But taking the activist angle, it can also be a song about the meaning of life and trying to discover what one's grand purpose in life truly is. On the surface it could very well be a love song. It's no secret that Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann is an outspoken activist, a staunch vegetarian and political rabble rouser (we mean that in a good way, mind you), so with that knowledge in mind, the song takes on several meanings. "Superman" - Goldfinger (culled from Hang Ups, 1997) The Man of Steel goes ska! While the music on this tune screams "Party!/Good Times!" the lyrics are an interesting mix of potentially socio-political introspection. You called me strong, you called me weak/But your secrets I will keep You took for granted all the times I/Never let you down/You stumbled in and bumped your head, if/Not for me then you would be dead/I picked you up and put you back/On solid ground If I go crazy then will you still/Call me Superman/ If I'm alive and well will you be/There holding my hand/I'll keep you by my side with my/ Superhuman might/Kryptonite 8. In many ways the song deals with the idealized notion that a man needs to be a hero to his woman. "Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down (as originally recorded for their album The Better Life, 2000) Like quite a few artists in the pop music spectrum, 3 Doors Down took the Superman mythos and equated it with undying love and the lengths a man will go to show such love to the woman of his dreams. Cause I can't be your Superman/Can't be your Superman/Can't be your Superman/Can't be your Superman/I can't be your Superman/Can't be your Superman/Can't be your Superman/Your Superman, your Superman. Don't take our word for it, though, peep the lyrics from the first verse and the second chorus: They call me superman, leap tall hoes in a single bound/I'm single now, got no ring on this finger now/I'd never let another chick bring me down, in a relationship Save it babysit, you make me sick/Superman ain't savin' girl you can jump on Shady's d#ck/Straight from the hip, cut to the chase, I tell a slut, to her face/Play no games, say no names, ever since I broke up with what's her face/I'm a different man, kiss my a$$, kiss my lips, why ask/ Kiss my d$ck, get my cash, i'd rather have you whip my a$$/Don't put out, i'll put you out, won't get out, i'll push you out/Puss blew out, poppin' sh!t, wouldn't piss on fire to put you out/Am I too nice, buy you ice, b!tch if you died, I wouldn't buy you life/What you tryin' to be my new wife, what you Mariah, fly through twice. That the song ultimately deals with the issues of gold digging femme fatales is another matter entirely. Everybody knows that Superman is wholesome and good-natured, so the very act of Eminem using him as a role model is hilarious. Mathers delivers a song that works on many levels. "Superman" - Eminem (from The Eminem Show) In typical Slim Shady fashion Mr.
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