#Gonta's cheerful nature makes him appear to function okay but also unintentionally masks his emotional damage so well

[marcianek]

I'm at the bottom of the ocean I'm at the bottom of the sea

I don't know if I'll make it back home I'm just stuck here in a dream

Long gone, long long gone- [...] Oh Lord, let me be a good man.

These are selected lyrics from “Bottom of the Sea” by Dhruva Aliman, the original song that Gonta's execution music was sampled from: link

And here are other nice covers/remixes of it, because why not: 1 | 2

Gonta’s questionable execution aside, imo they couldn't have picked a better song as an inspiration for him: both in terms of capturing his mental state by the end of Chapter 4, and in the context of his lifelong Sisyphean struggle for recognition, validation and a sense of belonging. Even in the face of his innate cheerfulness, it eroded his sense of self-worth to a point where he seemed to believe him being inherently worthless was a matter of fact. I say that, because despite all of his active efforts for betterment, Gonta often sure was... weirdly casual in his self-depreciation and the mistreatment he’s dealt with. Even if he still was negatively impacted by it.

And sadly, in the end he was left feeling as if all fears he had about himself were proven right - while in reality it wasn't true at all, and he so didn't deserve to go away in such miserable state, and in such a degrading way. But alas, V3 didn’t pull any punches.

Anyway... yeah. Good song choice.