Released as part of her debut album Who You Are, Jessie J attributes the writing of “Big White Room” to herself at age 17. The song’s basis is a reaction to the death of a little boy who happened to be a ward mate of hers at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she, at age 11, was treated for an irre...
[Verse 1]
Sitting in a big white room alone
Tilt my head back, feel the tears fall down
Close my eyes to see in the dark
I feel young, broken, so, so scared
I don't wanna be here anymore
I wanna be somewhere else
Normal and free, like I used to be, oh
But I have to stay in this big white room with little old me
[Chorus]
I'm going crazy
I'm losing my mind
I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine
I'm going crazy, yeah
I'm losing my mind
I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine
[Verse 2]
Sitting in a big white room alone
Close the door, don't want the pain to come in, no
I clench my fist and try to stay strong
I cry, feel sick
My heart is beating, b-b-beating, beating out of control, yes
Can I run, run faster than you?
I wanna feel my body again
Feel the wind in my hair, yeah
But I have to stay in this big white room, 'cause no one else cares
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, oh
[Chorus]
I'm going crazy, yeah
I'm losing my mind
I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine
I'm going crazy
I'm losing my mind
I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine
[Bridge]
Everybody's looking at me
Everybody's staring at me
What do I do now?
Smile, yeah, yeah
Everybody's looking at me
Everybody's staring at me
What do I do now?
Smile, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
I'm going crazy
I'm losing my mind
I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine
I'm going cra-c-c-c-c-crazy
I'm losing my mind
I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine
I'm going crazy
I'm losing my mind
I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine
Big White Room (Live) was written by Jessie J.
Big White Room (Live) was produced by Ben Martinez & Jessie J.
Jessie J released Big White Room (Live) on Fri Feb 25 2011.
In an interview with British newspaper The Independent in 2010, Jessie recalled waking up in the middle of the night to see a little boy in an adjacent bed praying, and her mother explaining that he was having an operation the next day and was asking God to save him. Jessie continued:
He died the n...