Algernon

**Algernon** (Japanese: アルジャーノン, Romaji: Aruja-non) is a digital single that was initially released on February 6, 2023. Later, it was introduced as the fifteenth 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

Why did you give me a heart?

Why did you draw me a pair of eyes?

Wider than the sky, gulping down a wind that floats the clouds

My eyes kept on dreaming

Barefooted

Slowly you start to change, like gazing

At a tiny, tiny bread roll, ballooning bit by bit

Slowly you start to walk

Unafraid of the long maze ahead

Why did you give me a name?

Why did you build me a pair of hands?

Wider than the sea, gulping down a tide that rinses the sand

These tiny hands were still looking into the distance

With a yawn

Slowly I start to doze off

A tall, tall and giant tree grown in my mind’s centre

Slowly I start to walk along its roots

Unafraid of the long maze ahead

Someday you may meet someone who you can’t catch up with

Someday you may freeze at the sight of an insurmountable wall

Someday you may even give up on that

Slowly start to change

Slowly start to change

Slowly start to change

Slowly we start to forget, like gazing

At a tiny, tiny tower, collapsing bit by bit

Slowly we start to doze off

Slowly start to doze off

Slowly you start to change, like

A tiny, tiny shade growing in that tree’s centre

Slowly you start to walk

Unafraid of the long maze ahead even when

Certainly losing your way

貴方はどうして僕に心をくれたんでしょう

貴方はどうして僕に目を描いたんだ

空より大きく　雲を流す風を呑み込んで

僕のまなこはまた夢を見ていた

裸足のままで

貴方はゆっくりと変わっていく　とても小さく

少しずつ膨らむパンを眺めるように

貴方はゆっくりと走っていく

長い迷路の先も恐れないままで

貴方はどうして僕に名前をくれたんでしょう

貴方はどうして僕に手を作ったんだ

海より大きく　砂を流す波も呑み込んで

小さな両手はまだ遠くを見てた

あくびを一つ

僕らはゆっくりと眠っていく

とても長く　頭の真ん中に育っていく大きな木の

根本をゆっくりと歩いていく

長い迷路の先を恐れないように

いつかとても追いつけない人に出会うのだろうか

いつかとても越えられない壁に竦むのだろうか

いつか貴方もそれを諦めてしまうのだろうか

ゆっくりと変わっていく

ゆっくりと変わっていく

ゆっくりと変わっていく

僕らはゆっくりと忘れていく　とても小さく

少しずつ崩れる塔を眺めるように

僕らはゆっくりと眠っていく

ゆっくりと眠っていく

貴方はゆっくりと変わっていく　とても小さく

あの木の真ん中に育っていく木陰のように

貴方はゆっくりと走っていく

長い迷路の先も恐れないままで

確かに迷いながら

Anata wa dōshite boku ni kokoro o kureta n deshō

Anata wa dōshite boku ni me o kaita n da

Sora yori ōkiku kumo o nagasu kaze o nomikonde

Boku no manako wa mata yume o miteta

Hadashi no mama de

Anata wa yukkuri to kawatteiku totemo chiisaku

Sukoshi zutsu fukuramu pan o nagameru yōni

Anata wa yukkuri to hashitteiku

Nagai meiro no saki mo osorenai mama de

Anata wa dōshite boku ni namae o kureta n deshō

Anata wa dōshite boku ni te o tsukutta n da

Umi yori ōkiku suna o nagasu nami mo nomikonde

Chiisana ryōte wa mada tōku o miteta

Akubi o hitotsu

Bokura wa yukkuri to nemutteiku

Totemo nagaku atama no mannaka ni sodatteiku ōkina ki no

Nemoto o yukkuri to aruiteiku

Nagai meiro no saki o osorenai yōni

Itsuka totemo oitsukenai hito ni deau no darou ka

Itsuka totemo koerarenai kabe ni sukumu no darou ka

Itsuka anata mo sore o akirameteshimau no darou ka

Yukkuri to kawatteiku

Yukkuri to kawatteiku

Yukkuri to kawatteiku

Bokura wa yukkuri to wasureteiku totemo chiisaku

Sukoshi zutsu kuzureru tō o nagameru yōni

Bokura wa yukkuri to nemutteiku

Yukkuri to nemutteiku

Anata wa yukkuri to kawatteiku totemo chiisaku

Ano ki no mannaka ni sodatteiku kokage no yōni

Anata wa yukkuri to hashitteiku

Nagai meiro no saki mo osorenai mama de

Tashika ni mayoi nagara

## Trivia

* This song is related to the character “Algernon”, a white lab mouse that was experimented on to increase its intelligence. Algernon is from the short story/novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
	+ The boy in the artwork is attributed to Algernon as “someone trying to find their way out of a dark maze”.
* It is the theme song for the TBS TV Drama At Dusk, We Hold Hands (Japanese: 夕暮れに、手をつなぐ, Romaji: Yuugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu).

## Notes

1. ↑ https://yorushika.fandom.com/wiki/Magic\_Lantern#Chapter\_1:\_Portrait\_of\_Summer
2. ↑ Source: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/yorushika-aruja-non-lyrics.html