When I Grow Up released as a single 1998 got to no4 in UK charts
there are three versions of the When I Grow Up video a video from the film Big Daddy [link left] and a video of live footage filmed in France in 1998 during the Version 2.0 world tour [now showing] then there is the new version with the Big Daddy clips replaced by live footage
LYRICS WHEN I GROW UP
Cut my tongue out
I've been caught out
Like a giant juggernaut
Happy hours
Golden showers
On a cruise to freak you out
We could fly a helicopter
Nothing left to talk about
Entertain you
Celebrate you
I'll be back to frame you
When I grow up I'll be stable
When I grow up I'll turn the tables
Trying hard to fit among you
Floating out to wonderland
Unprotected
God I'm pregnant
Damn the consequences
When I grow up I'll be stable
When I grow up I'll turn the tables
Blood and blisters
On my fingers
Chaos rules when we're apart
Watch my temper
I go mental
I'll try to be gentle
When I grow up I'll be stable
When I grow up I'll turn the tables
When I grow up
When I grow up
When I grow up
I'll turn the tables
Don't take offense
Better make amends
Rip it all to shreds and let it go
I rip it all to shreds and let it go
I rip it all to shreds and let it go
I rip it all to shreds and let it go
tomorrowschild80
I feel it's autobiographical. Shirley was writing when Garbage were at their peak and they must have been really living it up! Riding high on excitement and success and experimenting with new experiences they must have felt like big kids. Hence 'when I grow up'.
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song meanings...?
here are some theories for the meaning of Garbage and Shirley Manson 's lyrics. If you wish to add your own ideas you can comment at the foot of this page or in the forum. I will add your contribution to the appropriate page within a few days.
