Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots & Richard Peterson
This song is emblematic of Scott Weiland’s growing lyrical obsession with his heroin addiction. “Silver gun” is slang for a hypodermic needle, and being a “Silver Gun Superman” means that Weiland was particularly handy with a needle.
[Verse 1]
Find you in the dark
Read you like a cheap surprise
Without shame
Sell me out, and frame your name
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear when the pig whispers sweetly
Jealousy is the weapon you kill me
Keep a dime for a truth you might tell
[Chorus]
You towed the line, and I know it was mine
Couldn't hide, write a wave, ride a lie
Let me know, can I, friend, ask you why?
[Verse 2]
Rolling back the days
With my friend I love to play
The "little one"
Superman with silver gun
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear when the pig whispers sweetly
Jealousy is the weapon you kill me
Keep a dime for a truth you might tell
[Chorus]
You towed the line, and I know it was mine
Couldn't hide, write a wave, ride a lie
Let me know, can I, friend, ask you why?
[Bridge]
Wait for me, take a dive
Take a piece of my life
(Leave me numb)
Wait for me, tell a lie
Try to take my life
(Leave me numb)
Wait for me, take a dive
Take a piece of my life
(leave me numb)
Close to me, and I'll leave you numb
[Chorus][x2]
You towed the line, and I know it was mine
Couldn't hide, write a wave, ride a lie
Let me know, can I, friend, ask you why?
Silvergun Superman was written by Eric Kretz & Robert De Leo & Dean DeLeo & Scott Weiland.
Silvergun Superman was produced by Brendan O’Brien.
Stone Temple Pilots released Silvergun Superman on Tue Jun 07 1994.