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MERAHPUTIH.COM - CAVETOWN kembali menghadirkan karya yang dekat dengan pengalaman personal lewat single terbarunya, Big Strong Man. Lagu ini mengangkat pergulatan seputar maskulinitas di masa remaja, identitas queer, serta perasaan ketika seseorang dicintai karena sosok yang sebenarnya tidak sepenuhnya mencerminkan dirinya.
Ditulis pada periode kehidupan yang berdekatan dengan lagu Boys Will Be Bugs, Big Strong Man membawa Robin Skinner kembali mengingat masa remajanya. Saat itu, ia menghadapi tekanan untuk memenuhi gambaran tentang bagaimana seorang laki-laki seharusnya bersikap, meski citra tersebut terasa jauh dari dirinya. Dengan pendekatan yang rapuh dan terbuka, Cavetown menggambarkan dilema ketika seseorang mendapatkan penerimaan dari lingkungan sekitar, tetapi penerimaan itu justru ditujukan kepada versi dirinya yang terasa tidak autentik.
Melalui lagu ini, Skinner kembali menyentuh pengalaman personalnya sebagai remaja queer dan bagaimana ia berusaha memahami ekspektasi maskulinitas yang terasa membingungkan.
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Lirik 'Big Strong Man' dari Cavetown
My best friend fell in love with a girl, and I killed her
She lies by the tree in the graveyard but we built a swing in the Summer
You looked at me like a stranger, you looked at me like someone you don't know
You looked at me like a lover, you looked at me like someone you couldn't let go
You couldn't let go
I never told him I liked him like that
Stuck straight through my heart and fell right out the back
He had me in his palm but I crumbled like sand
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
I couldn't move, but sometimes I still miss it
You felt it too, but I held your assistance
Lay in my room like I don't feel a distance
I always knew but I thought that I didn't
We're face to face on the floor of my kitchen
You won't shut up 'bout the girl you've been kissing
You're holding my hand like you don't know the difference
I always knew but you told me I didn't
You always knew I'm not part of your plan
You love somebody that never existed
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
(I always knew)
(I always knew)
(I always knew)
(I always knew)
I never told him I liked him like that
Stuck straight through my heart and fell right out the back
He had me in his palm but I crumbled like sand
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?
Did that make you feel like a big strong man?.(Far)
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