Lyrics for Big Eyed Fish (Busted Stuff version) as interpreted by A22loudogg

Big Eyed Fish (Busted Stuff version) Lyrics
Look at this big eyed fish swinning in the sea, Oh
How he dreams to be a bird,
swoop and diving through the breeze
so one day cought a big old wave up on to the beach
and now he's dead you see
beneath the sea is where a fish should be

But, Oh God
under the weight of life
things seem brighter on the other side

you see
This crazy man decieded not to breath
He turned red and blue purple, colorful indeed
no matter how his friends begged and pleeded the man would not concede
And now he's dead you see
the silly man should know
you got to breath

But, Oh God
under the weight of life
thingsseem brighter on the other side

Oh God
under the weight of life
things seem so much better on the other side

no way, no way,

no way out of here
you see the little monkey
sitting up in his monkey tree
one day he decied to come down
and run off to the city
but look at him now lost and tired lying in the street
as good as dead you see what monkey Does
stay up in your tree

But, Oh God
under the weight of life
thingsseem brighter on the other side

Oh God
under the weight of life
things seem so much better on the other side
No way, now way,
no way, no way out of here

Rain on my dreams
fall away

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pinkubus_floyd
07-20-2002

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The busted stuff version is even better at protraying they anti-proudest monkey vibe. Really clever. I like how he showed the other side of it all.

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bigwilly02neg
07-27-2002

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I don't know, I liked how some of the lyrics were worked in the original version.

Example.

red, purple then blue ->
red and blue, purple.

Little things but this version rocks too.

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gregoe
07-31-2002

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At the concert, the line "what monkey Does
stay up in your tree" was changed to "what monkey Does stay in your f***ing tree." I don't know why, but that just fits so very well. The occasional f-bomb can mean so much to a song...

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JadedOne
08-07-2002

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I agree with gregoe about the "f" word... I heard him sing this song with that line and I got that tingling sensation throughout my body. You could really feel the passion of the song.
But I think this song is about sticking to what you know. It's like when people do a 180 just to please others... you're bound to fail because it isn't you. Great song all in all.

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summers_edge
08-29-2002

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why did he feel the need to change a good song

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summers_edge
08-29-2002

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why did he feel the need to change a good song

i cant help but get the feeling that they changed all the songs on busted stuff just to sell more albums. although some argue that the songs were unfinished, they still performed them and should not have changed the originals.

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Sedaded
10-14-2002

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This version is leaps and bounds better... the lyrics fit better... it's obviously the way the band intended for it to be before the record company messed with it... "a fish's dreams should stay in the sea" is about as poignent as you can get...

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LeArtist
03-31-2003

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I haven't heard the original, but I love the way it's sung and the words themselves. I would probably love it the other way too, but most of the time, I'm partial to how I hear a song the first time. And I don't like to hear cursing in my lyrics. There are better words and ways to express passion in a song.

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nwomacncheese3
06-08-2003

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I heard this song was about trippin on shrooms..

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Amsie
06-20-2003

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i like when he said f***ing in this song. you are right people. it does fit. what i love about dave is he doesnt have to say cuss word after cuss word to get his point across. He finds a musical and beautiful way to say it. But yes an occasional whopper in a song gives a lot of impact.

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Ilsedore
07-01-2003

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Its about a lot more than trippin on the shrooms or anything of the like.. it's about being unhappy with what you have when it's all perfectly fine and is the best for you, but you still arent' happy and in the end you are "f"ed over... hah.. And its about not being happy with your life in the aspect of killing yourself too... aka the man who decided not to breathe

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rigil
06-01-2004

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I think it's about people who are trying to be someone they aren't, and trying too hard, and then just being unhappy in the end.

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Safetyhazard
06-09-2004

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exactly. people these days (especially young people trying to fit in) are always trying to be someone they arent. if you dont learn anything from this song then you are way to far up your own ass. think for yourself people. others will like you for who you are and not who you think you might be

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shan4short
02-16-2005

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This song is melancholy, somber, and slightly bitter. I like how he says Oh God, under the weight of life, things seem brighter on the other side. I think this is about taking chances and what happens when things don't work out your way. The monkey is tempted with something outside his realm of existence. It's kind of like saying don't some try things in life because you were not meant to do so. If and when you do try, you'll pay in the most terrible way.

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JoJo11994
12-02-2006

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i like variety, i do believe that they originaly made as the Lilly White sessions and the band didnt like it so they got rid of it but some how it got on the internet for download and DMB found that so many people all ready had it and they loved it so they rerelased it as Busted Stuff... They are different though

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altbob
05-21-2008

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I have to say I like the other version of this song a lot better. That one is not so much a song about regret as about respecting one's limitations and learning to be happy with who you are, while acknowledging that we are all flawed dreamers and sometimes we just have to take risks. When this version of the song was sung Dave was more of a mind to stress the costs of screwing up. Maybe he was just missing being a monkey in a tree more on that particular day in the studio. We all have days like that I'm sure!

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