The Lemonheads

The Great Big NO

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The Great Big NO Lyrics

Lover, don't turn your head
Just let me walk away
I thought I might have to say
You're asking the wrong guy

She wonders how
Thinks she knows now
She'll be right
They always go
By the by

The great big NO
The great big NO
The great big NO

Is nothing ok with you?
Is nothing ok with me?
Is anything happening
To have to go to sea?

He wonders why
The indigo guy
He'll be right
They always go
By the by

The great big NO
The great big NO
The great big NO

Everyone knows everything
Everyone knows everything
Nobody has got no one to go to

The great big NO
The great big NO
The great big NO

Whoa
Lover, don't turn your head
Lover, don't turn your head
Lover, don't turn your head (No)
Lover, don't turn your head

Is nothing ok with you?

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spliphstar On Feb 06, 2002

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by gilbert113

1y ago

This song is really ambiguous but my sense is that it is about rejection. In your interactions with someone that you desire but who isn't all that into you might get all sorts of little "nos" (i.e. they might talk to you but won't go out with you or they might go out with you but won't sleep with you, etc.). This song is about the "great big no", the "no" that signals the utter impossibility of anything like a genuine relationship on any level. Once you get the great big no, any further attempts on your part are rightfully considered harassment and/or stalking.

[Edit: reworded for clarity]

My Interpretation

Negative

Subjective

Sadness

Rejection

Desire

Relationship

Harassment

Stalking

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