Howl at the Moon

**Howl at the Moon** (Japanese: 月に吠える, Romaji: Tsuki ni Hoeru) is a digital single that was initially released on October 6, 2021. Later, it was introduced as the sixth track on Yorushika's fourth album, Magic Lantern (specifically *Chapter 1: Portrait of Summer* ), on April 5, 2023.

## Featured Members

* n-buna (lyrics, composition, and arrangement)
* suis (vocal)

## Lyrics

* English
* Japanese
* Romaji

I'm howling at the moon by the roadside

I walk through the town,

Not even noticing that the moon is waxing

Without anyone noticing, the night swiftly sinks into the deep

When I come to my senses, I notice that people around me are standing still

They're looking at my face

"Quit acting like you know me!"

I bark at them, pretending to be a beast

I want to toss every single thing away

Please, tell me that I'm alive

If you sing like you're howling at the moon, ah, things will become vivid and beautiful

I want to try satisfying myself with this malice by smashing open the earth with an icepick

If you sing like you're howling at the moon,

Ah, things will be as you want it to be

There is a blueish-white moon by the roadside

But people are saying "Where is it?"

Can't anyone see it?

What a bunch of unsightly beasts

I point my finger there and people start to turn around

They're moving while staying faceless as they are

Something is watching me

From the shadows of the wharf over there

I don't have any faith in you, not in the slightest

Nobody is expecting anything out of you

If you sing like you're howling at the moon, ah, things will become vivid and beautiful

I want to dip the tip of a solid pen in a moonlit lake and try drawing a line on the waves

If you sing like you're howling at the moon, ah, things will become gorgeous

And time will flow according to its whims

Everyone thinks that I'm some pitiful, ill person!

I want to toss every single thing away

I- I haven't violated the world enough, not yet

If you sing like you're howling at the moon, ah, things will become beautiful

Please, smash my skull open with an icepick and fill it up with some lukewarm soup

"Sing like you're howling at the moon!"

Ah, I say to the beast residing in the depths of my windpipe

This world is at the mercy of your heart's desire

I'm howling at the moon by the roadside

路傍の月に吠える

影一つ町を行く

満ちることも知らないで

夜はすっと深くまで

気が付けば人溜まり

この顔を眺めている

おれの何がわかるかと

獣の振りをする

一切合切放り出したいの

生きているって教えてほしいの

月に吠えるように歌えば嗚呼、鮮やかに

アイスピックで地球を砕いてこの悪意で満たしてみたいの

月に吠えるように歌えば

嗚呼、我が儘にお前の想うが儘に

青白い路傍の月

何処だろう、と人は言う

誰にも見えていないのか

この醜い獣

指を差した方へ向く

顔の無いまま動く

何かがおれを見ている

波止場のあの影で

一切合切信じていないの

誰もお前に期待していないの

月に吠えるように歌えば嗚呼、鮮やかに

硬いペンを湖月に浸して波に線を描いてみたいの

月に吠えるように歌えば嗚呼、艶やかに

時間の赴くままに

皆おれをかわいそうな病人と、そう思っている！

一切合切放り出したいの

ま、まだ世界を犯し足りないの

月に吠えるように歌えば、嗚呼鮮やかに

アイスピックで頭蓋を砕いて温いスープで満たしてほしいの

月に吠えるように歌えよ

嗚呼、喉笛の奥に住まう獣よ

この世界はお前の想うが儘に

路傍の月に吠える

Robō no tsuki ni hoeru

Kage hitotsu machi o yuku

Michiru koto mo shiranaide

Yoru wa sutto fukaku made

Ki ga tsukeba hitodamari

Kono kao o nagameteru

Ore no nani ga wakaru ka to

Kedamono no furi o suru

Issaigassai hōridashitai no

Ikiteiru tte oshiete hoshii no

Tsuki ni hoeru yōni utaeba ā, azayaka ni

Aisu pikku de chikyū o kudaite kono akui de mitashitemitai no

Tsuki ni hoeru yōni utaeba

ā, wagamama ni omae no omou ga mama ni

Aojiroi robō no tsuki

Doko darou, to hito wa iu

Dare ni mo miete nai no ka

Kono minikui kemono

Yubi o sashita hō e muku

Kao no nai mama ugoku

Nani ka ga ore o miteiru

Hatoba no ano kage de

Issaigassai shinjiteinai no

Dare mo omae ni kitaishiteinai no

Tsuki ni hoeru yōni utaeba ā, azayaka ni

Katai pen o kogetsu tsuki ni hitashite nami ni sen o egaitemitai no

Tsuki ni hoeru yōni utaeba ā, adeyaka ni

Jikan no omomuku mamani

ā, Min na ore o kawaisōna byōnin to, sō omotteiru!

Issaigassai hōridashitai no

Ma, mada sekai o okashi tarinai no

Tsuki ni hoeru yōni utaeba, ā azayaka ni

Aisu pikku de zugai o kudaite nukui su-pu de mitashite hoshii no

Tsuki ni hoeru yōni utaeyo

ā, nodobue no oku ni sumau kedamono yo

Kono sekai wa omae no omou ga mama ni

Robō no tsuki ni hoeru

## Trivia

* This song a homage to Sakutarou Hagiwara's Howling at the Moon.

## Notes

1. ↑ https://yorushika.fandom.com/wiki/Magic\_Lantern#Chapter\_1:\_Portrait\_of\_Summer
2. ↑ Source: https://twitter.com/NightDeerTL/status/1445690922390351872