[Verse 1:]
Honest where I start from
I try and impart my wisdom
A combination of truth and fear
That’s the way it’s always been
My father and his before him
At times we hurt the …
[Verse 1]
Oh, pity me
I’m so alone and so blue
My friends have all gone away
Their friendliness too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was I on my own
With no need to belong
And I wanted to die
That’s when …
[Verse 1]
Got some money, got some cash
I’m rich and now I’m sad
And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have
Got some boats on my plane
At the hotel …
[Intro]
Yeah
Polishin’ a goddamn sword, you know what I’m sayin’?
Polishin’ a sword (Uh, uh, uh, uh)
Concrete Family, Concrete Industries, Concrete Boys up, always, never down
(And this beat from Cash, not from …
When the only sound in the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop
I open shop
When the moon so long has been gazing down
On …
I’m clumsy, yeah my head’s a mess1
Cause you got me growing taller everyday
We’re giants in a little man’s world2
My heart is pumping up so big that it could burst3
Been trying so hard not to let it show4
But you got me feeling like
I’m stepping on buildings, cars and boats
I swear I could touch the sky5
Ohhh ohh ohhh
I’m ten feet tall
Ohhh oh ohhhh
I’m ten feet tall6
I’ll be careful, so don’t be afraid7
You’re safe here, no, these arms won’t let you break8
I’ll put up a sign in the clouds
So they all know that we ain’t ever coming down9
Been trying so hard not to let it show
But you got me feeling like
I’m stepping on buildings, cars and boats
I swear I could touch the sky
Ohhh oh ohhh
I’m ten feet tall
Ohhh oh ohhhh
I’m ten feet tall
You build me up
Make me what I never was10
You build me up
From nothing into something11
Yeah, something from the dust12
Been trying so hard not to let it show
But you got me feeling like
I’m stepping on buildings, cars and boats
I swear I could touch the sky
Ohhh oh ohhh
I’m ten feet tall
Ohhh oh ohhhh
I’m ten feet tall
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Afrojack opens “Ten Feet Tall” by describing himself as a confused and disorganized person.
Afrojack describes himself as a giant, imagining a world in which one’s love for another person determined his or her physical size.
“My heart is pumping up so big that it could burst” means that Afrojack is deeply in love.
“Been trying so hard not to let it show” means that Afrojack has been concealing his love deliberately.
Afrojack again describes his physical size as huge to metaphorically demonstrate the depths of his love.
By saying “I’m ten feet tall,” Afrojack is hinting that he is deeply in love.
Afrojack implores his beloved not to dodge the prospect of loving him.
“These arms won’t let you break” means that Afrojack is going to take good care of his beloved.
Afrojack is saying that their romance will last forever.
What Afrojack is trying to say in this line is that the power of love is extremely strong and can change one’s life.
“Nothing into something” is another way of saying “love defines who I am.”
In retrospect, Afrojack feels as though living life without being in love is empty.
This song is about the depths of Afrojack’s love for someone.
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