“Bigger Than My Body” is the first single released by John Mayer from his second album Heavier Things.
John composed the song after going to a Coldplay concert and it explain the frustration of not being able to get the music outside of his own body.
[Verse 1]
This is a call to the color-blind
This is an IOU
I'm stranded behind a horizon line
Tied up in something true
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded by all this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting for my fuse to dry
[Chorus]
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be so damn much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for
[Verse 2]
Why is it not my time
What is there more to learn
Shed this skin I've been tripping in
Never to quite return
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded by all this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting for my fuse to dry
[Chorus]
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be so damn much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for
Cause I'm bigger than my body now
[Bridge]
Maybe I'll tangle in the power lines
And it might be over in a second's time
But I'll gladly go down in a flame
If a flame's what it takes to remember my name
To remember my name
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded by all this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting for my fuse to dry
For my fuse to dry
Wait for my fuse to dry
[Chorus]
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be so damn much more
Cause I'm bigger than my body
I'm bigger than my body
I'm bigger than my body now
Bigger Than My Body was written by John Mayer.
Bigger Than My Body was produced by Jack Joseph Puig.
John Mayer released Bigger Than My Body on Mon Aug 25 2003.
I was trying to explain that feeling you get when you listen to really great music, I remember saying to somebody, ‘It’s like wanting to be bigger than your own body and wanting to get out.’ That’s what good music is. That’s what Pearl Jam did to me when I was in high school and that’s what Stevie R...