About
""Big Man With A Gun"" is the ninth track on The Downward Spiral and is the most violent song on the entire album. On the surface, it appears to be about a man forcing someone at gunpoint to fellate him, but Trent Reznor has said that it's more of a commentary on the glorification of violence in mainstream rap music at the time.
It is rumored that the sound effect at the beginning of the song is an adult film actress in the throes of passion. The sound was repotertedly run through a program by Tommy Lee, who called the resulting sound "Steakhouse."
Song Credits
- Production: Trent Reznor
- Mixing engineers: Bill Kennedy, Sean Beavan
- Additional guitars: Danny Lohner
- Steakhouse: Tommy Lee
Lyrics
I am a big man
(Yes I am)
And I have a big gun
Got me a big old dick and I
I like to have fun
Held against your forehead
I’ll make you suck it
Maybe I’ll put a hole in your head
You know, just for the fuck of it
I can reduce you if I want
I can devour
I’m hard as fucking steel, and I’ve got the power
I’m every inch a man, and I’ll show you somehow
Me and my fucking gun
Nothing can stop me now
Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
I’m going to come all over you
Me and my fucking gun
Me and my fucking gun