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Big Time Lyrics
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Big Time Lyrics
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I'm on my way, I'm making it
I've giot to make it show, yeah
so much larger than life
I'M going to watch it growing
the place where I come from is a small town
they think so small
they use small words
-but not me
I'm smarter than that
I worked it out
I've been stretching my mouth
to let those big words come right out
I've had enough, I'm getting out
to the city, the big big city
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
there's so much stuff I will own
and I will pray to a big god
as I kneel in the big church
big time
I'm on my way-I'm making it
big time big time
I've got to make it show yeah
big time big time
so much larger than life
big time
I'm going to watch it growing
big time
my parties all have big names
and I greet them with the widest smile
tell them how my life is one big adventure
and always they're amazed
when I show them round my house, to my bed
I had it made like a mountain range
with a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
and my heaven will be a big heaven
and I will walk through the front door
big time
I'm on my way-I'm making it
big time big time
I've got to make it show-yeah
big time big time
so much larger than life
I'm going to watch it growing
big time big time
my car is getting bigger
big time
my house is getting bigger
big time
my eyes are getting bigger
big time
and my mouth
big time
my belly is getting bigger
big time
and my bank account
big time
look at my circumstance
big time
and the bulge in my big big big big big big big
Meaning of Big Time
“Big Time” is a frantic, almost manic exploration of ambition and the desperate pursuit of status. Peter Gabriel’s voice embodies a character consumed by an overwhelming desire to escape their small-town origins and achieve “big time.” The repeated mantra – "I'm on my way, I'm making it" – underscores this relentless striving, fueled by increasingly grandiose fantasies: bigger houses, bigger cars, a bigger god, and ultimately, a bigger self. The lyrics reveal a hollow performance, meticulously crafted with “big words” and dazzling displays of wealth, aimed at impressing others. There’s a sense of anxiety beneath the bravado; the character constantly emphasizes their size – “bigger eyes,” “bigger belly,” “bigger bank account” – as if attempting to physically embody this fabricated success. Ultimately, the song isn't celebrating achievement but exposing a fragile ego desperately clinging to an illusion of grandeur and control.
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