After disbanding La:Sadie's on January 15, 1997, and before the formation of Dir En Grey on February 2, the band played a show at 長野Live House J on January 24. At this show, they performed under the name DEATHMASK and played around four cover songs of Kuroyume.

Lyrics
Japanese	Rōmaji	Fan-Translation
GOT INTO ”4”　死顔 YOU DON'T KNOW DOUBT,　独裁 BY‥‥　病的 CUT RELATION,　キチガイ 締め上げ過ぎて疲れてしまった 目が合う度笑えてしまう 唾液まみれに息をしていた 首生づかみ殺してしまう PAST,親愛なる　DEATHMASK NOSTALGY‥‥ PAST,正夢とは　DEATHMASK NOSTALGY‥‥	GOT INTO "4"　Shinigao YOU DON'T KNOW DOUBT,　Dokusei BY‥‥　Byōteki CUT RELATION,　Kichigai Shimeage sugite tsukarete shimatta Me ga au tabi waraete shimau Daeki mamire ni iki o shiteita Kubinamazukami koroshite shimau PAST, shin'ai naru DEATHMASK NOSTALGY‥‥ PAST, masayume towa DEATHMASK NOSTALGY‥‥	Not available.
These lyrics don't have an official translation.

Trivia

• The entire second verse is not included in the official lyrics for unknown reasons.