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Mansun – Wide Open Space (1997) | Track profile | Dork

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Mansun
Attack of the Grey Lantern
Wide Open Space

TRACK

Wide Open Space

Release date: 17th February 1997

From Attack of the Grey Lantern

About This Track

"Wide Open Space" is a track by Mansun, from the album Attack of the Grey Lantern, released 17th February 1997. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Mansun

Mansun

Lyrics

Wide Open Space

[Verse 1]

I'm in a wide open space, I'm standing

I'm all alone and staring in to space

It's always quiet through my ceiling

The roof comes in and crashes in a daze

[Chorus]

I'm in a wide open space, it's freezing

You'll never get to heaven with a smile on your face from me

I'm in a wide open space, I'm staring

There's something quite bizarre I cannot see

[Verse 2]

I'm on the top of a hill, I'm lonely

There's someone here to shout to miles away

I could be back at my house, for I care

They do not hear me, it's the same old case

[Chorus]

I'm in a wide open space, it's freezing

You'll never get to heaven with a smile on your face from me

I'm in a wide open space, I'm staring

There's something quite bizarre I cannot see

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 1]

Wide open space, I'm standing

I'm all alone and staring in to space

It's always quiet through my ceiling

The roof comes in and crashes in a daze

[Chorus]

I'm in a wide open space, it's freezing

You'll never get to heaven with a smile on your face from me

I'm in a wide open space, I'm staring

There's something quite bizarre I cannot see

[Chorus]

I'm in a wide open space, it's freezing

You'll never get to heaven with a smile on your face from me

I'm in a wide open space, I'm staring

There's something quite bizarre I cannot see

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Track details

From Attack of the Grey Lantern

1997

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Album

Attack of the Grey Lantern

Release year

1997

—Disgusting
—Mansun's Only Love Song
—She Makes My Nose Bleed
—The Chad Who Loved Me
—You, Who Do You Hate?
—Dark Mavis
—An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
—Naked Twister
—Egg Shaped Fred
—Stripper Vicar
—Wide Open Space

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Paul Draper
Lyricist: Paul Draper
Composer: Paul Draper
Producer: Paul Draper
Bass: Stove
Drums: Andie Rathbone
Guitar: Paul Draper
Vocals: Paul Draper
Background Vocals: Dominic Chad
Mixing Engineer: Mark “Spike” Stent
Piano: Dominic Chad, Paul Draper
Recording Engineer: Ian Caple, Michael Hunter
Synthesizer: Dominic Chad, Paul Draper