Story Behind The Song
The groove in "Bigger Than Me" was influenced by an old Kinks song called "Moving Pictures". I didn't steal the main guitar lick so much as I was influenced by it, but a pop music historian might notice the similarity. Some of the situations in the song a
Song Description
This tuneful song with a groove is a bit reminiscent of a David Byrne tune. It expresses the feeling of being powerless to make big changes in the world where, increasingly, big changes are needed. The character in the song feels powerless to handle an in
| Song Length |
3:29 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Passive |
Subject |
Life, Worry |
| Similar Artists |
The Talking Heads |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
People of the summer street are acting strange
Some of them should be in a cage
I can?t fix the weirdness in the world
I just wish that it would change
She puts her trust in me to win the lottery
I can see it in her eyes,
They?re much bigger than mine
I live my hours on the
Opposite side of the day
I can?t help it that I just . . .
Well, I like it that way
The elephant dead on the road (bigger than me)
The little mouse in the little hole (bigger than me)
The simplest word to the greatest story ever told
The hottest hot and the coldest cold
(bigger than me)
I know I should apologize
I could tell a lie
But I don?t know how
(and I don?t know why)
I could put a blanket over everything
But it keeps comin? up
Like the flowers in the spring
The world is so big
And it?s getting bigger
The earth is so huge
And it?s getting fatter
The sun is a ball
And it?s getting hotter
Dwarfing the moon
And I?m just a little bug in a
little cocoon
(Bigger than me, bigger than me)
I keep diggin? & diggin? to see what I might find
Way deep down in a diamond mine
I live my hours on the
Opposite side of the day
I can?t help it that I just . . .
Well, I like it that way
I know I should apologize
I could tell a lie
But I don?t know how
(and I don?t know why)
Bigger than me, bigger than me
The world is so big
And it?s getting bigger
The earth is so huge
And it?s getting fatter
The sun is a ball
And it?s getting hotter
(instr. vamp)
The world is so big
And it?s getting bigger
The earth is so huge
And it?s getting fatter
The sun is a ball
And it?s getting hotter
Dwarfing the moon
And I?m just a little bug in a
little cocoon