The Back Horn: Suisou

04.01.17
Artist: The Back Horn
Title: Suisou (Fish Tank)
Words: The Back Horn
Music: The Back Horn

leaves a cast-off husk, a back
another day, and the sky still incomplete
it destroys me.

it draws wavering arcs in burst bubbles
the strong feelings returning
firmly surround and rise to the sky.

something is bubbling up from below the water's surface...
the swaying naked bulb, lit my body for all to see

the gallery of children cry out
the floating beads and goldfish *1
like birds that go home, unable to fly
will we die in a glass prison?

the ball of energy made by the dreamers
as it deforms again and again it'll suck up
from the water, from the land
the back of my head, wobbly

wake up already! the countless feelings
fill in the sky that's missing something

we're imprisoned,
in the soundless fish tank.

yes, now I take off
to that free sky above.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Here we go

*1 - This is kingyou sukui Japanese Goldfish catching. The children are gathered around a big tank full of fish and beads cheering on someone catching them with a paper net.

Romaji

nukegara wo nokoshiteku senaka
kyou mo sora ha fukanzen
boku wo kowasu

yurayura to ko wo egaki
hajiketeshimatta utakata ni
yomigaeru tsuyoi kanjyou
kataku tsutsumare sora he nobotta

suimenka de zawameiteiru...
yureru hadaka denkyuu mi no uchi wo utsushidashita

himei wo ageru kakoi no kodomo
ukabu bi-dama to kingyoutachi
tobezu ni kaeru tori no you ni
garasu no ori de shindeyuku no?

kuusoukatachi no tsukuriageta
enerugi- no katamari ga
kikei wo kurikaeshinagara
suiagerareteiku
suichuu kara chijyuu kara
atama no ushiro atari wo yurayura to

hora mezame yo musuu no kanjyou ga
tarinai sora wo mitashiteru
torawareteru bokutachi ha
oto mo nai suisou no naka

sou ima tobidatsu
jiyuu na ano sora he

Romaji By: Brian Stewart