Birth of a Fish

Oooooh man this song is funny and has a great twist!! There is really nothing to explain. He does it quite simply. I was on the max train frying balls when I first bought this album, and I was listening to this song trying so hard not to laugh real loud at 10pm

i take this as his way of sayin stfu and stop bitching lol

He lives in a four by two glass box that reminds me of my head I wish my floor would have rocks, but it's covered with puddles instead If I could be him, life would be great I could erase this permanent frown I wouldn't even be held down by my own weight I woke up walked up to the tank to hear his thoughts on yesterday "How was it?" I asked And after a tapping the glass He looked my way, then gave me this depressed expression And pressed his best just to say "Besides the tides and the gray skies, it was okay" And I said "Hey mister fish, you did all that you wish You got, nothing to complain about while hanging out in this bitch" Well he replied "Well existence is bliss, there's so much that you miss Besides get off the trip, happiness is just a myth" I said "Living in water is extremely more peaceful than life finding minds, blinded by evil, and forced to see through these two peep holes. It seems a redeemed freedom not being limited by walls But that only means I qualify as ground for the sky when it falls That only means I qualify as ground for the sky when it falls That only means I qualify as ground for the sky when it falls That only means I qualify as ground for the sky when it falls" But Mr. Fish just laughed as I went on and on and on So I interrupted his chuckle, putting up my middle finger And he boldly told me it's too bad I'm such a thinker So arrogantly I asked "How could someone think too much?" He added that insanity lingers and thoughts brought me to the brink of such He said you "live inside a head that reminds me of my glass box And everyone's the same; all brains are contained by a reality framed And chained, and with the rain, it's trained hard not to change And once you see what I've explained you hit the jackpot" And at that very moment it was like my eyes really opened The air that previously surrounded me was now an ocean Still totally invisible accept for minor pieces of debris Then Mr. Fish pushed up to the glass and he looked just like me My whole world spun around, I didn't understand But I realized I was no longer a man So I thought about what he said And asked him what was going on And he said, "you didn't know it but you where the fish all along" He said, "congratulations, you did it, you broke free You're just a fish like the rest of humanity" Now it took me a long time to get adjusted to this tank But now I know what I am, and so to that man I give thanks I've always lived inside this glass box that reminds him of his head It just goes to show ya that your mind is your own monster Realities what you make it, if you take it away You're just a fish, like me, swimming in the powdered water

To me, it's clearly about how life can look terrible, but when changing the point of view, it changes things. He was more content "as a fish". But he was still living in the same environment as before. Contentedness leads to incompetence and ignorance. He says he's a fish in the end along with the rest of the human society. As a fish and knowing, he is more content, but I don't think that's what he actually is. He's fed up with it almost, but resigned to it. He wants the listener to do as he doesn't. He is "free" however, because at least he realizes it when others don't.

Then in another type of way, looking at the last few lines which are often his most important, "Reality is what you make it, if you take it away you're a fish like me swimming in the powdered water." The main words I looked at/heard here, was take it away. If you don't look at things as they actually are, and choose to live in your oblivious state, then you're a "fish" swimming in the powdered water. Eyedea often used a river as an example of his metaphor for life, so it could mean you go on through life and you can't see anything in it. (The powdered water).

It's him resigning it's too late for himself, but hoping that the future will see it differently. Looking at Eyedea, it seems like that's the clear answer to me.