Big Deal
Unveiling Emotional Turmoil: Everything but the Girl's "Big Deal
Lyrics
You don't know what's wrong, you only know it isn't right.
You are uncertain about the specific issue but are aware that something is not right.
You don't remember for how long, but you wake in tears at night.
You wake up crying at night, unable to recall how long this has been happening.
Big deal.
The situation or problem is dismissed as unimportant or insignificant.
Big deal.
Reiteration of the dismissive attitude towards the issue.
You spend four nights a week now looking for your inner child.
You spend a significant amount of time searching for a sense of innocence or purity within yourself.
What you gonna say when you find him?
Rhetorical question asking about the response when the inner child is found.
Suppose you don't like him or he doesn't like you?
Concerns about the potential dislike or mutual disapproval between the present self and the inner child.
Suppose once you wake him up he won't go back to bed and wants to stay up late watching TV?
Fear that awakening the inner child may disrupt routine and lead to undesirable behavior.
But you say there must be some reason why you feel this way.
Expressing the belief that there must be a reason for the current emotional state.
Big deal, that's the way we all feel.
Dismissive acknowledgment that feeling this way is common for everyone.
Big deal, what is it you want to feel?
Rhetorical question probing the desired emotional state.
Big deal, that's the way we all feel.
Reiteration of the commonality of the emotional experience.
Big deal, what is it you want to feel?
Repeating the question about the desired emotional state.
You say you want to get cured, you want to turn off your head.
Expressing a desire to be cured and to escape from overthinking.
Oh and you say it hurts, and you feel unsure.
Mentioning emotional pain and uncertainty.
First you doubt yourself and then you doubt her.
Initially doubting oneself and later doubting someone else, possibly a significant other.
Big deal, that's the way we all feel.
Reiteration that experiencing such doubts is a common human experience.
Big deal, what is it you want to feel?
Rhetorical question about the desired emotional state, echoing earlier lines.
Big deal, that's the way I feel.
Asserting that the described emotional state is personally felt.
Big deal, what she think she feels?
Pondering what someone else thinks and feels in the same situation.
What is it you want to feel?
Repeating the question about the desired emotional state.
I don't think you want to feel
Casting doubt on the sincerity of the desire to feel a certain way.
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