鳥かごの中の僕
内田有紀 Lyrics

In the lyrics of the song, "鳥かごの中の僕" ("The Me Inside the Birdcage"), 内田有紀 sings about feeling trapped and confined like a bird in a classroom, unable to escape and spread her wings. She pleads for help and urges someone to save her from her confinement. In the first verse, she describes the scene of standing in front of a door, trapped inside the classroom, and listening to the cold school bell ringing while she is trapped. In the second verse, she stares out the window, watching the adults outside laugh and play, while she is trapped inside, bound by chains to her desk, unable to even write her name on her test paper. However, throughout the song, she has hope and a desire to one day break free from her confinement and fly high in the sky, even with her tattered wings.

Through the lyrics of "鳥かごの中の僕," 内田有紀 addresses the feeling of being restricted and confined by the expectations of others, classmates, and societal norms. The image of a bird trapped in a cage is a metaphor for the stifling conditions that can limit a person's freedom to fully express themselves. She longs for the day when she can break free from her cage and fly freely like a bird. The song reflects on the common human experience of feeling trapped inside the artificial world of schools, forced to conform to societal norms, and limited by the constraints of others.