In A Big Country lyrics

In a Big Country opens with a man or woman looking at themselves in a mirror and being in an obvious state of unhappiness. His/her relationship has failed, as the “promise”, most likely love, has fallen through. The season, or time spent together in the relationship, is gone. He/she is innocent in the relationship, and is always the one trying to keep the smile on their partner’s face, and has never been the one to give up on a relationship – they have always been the victim. He/she tries to motivate themselves out of their current depression, saying they are still young, there is still time. The chorus talks about dreams and how if you do still have the ability to dream (in the sense of love), that it does call to you to keep it alive, to not give up on love. These dreams aren’t miracles, as he/she doesn’t expect to
“grow flowers in the desert”, but thinks that they are a reasonable expectation, like living, breathing, and seeing the sun in winter time. The line “I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered, but you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered” implies that although the relationship has failed, he/she hasn’t left or broken it off yet. That it is going to be difficult to leave, probably for the fact that it may be easier to be in a failed relationship than to be alone. This is a song of strength, and the interlude beginning “So take that look out here, it doesn’t fit you” is the embodiment of the strength that he/she is trying to get out of themselves – the strength to leave the relationship, that they aren’t broken, that they should “cry out for everything you ever might have wanted (love in a relationship)” and essentially try again.