“Supernormal” is about excess, addiction, and things that take over our brains. Supernormal stimuli are exaggerated versions of natural stimuli which create stronger-than-natural reactions. For instance: beetles attempting to mate with beer bottles or birds rejecting their own eggs because a cuckoo’...
[Verse 1]
Just cram it into every pore
(A skin that blisters in the sun)
The dislocation of the jaw
(A stomach lining in the bin)
A wall of muscle under glass
(You slide all over everything)
Slapping the lever like a rat
(You made that problem for yourself)
I have a whistling in my ears
(A cloud of gas you must inhale)
My heart is beating out my chest
(Come out and fight me like a man)
I can't see anything at all
(The smell of petrol on your breath)
Something is missing from my life
(You made that problem for yourself)
[Pre-Chorus]
When it takes me
I feel likе I won
It's the best thing
It's supernormal
(That's what I want!)
That's what I want!
[Chorus]
Supеrnormal everything!
You're god damn right!
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right!
[Verse 2]
Don't make an offer to me now
(A skin that blisters in the sun)
I want the biggest that you got
(A stomach lining in the bin)
Stretching my lips over my teeth
(You slide all over everything)
My bloodshot eyes are bulging out
(You made that problem for yourself)
The helicopter whips apart
(A cloud of gas you must inhale)
The sweat is cold against my back
(Come out and fight me like a man)
I have a hole inside my heart
(The smell of petrol on your breath)
My breath is ragged as a fire
(You made that problem for yourself)
[Pre-Chorus]
When it takes me
I feel like I won
It's the best thing
It's supernormal
(That's what he wants!)
That's what I want!
[Chorus]
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right! (Hey)
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right!
I ain't asking, I ain't asking
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right! (Whoo, aah)
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right!
I ain't asking, I ain't asking
[Bridge]
(Get bigger, get bigger, get bigger, get bigger)
Elephant, elephant arms
(Get bigger, get bigger, get bigger, get bigger)
Earth in a blender tonight
(Get bigger, get bigger, get bigger, get bigger)
The mammoth, the mammoth, the king
(Get bigger, get bigger)
You plastic fork!
That's what I want!
[Chorus]
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right!
I ain't asking
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right!
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right!
Supernormal everything!
You're god damn right!
I ain't asking!
SUPERNORMAL was written by Jeremy Pritchard & Jonathan Higgs & Michael Spearman & Alex Robertshaw.
SUPERNORMAL was produced by John Congleton.
Everything Everything released SUPERNORMAL on Wed Mar 10 2021.
Under The Radar has a few statements from frontman Jonathan Higgs about the song and the video that he made to accompany it:
“‘Supernormal’ is about supernormal stimuli; highly exaggerated triggers that create a stronger reaction in us than evolution ever intended. Our animal brains can’t help but...