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| Released = | | Released = [[November 11]], [[2020]] | ||
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| Recorded = May 1992 | | Recorded = May 1992 | ||
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"'''Superman'''" (later reworked as "'''[[The Road My Father Paved]]'''") is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | "'''Superman'''" (later reworked as "'''[[The Road My Father Paved]]'''") is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Monterey Jack]]'' (1992-1993) | |||
*''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
According to the [[Recording_History_-_Page_3#March-_May_1992:_various_8_track_recordings|Weezer Recording History]], | According to the [[Recording_History_-_Page_3#March-_May_1992:_various_8_track_recordings|Weezer Recording History]], "Superman" was recorded in May of [[1992]]. Scans of handwritten lyrics were made available to fans by Cuomo in [[2002]] through the [[Catalog O' Riffs|Grand File]] on [[riverscuomo.com]], including an alternate version of the song titled "[[The Road My Father Paved]]". The song would not be heard by fans until it was leaked online through the site's [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[November 7]], [[2020]]. The song was then sold to a single user when the storefront officially launched a few days later on [[November 11]], before being sold to all users as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' on [[November 22]]. | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
[[Image:Superman.jpg|right|thumb|256px|Handwritten lyrics for "Superman"]] | [[Image:Superman.jpg|right|thumb|256px|Handwritten lyrics for "Superman"]] | ||
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If it kills me more and more | If it kills me more and more | ||
Love is pain | Love is pain and what will be remains | ||
I will be your Aquaman | I will be your Aquaman | ||
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I fear independency | I fear independency | ||
And I'm running back for more | And I'm running back for more | ||
Lookin' for | Lookin' for your mama, Superman | ||
Heading back for more | Heading back for more | ||
Love is pain | Love is pain and what will be remains | ||
To be seen in the distant future | |||
To be seen | Looking for the meaning of it all | ||
Hoping that you are going to call me | |||
Looking for | On the telephone so fast now | ||
Go, go | |||
Hoping that | |||
On the telephone | |||
Go | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]][[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | |||