The Fish Cage

-The pessimism of a certain tropical fish-

"*Silent Dying.*"— **Description from the music video**
**The Fish Cage** (水槽, *Suisou*[?], aka The Fish Tank) is a song by Guchiry featuring IA. It is the thirteenth track of the album *Butterfly Dream*, and the image song for Tetra.

### Guchiry's comment

Hello, this is Guchiry.
This is a story about tropical fish.

The goldfish I scooped at a festival a long time ago had grown ridiculously big the last time I saw it.
## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

この世に生まれ落ちて　無駄に重ねた毎日に

意味なんてきっと無かったんだろう

そうやって僕はずっと泣いている

生の使い方を知らずに　ここまで生きてきてしまった

喰らい潰すだけの人生だ

もう終えてしまってもいいだろう?

与えられたものだけが　この部屋の中を形作る

外にひろがる世界には　干渉すら許されない

沈む　深い深い底まで

すべて忘れて　何も無い場所まで

沈む　深い深い底まで

僕だけの世界に　いさせて

硝子の向こう側に　夢見ていたこともあったが

叶わないと知って　いつからか

何もかも無駄に思えてしまった

錆びた鉄パイプの　臭いをやけに覚えている

朽ちた木の破片が　腐りゆくのをただ見ていた

いつか終わる毎日を　何も出来ぬ毎日を　何も成せぬ毎日を

終わらせて

沈む　深い深い底まで

すべて忘れて　何も無い場所まで

沈む　深い深い底まで

僕だけの世界は

沈むような深さなんて無くて

この命に幕を閉じることも出来なくて

生きる　意味も見出せないまま

僕だけが世界に置き去りみたい

僕だけの世界に　いさせて欲しいんだ

Konoyo ni umareochite muda ni kasaneta mainichi ni

Imi nante kitto nakatta ndarou

Sou yatte boku wa zutto naiteiru

Sei no tsukaikata o shirazu ni koko made ikitekiteshimatta

Kurai tsubusu dake no jinseida

Mou oeteshimatte mo iidarou?

Ataerareta mono dake ga kono heya no naka o katachizukuru

Soto ni hirogaru sekai ni wa kanshou sura yurusarenai

Shizumu fukai fukai soko made

Subete wasurete nani mo nai basho made

Shizumu fukai fukai soko made

Noku dake no sekai ni isasete

Garasu no mukougawa ni yumemiteita koto mo attaga

Kanawanai to shitteitsukara ka

Nanimokamo muda ni omoeteshimatta

Sabita tetsu paipu no nioi o yakeni oboeteiru

Kuchita ki no hahen ga kusariyuku no o tada miteita

Itsuka owaru mainichi o nani mo dekinu mainichi o nani mo nasenu mainichi o

Owarasete

Shizumu fukai fukai soko made

Subete wasurete nani mo nai basho made

Shizumu fukai fukai soko made

Boku dake no sekai wa

Shizumu youna fuka sa nante nakute

Kono inochi ni maku o tojiru koto mo dekinakute

Ikiru imi mo midasenai mama

Boku dake ga sekai ni okizari mitai

Boku dake no sekai ni isasete hoshii nda

I was born into this world and wasted away every single day

I'm sure it didn't mean anything

That's how I cry all the time

I've lived this long without knowing how to use life

It's just a life of devouring and crushing

Can we just get it over with now?

Only what is given shapes the inside of this room

We're not even allowed to interfere with the world outside

Sinking to the deep, deep bottom

Forget everything, all the way to the middle of nowhere

Sinking to the deep, deep bottom

Let me stay in my own world

I used to dream of being on the other side of the glass

Since when did you know that it wouldn't come true?

Everything seemed like a waste of time

I remember the smell of rusty iron pipes

I just watched the rotting pieces of wood rot away

Every day that ends, every day that we can't do anything, every day that we can't accomplish anything

Sinking to the deep, deep bottom

Forget everything, all the way to the middle of nowhere

Sinking to the deep, deep bottom

The world only for me

There is no depth to sink

I couldn't even close the curtain on this life

Without being able to find the meaning of life

I feel like I'm the only one left behind in the world

I just want you to let me be in my own world

**Original translation done with DeepL and Google Translate, edited by Wojobart**

## Hidden Text

* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

「上手く使えぬ命なら、誰かに譲るべきなのか。」

「愛だとか恋だとか薄っぺらいことばかり、もうウンザリだ。」

「知らなきゃよかったこともあるし、知りたくなかったこともあるよ。」

「生きていくには難しそうだ、弱者排他の構造は。」

"Umaku tsukaenu inochinara, dare ka ni yuzurubekina no ka."

"Aida toka koida toka usupperai koto bakari, mou da."

"Shiranakya yokatta koto mo arushi, shiritakunakatta koto mo aruyo."

"Ikiteiku ni wa muzukashi souda, jakusha haita no kouzou wa."

"If you can’t put your life to good use, should you give it to someone else?"

"I'm already tired of all these shallow things like love and romance."

"There are things I wish I didn't know, and there are things I didn't want to know."

"It seems difficult to survive in a structure that excludes the weak."

**Original translation done with DeepL Google Translate and RomajiDesu, edited by Wojobart**

## External Links

### Official

* YouTube
* NicoNico
* Ameblo - Lyrics
* piapro - Off Vocal

### Unofficial

* SoundCloud
* VOCALOID Database

## Trivia

* The chorus of the song was uploaded to Guchiry's SoundCloud 5 months before song's actual release.