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"Great Big White World" is the first track on the 1998 release Mechanical Animals.

Appearances

Albums

• Mechanical Animals

Versions

• "Great Big White World" — Appears on Mechanical Animals.
• "Great Big White World" (Live) — Appears on The Last Tour on Earth.

Lyrics

    In space the stars are no nearer
    They just glitter like a morgue
    And I dreamed I was a spaceman
    Burned like a moth in a flame
    And our world was so fucking gone
    
    But I'm not attached to your world
    Nothing heals and nothing grows
    
    Because it's a great big white world
    And we are drained of our colors
    We used to love ourselves,
    We used to love one another
    All my stitches itch
    My prescription's low, I wish you
    Were queen
    Just for today
    In a world so white what else could I say?
    
    And hell was so cold
    All the vases are so broken
    And the roses tear our hands all open
    Mother Mary miscarry
    But we pray just like insects
    The world is so ugly now
    
    Because it's a great big white world
    And we are drained of our colors
    We used to love ourselves,
    We used to love one another
    All my stitches itch
    My prescription's low, I wish you
    Were queen
    Just for today
    In a world so white what else could I say?