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00:00Why am I here?
00:08Why am I in this world?
00:10I almost feel like I was looking for a reason to die.
00:16You guys have sold over 30 million records.
00:19Yoshiki is a musical idol.
00:23Different level of rock star.
00:30If those guys were born in America,
00:35they might be the biggest band in the world.
00:43After my father died,
00:45my mother bought me a drum set.
00:48They said breaking things,
00:50I started banking drums.
00:54The band was my family.
00:56My fans are my family.
00:57Hideo Matsumoto, lead guitarist for the band X-Japan,
01:01killed himself, leaving no explanation.
01:06X-Japan's era was over.
01:09Pain, he pained my friend, my enemy.
01:12That's the reason you do art,
01:15to exorcise your demons
01:17and exorcise with your demons.
01:21Today, I'm gonna die.
01:23I'm gonna tell myself,
01:24at least I tried everything.
01:27I'm gonna die every time.
01:29Every time I fell in the stage,
01:30the stage is over.
01:32I'm gonna die every time.
01:33I'm gonna die every time.
01:34I'm gonna die every time.
01:35Think of everything into something.
01:36You don't lose.
01:38Worst comes the worst.
01:39You die.
01:40I'm gonna die every time.
01:42Being on stage,
01:44I felt I'm home.
01:45Being on stage,
01:46I felt I'm home.
01:50Being on stage,
01:51I felt I'm home.
01:53I'm gonna die every time.
01:54I'm gonna die every time.
01:55I'm home.
01:56Introducing...
01:57X-Japan.
02:01I should not be playing
02:02to create some kind of art.
02:04It's a war.
02:05It's a war.
02:12It's one thing only one time.
02:17Before they die.