Close my Eyes for Me

Close my Eyes for Me

Song Information

Artist: D-crew feat.DENNIS GUNN(DJ Yoshitaka SCRATCHING)
Composition/Arrangement: D-crew
Lyrics/Vocals: Dennis Gunn
Scratch: DJ Yoshitaka
BPM: 132-145
Length: 2:01
Genre: AMERICA
Movie: F-FLY
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Somebody come and close my eyes for me
Darken my glasses I don't want to see
my people getting rolled under the planet
Wake me up when it's over
Just check under my boulder
And tap me on the shoulder 
And tell me it's OK
But not until the day
When the bombs stop walking
And the masks stop talking
No, no, not until the day
When the bombs stop walking
And the masks stop talking

6 billion people here.
Living in fear of a moron that's a mastermind
And justice that is just as blind
Drunk on power
as the leader of the land of the free for all

Close my eyes for me
I don't want to see
Close my eyes for me
I don't want to see
Close my eyes for me
I don't want to see
The world I love get an autopsy

I check my watch and the hand of fate
is pointing at the final hour
The calendar date is much too 
late for salvation of my super power

When the earth runs off the rails
And the solar system fails
And the point of no return impales
the littlest fish and greatest whales
Close my eyes for me.

Song Connections / Remixes

• An alternative version of Close my Eyes for Me without DJ Yoshitaka's scratching, titled close my eyes for me (not playing Scratchrath) and credited to D-crew, appears in the BEMANIトップランカー決定戦 2006 Sound Tracks album.
• The original soundtrack version of Close my Eyes for Me does not contain the last notes heard in the game version.

Trivia

• Close my Eyes for Me marks Dennis Gunn's only appearance in beatmania IIDX, and is also his final BEMANI song.
• Close my Eyes for Me's video is the fourth and last part of the GLOBAL TRAVEL series, representing USA. The GLOBAL TRAVEL series also includes 大桟橋, Move Me, and Les filles balancent.
• Close my Eyes for Me received a Double ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem.
• The beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED Original Soundtrack album omits DJ YOSHITAKA from the artist name. As such, the artist name shows only D-crew feat.DENNIS GUNN instead.
• Close my Eyes for Me is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from July 4th, 2018, after purchasing its charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

D-crew

Firstly, I'll say that I created this song with quite a lot of motivation.
The team asked me to create a song which "feels like America", so I consciously created it with my unique approach of America.
Personally, I can't help but love the distinct heavy grooves, while a cluster of low sounds play.
After thinking about various things, I asked a white American called GUNN to rap and sing it, and I immediately loved GUNN's surreal lyrics.
And finally, DJ Yoshitaka put his effort in scratching everywhere, so you'll need to carefully listen for them throughout this song.

D-crew

Video Production Information

F-FLY

It's cool~~~~~!

It's quite groovy, and I mostly stayed at the office to finish making it in one go!
I personally love these kinds of songs, but there's only a few in IIDX, right?
I'd like for these kinds of vigorous songs to appear here from now on!!
I'm also willing to create videos for these songs! I'm looking forward to them!

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	232	529	755	948	-	521	751	1058	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	5	7	N/A	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→17 SIRIUS	-	5	↑8	9	-	5	↑8	-	-
beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem→Present	-	5	8	9	-	5	8	11	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS	2	5	7	8	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	8	9	-	5	8	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	5	8	9	-	-	-	-	-