Why Can't I Be a Turtle?

"Why Can't I Be a Turtle?" is a song in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. It was composed by Mitsuto Suzuki and Nozomi Toki and arranged by Suzuki. The lyrics were written by Motomu Toriyama and translated into English by Ben Sabin and Ryan Patterson.
There are two versions of "Why Can't I Be a Turtle?": "カメになりたい (Japanese Ver.)" and "カメになりたい (Global Ver.)". Both are simply titled "Why Can't I Be a Turtle?" in English.
The Japanese Ver. was sung by non. The Global Ver. was sung by EvE.
==Lyrics==
The official lyrics were released on Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Original Soundtrack.
===Japanese Ver.===
;Japanese
:夜明け持ちのカウンター
:となりのキミがつぶやく
:わたし　カメになりたい
:わたし　カメになりたい
:アタマも　シッポも
:甲羅に隠して
:わたし　カメになりたい
:わたし　カメになりたい
:甲羅のなかなら　きずつかないから
:甲羅のなかなら　さみしくないから
:わたし　カメになりたい
:わたし　カメになりたい
:だけど
:夜の海　命が生まれるとき
:キミとボク　愛しあうために
:アタマを出す
:キミとボク　かめ　かめ　かめ
:かめ　かめ道楽
;Rōmaji
:Yoake mochi no kauntā
:Tonari no kimi ga tsubuyaku
:Watashi kame ni naritai
:Watashi kame ni naritai
:Atama mo shippo mo
:Kōra ni kakushite
:Watashi kame ni naritai
:Watashi kame ni naritai
:Kōra no nakanara kizutsukanaikara
:Kōra no nakanara samishikunaikara
:Watashi kame ni naritai
:Watashi kame ni naritai
:Dakedo
:Yoru no umi inochi ga umareru toki
:Kimitoboku aishi au tame ni
:Atama o dasu
:Kimitoboku kame kame kame
:Kame kame dōraku
===Global Ver.===
:At the bar, waiting for dawn to break,
:I hear you mumbling from a seat away.
:"Why can't I just be a turtle now?
:Why can't I just be a turtle now?"
:"Wanna tuck my head and tail—
:All my limbs—inside a shell
:Just like every turtle's made to do.
:Just like every turtle's made to do."
:"Nestled tight inside my shell, no one could hurt me anymore.
:"Nestled tight inside my shell, I wouldn't need friends anymore."
:"So I wanna be a turtle now.
:So I wanna be a turtle now."
:I do too.
:Night blankets the sea. The tide rolls up just like a velvet sheet.
:That's when you and me feel the heat of our instincts.
:We'll get wet and wild.
:Just the two of us all alone in our world.
:Our world—at the Happy Turtle.
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade===
"Why Can't I Be a Turtle?" plays during The Happy Turtle Ad Campaign questline. It plays on a jukebox near the Happy Turtle Newsletter 4 located through the tunnel in the northern end, west of Seventh Heaven in the Sector 7 Slums.
Both versions of "Why Can't I Be a Turtle?" are the 12th and 21st tracks of disc 3 on Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Original Soundtrack.
Category:Event themes from Final Fantasy VII Remake