[ENG] Barb - Guckkasten (with English subtitles)

Barb is a little splinter at the tip of a fishhook. This song can be seen as a conversation between a fish and its bait. The bait is luring the hungry fish and the fish that took the bait is pulled out from the world that it was in, and it realizes the world it thought to be an ocean, is not really an ocean. 'Barb' is about realizing the world that we know and understand is not real, and despite the pain of knowing this, one strives to attain the truth about the real world.

This is probably one of the most psychedelic songs by Guckkasten. This song makes the listeners sense the slippery scales of fish, its fishy odor and smell the salty ocean when listening to this song. (The bass guitar's introduction is especially effective in expressing the slipperiness.) The vocal's ability to portray the famished fish and its alluring bait is exhilarating, along the extremely high notes that he sings towards the end of the song.

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Lyrics translated by Guckkasten-English (GKST-ENG)

** Barb **

At a place far deep below
Alone and deserted
A fish, famished and hunched
Spots its prey before the forbidden door

The fresh, juicy prey
Calls out to the scraggy fish

Come over here and touch me
Be not afraid, just take me

Innocently and foolishly
You draw near and
Got your mouth on hook, sonny
Thrash all you want
You can never escape my hands
Ever

Look yonder at the world you are from
See, it is ocean no more

Innocently and foolishly
You draw near and
Got your mouth on hook, sonny
Cry all you want
You cannot go back to where you were before

The body caught and worn down
Takes shape again
The tip of hook creeping in
Rejects you and

Erases away (Innocently and foolishly)
Erases away (Draw near and got your mouth on hook)
Erases away (The body caught and worn down)
Erases away (Takes shape again)