She's Actual Size
Unveiling the Monument of Love: She's Actual Size by They Might Be Giants
Lyrics
Words fail. Buildings tumble. The ground opens wide.
Expressing a sense of inadequacy or astonishment as words fail, buildings collapse, and the ground opens wide, possibly suggesting a profound experience or encounter.
Light beams down from heaven.
Depicting a divine or extraordinary moment with light beaming down from heaven.
She stands before my eyes.
Describing the subject, a woman, standing before the speaker's eyes.
She's actual size but she seems much bigger to me.
Highlighting a paradox where the woman is of actual size but appears larger in the speaker's perception.
Squares may look distant in her rear view mirror
Suggesting that certain elements, represented by squares, may appear distant in the woman's rearview mirror.
but they're actual size - as she drives away.
Revealing that these squares are, in fact, of actual size as she drives away.
Big Ben often tremble as they step aside.
Personifying Big Ben, implying a sense of awe or intimidation as it trembles when she passes.
I thought I was big once. She changed my mind.
Expressing a shift in perspective about one's own significance influenced by the woman.
She's actual size but she seems much bigger to me.
Reiterating the theme that the woman, though of actual size, seems larger in the speaker's perception.
I've never known anybody like her.
Conveying the uniqueness of the woman, emphasizing the speaker's lack of previous encounters with someone like her.
She's actual size, nationwide, believe.
Asserting the woman's significance on a national scale, encouraging belief in her actual size.
She's got all the money money couldn't buy.
Describing the woman's wealth as surpassing what money could typically buy.
She's got something special that someone left behind.
Indicating that the woman possesses something special left behind by someone else.
She's actual size but she seems much bigger to me.
Reiterating the paradox of the woman being of actual size but appearing larger to the speaker.
Squares may look distant in her rear view mirror
Repeating the idea that squares may seem distant in her rearview mirror but are of actual size.
but they're actual size - actual size to her.
Clarifying that these squares are of actual size to her.
Her face hangs in portrait on the post office wall.
Describing the woman's face displayed on the post office wall in a portrait.
She's stuck in my heart now, where my blood belongs.
Expressing a deep emotional connection as the woman is stuck in the speaker's heart where their blood belongs.
She's actual size but she seems much bigger to me.
Reiterating the theme of the woman seeming larger in the speaker's perception despite being of actual size.
I've never known anybody like her.
Emphasizing the woman's uniqueness, reiterating the speaker's lack of prior encounters with anyone like her.
She's actual size - actual size, believe.
Affirming the woman's actual size and encouraging belief in this fact.
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