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The Big Music Lyrics
I have heard the big music
And I'll never be the same
Something so pure
Hey!
Just called my name
I have drowned in the big sea
Now I find I'm still alive
And I'm comin' up for ever
Hey!
Shadows all behind me
Ecstasy to come
I have
Climbed the big tree
Touched the big sky
I just stuck my hand up in the air
And everything came into colour
Like Jazz Manna
from sweet sweet chariots
I have seen the big mountain
And I swear I'm half way there
(You'll never get there, you'll never get there,
You'll never get there)
But I will
I will always climb the mountain
Because
I have heard the big music
And I'll never be the same
Something so pure
Hey!
Has called
My
Name!
And I'll never be the same
Something so pure
Hey!
Just called my name
Now I find I'm still alive
And I'm comin' up for ever
Hey!
Shadows all behind me
Ecstasy to come
Climbed the big tree
Touched the big sky
I just stuck my hand up in the air
And everything came into colour
Like Jazz Manna
from sweet sweet chariots
And I swear I'm half way there
(You'll never get there, you'll never get there,
You'll never get there)
But I will
I will always climb the mountain
Because
And I'll never be the same
Something so pure
Hey!
Has called
My
Name!
Song Info
Submitted by
bambi3k On Feb 28, 2002
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I love this song because it conjures up power images in my mind when i'm high. It's full of energy - a song about having a dream and to hell with anything that gets in the way of that dream.
The big music is a representation for the devine and the search for it (Ecstasy to come). Something which is so easy (I just stuck my hand up in the air) yet is a life-times ambition (I will always climb the mountain).
There is the suggestion that it is a calling, rather than a choice (Something so pure, has called, my Name).
There is the idea of not being able to get there. Not being able to reach the mountain. Yet the protagonist says he's half way there (which is said sceptically) but also the lack of believe from the female vocal (you'll never get there). The determination, of the reply.
Me - "I'll never be the same". Its the same spiritual calling in a lot of mike scott's songs
BTW mana is the name of the food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus..
This song struck me like a hammer the first time I heard it long ago. This is one of the best artistic descriptions I've ever seen of finding one's purpose in life, spiritual awakening, the transformation that comes from being out in nature and experiencing the ineffable and what it is like to be touched by something far greater, grander and stranger than everyday life. It is one of the core songs that resonates with who I am and my own life experiences.