Lyrics to
Super Trouper

Released by Deep Purple in 1973
From the Album: Who Do We Think We Are |

This version of Super Trouper was released by Deep Purple in 1973.

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I was a young man when I died
I was a flash, I was full of pride
I gave it all, I gave my soul, I was so strong
I felt the truth, I felt the pain in every song

How well you know me
You’ve seen me cry
I’m just a shadow
In a rock and roll sky

I was living in a rock and roll sky
I was a king, heavy on the style
Super trouper, yes I know you well, making me shine
I couldn’t see what you did to me. I was so blind

How well you know me
You’ve seen me cry
I’m just a shadow
In a rock and roll sky

I wanna be like I was before
But this time I’m gonna know the score
I need a home I can leave behind knowing you’re there
Super trouper, I can see you now, return your stare

How well you know me
You’ve seen me cry
I’m just a shadow
In a rock and roll sky


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When you decide to study the lyrics to Super Trouper, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Deep Purple. Some of the lyrics to Super Trouper have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Deep Purple and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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You can understand the lyrics to Super Trouper if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Super Trouper" means the words set to the music of Super Trouper, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Deep Purple. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Super Trouper and the lyrics to Super Trouper are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Deep Purple who came here looking just for the lyrics to Super Trouper, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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