Studio Backlot/Backside of the TV

"Studio Backlot", also known as "Backside of the TV" in the Japanese version, is a background song in Persona 4. It is sung by Shihoko Hirata, and as its name implies, it is played when the Protagonist enters the Midnight Channel. It is also Shadow Chie's theme for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

It is played again in Persona 4 The Animation in every preview of the next episodes. It is also heard during episodes 3 and 7, prior to entering to the attempts to save Yukiko Amagi and Kanji Tatsumi in their respective areas.

Lyrics

• Persona 4 Golden
• Persona 4 Dancing All Night

Darkness, endless, despair, fear no more
Coldness, blackened, no sound, feel no pain
Captured, helpless, ultimate, dreadful fate
Powerless, lifeless, no breath, falling down

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

Down down to the base,
The sound you’re about to hear is deep down hip hop,
What you gone do when they start to come up,
Well they’ve already come up to surround you up,
To dis you at a world cup but I guess it depends,
On how you gone behave in that moment,
Huh, a moment of truth tell me what’s really happening,
Their rhyme is nothing but you’ve got everything,
Bro, you’ve got everything but you dunno anything…

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

[ritornello]
(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

Down down to the base,
The sound you’re about to hear is deep down hip hop,
What you gone do when they start to come up,
Well they’ve already come up to surround you up,
To dis you at a world cup but I guess it depends,
On how you gone behave in that moment,
Huh, a moment of truth tell me what’s really happening,
Their rhyme is nothing but you’ve got everything,
Bro, you’ve got everything but you dunno anything…

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

Darkness, endless, despair, fear no more
Coldness, blackened, no sound, feel no pain
Captured, helpless, ultimate, dreadful fate
Powerless, lifeless, no breath, falling down

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

Deep Deep down to the basement
replacement goes as placement
big bucks payment or dirty like enslavement
began to lose patience to these complacent
successors who assesses rules that assassinates us Me
a lot of confidence but far from vanity
reason why I got a crew behind me my family
even if they tried to bribe me
never ride that, believe in beauty of destiny it's fire
darker the blood the fresher the flesh
but darker the soul the lesser the heart
lessons untaught
yo backside of TV to some's like DV
bottomless dark side of man not for the weak kids
underestimated way of brainwashing illuminated
bunch of hallucination but to some's elucidation
hell nah I won't cave I'm an outlaw
switch my style counterattack from the south paw

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

nowadays many people abuse information better choose
recognize the source of course or get accused soon
be careful who you choose to speak in back room
jealousy jealousy running like sonic boom
it's messed up how anger and hatred looms large in the dark
leaving scars to some by who's fumed
I got my third eye to see through their costumes
lies after lies, middle finger from Lotus Juice
this pothole's beyond dark, bizarre so intriguing
lost ones drunk off of pool of money dreaming
damn some still battling against these demons
brave souls even screaming oh please Jesus
Mother Theresa but they never listen to me
kept dreesing with a fake coverage
spitfire burn these dreads baby baby baby

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

(Darkness) Lost destiny (endless) far outcry (despair) they hear you (fear) no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling (blackened) whole dizziness (no sound) deep scars (feel) no pain
(Captured) No sanity (helpless) body aching (ultimate) control your own (dreadful) fate
(Powerless) Invisible (lifeless) real enemy (no breath) ruin your mind (falling) deep down

bring it up bring it up
backside to everything but we're gonna bring it up
even if I die my words will live bring it up
until my last breath, never ever gonna give it up
hmmm ridiculousness
suppose it's sick business
but we ain't gonna be fooled by these sickness
my brains is safe and sound with pure goodness
I guess comparably
so just throw you hands high in the air
in the air
so I can see how y'all feeling put it up in the air
when I say yeah
I wish you say it back say oh yeah
I love it,
let's change the world