I Believe

I Believe is Toki's theme from Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem, sung by Toki and Dethklok. It is sung in reality by Mike Keneally and Brendon Small. It is the first of Toki's songs to be recorded as a real track and released on a Dethklok record, The Doomstar Requiem.

Concept


I Believe is Toki's song expressing his feelings about Dethklok during his early days with the band. Like all of Toki's songs within the series, it is an electropop-rock track featuring colorful neon visuals of rainbows and animals. The overall theme of the song is Toki's belief that Dethklok is his family and that he was meant to be with them. Toki grows from a teenager to an adult during the visual montage for the song. It also briefly covers Dethklok's rise to success shortly after meeting Toki.

The song may be an homage to the iconic 80's pop hit Take on Me by A-Ha, who also originated from Oslo, Norway and produced music in the distinct electropop genre. The two songs share similar musical elements such as similar synths, chord progressions, and melodic structure particularly in the chorus. The music videos both show the focal character going through a transformation by entering a doorway.

Lyrics
[Toki singing]

I can't believes

Is this really happening to me?

Just yesterdays I was a kids on the streets

My families, they didn't cares about me

Now I've got my owns, and I can do anything

You'res my brothers now

Lives togethers now

I has found a home

Never bes alone

[Skwisgaar in the background]

We just put our record out

We just went to number one

[Skwisgaar and Pickles in the background]

We just found our fanbase now

Found our worth across the earth

[Nathan in the background]

We are making money now!

[Dethklok in the background]

Use it to buy everything

Dethklok getting powerful

We are known across this world

[Toki singing the chorus]

I believe this is my dream come true

and I never thought I had a family but that family is you

Now I can see happiness is for me

It's true!

[Pickles singing]

This is such a strange new crazy life!

[Skwisgaar singing]

Everything am better now dat he ams in de band dis times

[Toki singing]

I've never been so happies in my life!

My brothers gives me the powers to survives

[Chorus repeats with additional harmonies]