Lyric discussion by HappyHiram 

Cover art for Big Time lyrics by Peter Gabriel

Wow, I am shocked everyone missed the biggest thing about this song. Didn't anybody notice the irony that a song about being "Big" and "great" uses no polysyllabic words?

"The place that I come from is a small town. They think so small, they use small words. but not me." Except he describes his greatness almost completely in monosyllabic words.

One of the most fervently ironic (and self-mocking) songs ever written.

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