Well I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind
I left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time
But I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon
I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah
I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon
After all I knew it had to be something to do with you
I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end
And 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
You call me strong, you call me weak
But still 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'd 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
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, yeah
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
© SONGS OF UNIVERSAL INC; ESCATAWPA SONGS;
I believe this is about someone who fears that by being himself, he won't be enough for his beloved person.
"If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman?"
women expect men to be strong etc, like superman. but superman is supernatural, not human, so he can't reach this ideal. "I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah" and if he tries nevertheless to keep up to that, she doesn't seem to appreciate it but to take it for granted. (yeah, women can be like that, but men do the same)
He seems to be an unstable person, changing from strong to weak and back, which is no wonder because his mind is troubled.
if he's weak, she's by his side, like in all the movies, women love to care about men, wounded in honor, fighting for a good cause. that's what the chorus means "If I'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand" but, as we know from the first part, he isn't interested in the world anymore, he only cares about his love. but he's scared that she's more interested in his heroic deeds than in himself, and that she won't care about him if he would be normal. so he thinks that his only chance to keep her by his side, is by keeping himself in trouble-
"I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might
Kryptonite"
)we all know that superman should stay away from kryptonite, it's no good to him) kryptonite might kill superman, but it will bond her to him, because she'll have to care about him.
i think its a sad song, because he doesn't trust enough in himself, in her and in their love.