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Bigger Than My Body Lyrics
This is a call to the color-blind
This is an IOU
I'm stranded behind a horizon line
Tried to be something true
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fears to dry
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be something much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for
Why is it not the time?
What is there more to learn?
I've shed this skin that I've been chipping at
And I've never quite returned
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fears to dry
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be something much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for
Cause I'm bigger than my body now
Maybe I'll tangle in the power lines
And it might be over in a second's time
But I'll glady go down in a flame
If the flame's what it takes to remember my name
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fears to dry
Wait for my fears to dry
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be something much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body
I'm bigger than my body
I'm bigger than my body now
This is an IOU
I'm stranded behind a horizon line
Tried to be something true
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fears to dry
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be something much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for
What is there more to learn?
I've shed this skin that I've been chipping at
And I've never quite returned
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fears to dry
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be something much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for
Cause I'm bigger than my body now
And it might be over in a second's time
But I'll glady go down in a flame
If the flame's what it takes to remember my name
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fears to dry
Wait for my fears to dry
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be something much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body
I'm bigger than my body
I'm bigger than my body now
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kind of a realization of who john really is ...
I think the last line of the chorus is "Wait for my fuse to dry" not "Wait for my fears to dry"
for ValIsAllThat : i doubt he is nessecarily singing about himself in this song. I think that hes speaking for aspiring artists or just people in general.
i agree people in general.
i agree people in general.
I think I'd like this song more if John Mayer didn't sing it. Coming from him, it just seems too obnoxious. I'd rather hear an underrated, struggling artist sing about how they're going to make it someday than an overrated, established one. I didn't like HEAVIER THINGS at all, it was much too jazzy for me and it just didn't live up to any earlier stuff. Maybe JM, who always wanted to be a jazz artist, figures he can just turn jazz now that he has a large fanbase. (Would most of his 'fans' even notice?) But it's not up to me to question his methods...
Everybody feels these things, though -- Struggling and well-established. That's why I liked it: Because even though a better know artist, and yes, one that could be thought of as obnoxious, still has these issues. It makes people know they're not alone, and it was cool he admitted it :)
Everybody feels these things, though -- Struggling and well-established. That's why I liked it: Because even though a better know artist, and yes, one that could be thought of as obnoxious, still has these issues. It makes people know they're not alone, and it was cool he admitted it :)
I don't even look at it as being about him musically you know? I think it's about being more than people think you are, having more too you. 'i'm bigger than my body gives me credit for', it's about breaking out and showing what you really are compared to what you seem to be, kinda thing.
i think this song is about wanting 2 achieve the impossible and looking like u cant do it but having the heart to do it. it can give u the confidence 2 do something that no one thinks u can do.
ValIsAllThat: Jazzy? John Mayer? Do you know what jazz IS?
I think Tylera is right. I dont believe he is talking about making any physical accomplishments at all (making it in the music industry), its about making spiritual accomplishments... He is singing about finding freedom from all the bullshit :) About realizing all our self doubts and negative beliefs are not true. That we really are bigger than our bodies give us credit for. There's no better way of putting it :)
i interpret it as being so much more than what people see you for. i think it kinda stems from the whole idea behind no such thing, actually kind of like the accomplished goal of no such thing. its one of those songs that make you wanna break out of yourself. your so much more than your body gives you credit for.
your mind is so spacious when your body gets to a point where it barely grows at all.