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Wide Open Space Lyrics

I'm in a wide open space, I'm standing
I'm all alone, I'm staring into space
It's always quiet through my ceiling
The roof comes in and crashes in a daze

I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la-la-la)
It's freezing (la-la-la-la-la-la)
You'll never get to heaven
With a smile on your face from me (la-la-la-la-la)
I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la-la-la)
I'm staring (la-la-la-la-la-la)
There's something quite bizarre I cannot see (la-la-la-la-la)

I'm on the top of a hill, I'm lonely
There's someone here to shout to miles away
I could be back in my house, for I care
They do not hear me it's the same always

I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la-la-la)
It's freezing (la-la-la-la-la-la)
You'll never get to heaven
With a smile on your face from me (la-la-la-la-la)
I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la-la-la)
I'm staring (la-la-la-la-la-la)
There's something quite bizarre I cannot see (la-la-la-la-la)

Wide open space, I'm standing
I'm all alone and staring into space
It's always quiet through my ceiling (ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba)
The roof comes in and crashes in a daze (ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba)

I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la-la-la)
It's freezing (la-la-la-la-la-la)
You'll never get to heaven
With a smile on your face from me (la-la-la-la-la)
I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la-la-la)
I'm staring (la-la-la-la-la-la)
There's something quite bizarre I cannot see (la-la-la-la-la)

I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la-la-la)
It's freezing (la-la-la-la-la-la)
You'll never get to heaven
With a smile on your face from me
(I'm gonna tell your mother that you've been a naughty bugger)
I'm in a wide open space (la-la-la-la)
I'm staring (la-la-la-la-la-la)
There's something quite bizarre I cannot see
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Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

the perfecto remix is pretty stunning if you like this song ... not usually a fan of dancehead remixes but they've done Mansun proud out in clubland.

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

Or if you listen to it with the rest of the album (UK version of course) you could add that it is about the vicar. Paul also said that he wrote this sound to reach out to his fans, let them know how he felt at the time.. he said something like that. Read so many interviews and I don't feel like looking up exactly when/where he said what...

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

This is such a cool song. The kind you would listen too when you're feeling spaced out and realizing Mansun is talking about everything you're feeling at that low point of your life

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

funky song. i quite like it.

One of their best anthems. From personal experience i would say 'in my opinion' there is a definite mental health/opiate addiction issue being expressed. Music being another art form can mean many things to many people.

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

I think this song is about lonliness...like nothing out there ever was.

It seems to be describing being lonly in a wide open space, open to everything and recieving nothing, or being effected by nothing since there is "Something quite bizzarre I cannot see" Or not attempting to grab life by the horns or take an oportunity. "I'm on the top of a hill...." Feeling as though there is no reason to even attempt to do anything because you're afraid.

I kind of figured this since he said "You'll never get to heaven with a smile on your face" like saying only true human suffering offers redemption.

I dunno, I guess I have a lot of ideas of what it means.

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

this song is so underrated. i love it and the video, especially at the end.

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

i think itsone of the best songs mansun ever did. i dont quite know what the meaning is though. its just a good song.

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

their best song. I love it

Cover art for Wide Open Space lyrics by Mansun

someone's whose a bit of a loner as things stand, it's always quiet on his own. saying to others there's nothing you can beat him on in his arrorgance. won't do well in life with a smile for him. wicked track. Bizzare it is

 
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