[Chorus]
You don't know what it's been like
Meeting someone like you
You don't know what it's been like
Meeting someone like you

You look like Jesus on an aeroplane
Ya head's against the window pane
You got opinions but you ain't got news
You got good laughs but when it suits you

You turn it on like a leaking tap
Dripping dropping people drop of a hat
You gotta mouth but you ain't got guts
That drunken mouth you should keep it shut

[Chorus]

Superman on an aeroplane
Sitting next to Lois Lane
You got that woman but you want her gone
So you can sleep with a teenage blond

You wear a mask, wear an armored suit
Can't get to you with the gun I shoot
Ya play your cards close to your chest
Because ya poker face is a dreary mess

[Chorus:x2]

Meeting someone like you
Meeting someone like you
Meeting someone like you
Meeting someone like you
Meeting someone like you
Meeting someone like you

Superman in an aeroplane
Sitting next to Lois Lane
You got that woman but you want her gone
So you can fuck a teenage blond

You turn it on like a leaking tap
Dripping dropping people drop of a hat
You gotta mouth but you ain't got guts
That drunken mouth you should keep it shut



Lyrics submitted by Jaksbin

Track duration: 03:53

"Superman" as written by Kelly Jones

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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    Lyric Correction:This song was written by Kelly Jones -- not Donell Jones.
    Flag hamragon April 25, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i am so happy this was on the teenspirit album!!! totall different sound to Dakota
    Flag jclakeon January 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:kelly jones got to meet the pilot of the plane he was flying in. Turns out that the pilot inspite of being married got laid with most of the airhostesses and was shit scared behind the wheels.
    Flag mayurpillaion January 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:NEEDING someone like you

    not

    Meeting someone like you
    Flag tshirtsuntanon October 17, 2010   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:to me this song speaks beautifully about a guy I know- a manipulating, self centred, ego-maniac who thinks he is IT. he only does things for his own gain, he plays mind games, and does everything he can to subtly but everybody below him in the social food chain.
    he thinks he's superman.


    "You don't know what it's been like meeting someone like you"
    when i finally realised what this guy was up to, it opened my eyes up a little bit, it taught be not to be a massive dick.
    what a gloriously bitter song, i love it :D
    Flag forallthecowson June 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Hi guys, great song really!
    I was wondering what "dripping dropping people drop of a hat" means....I'm not a native speaker, does it means he get rid of someone when he doens't need him/her anymore pretending to be sorry or in a polite way when he actually doesn't care? and "you turn it on like a leaking tap" what is "it" referred to? the two sentences are connected I guess, he drips people like a leaking tap drips drops of water i think...

    any explanation on this is really appreciated!

    cheers!


    Flag johlenon October 10, 2009   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation:I think it's about a person (in this case a man) who thinks he's all that and mouths off to try and prove it, but really he's not what he claims he is at all. The "Superman on an aeroplane" is metaphorical for him claiming to be this "great" person, yet there are visual aspects which make this questionable. "You've got a mouth, but ain't got guts" further explains him being all talk but nothing else.

    "Wear a mask wear an armoured suit" deals with the possibility that some of his claims seem to be true, but are pretty much fake otherwise, and he puts on this "all that" persona to look like he's strong, to hide the weak person he is on the inside, so nothing can get to him "with a gun that shoots"; clearly insecure, as that is his only way of doing so.

    He probably has a partner in his life, being the equivalent of Lois Lane to Superman, possibly the perfect woman. And while he does have her (after managing to convince her with his fake personality), he would most definitely cheat behind her back without any qualms against it. The teenage blonde part possibly implies he wouldn't be above seducing a teenager, but I think it's mainly there to emphasize the fact of how low he is.

    There's my analysis of it, might be right or wrong.
    Flag sebs031on June 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:All mouth and no trousers basically. "Superman" here seems to be someone who claims to be able to fly but still takes an aeroplane.

    By the by, it reminds me of reading about a little exchange between Mohammed Ali and an Air Hostess when she told him to put his seatbelt on for takeoff.

    "Superman don't need no seatbelt."
    "Superman don't need no aeroplane, either."
    Flag plank201on July 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:the song i believe is about a bloke kelly jones saw on an aeroplane. must've been some sort of arsehole
    Flag Cobzon June 11, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:very true patagon, we should all appreciate the love between lois and superman (or should i say Clark)
    Flag Infraon March 22, 2007   Link

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