14 – Giants

DISLAIMER: I am a songwriter first, and singer a very distant second. This song (like most I write) was not written to fit my own vocal register. Props to Adam Bow for helping with recording, mixing, and making it sound as good as it does. Lyrics, vocals and guitar by me, studio magic by Adam (https://twitter.com/adambowmusic).

Lyrics:

Once through the looking glass
Twice through the cage
Thrice through the great machine;
it’s all the rage
I couldn’t leave you, couldn’t leave you
You’d be falling apart
You were supposed to be the smart one
Listen to the numbers on the page

Jack and Barbara
and David, I’m sure
You must have heard
all their stories before
They were giants, they were giants
I could have toppled them all
But think of the awful sound when they crash
into the ground
And not knowing if there will be more

    CHORUS:

    The bigger they are, the harder they fall
    The bigger, the harder they fall
    Down, down, down, down

So, was it a vision?
A nightmare, a dream?
To stand on their shoulders
To stand there supreme
Say – did they see us, did they see us?
Such a grand entourage
Were my giants a mirage, then?
Tell me there’s some merit to my scheme

[CHORUS]

I came out in pieces
You came out clean
Now, will your shoulder be
there when I lean?
Can you stitch me up, sew me up?
Patch up my heart?
I was so sure you were the smart one
Maybe one more pass through the machine?

The bigger they are
The harder they fall

There were giants and I know
I could have toppled them all
The bigger they are
The harder they fall
Down

[CHORUS]

The bigger they are
The harder they fall
Down down down down
Down.