Tekst piosenki
[Verse 1]
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
[Chorus]
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
[Verse 2]
Wake up at dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
[Chorus]
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
[Bridge]
Cause people believe
That they’re gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die
The world’s still spinning round, we don’t know why
Why? Why? Why? Why?
[Verse 1]
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
[Chorus]
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
[Bridge]
Cause people believe
That they’re gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die
The world’s still spinning round, we don’t know why
Why? Why? Why? Why?
[Outro]
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
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Chociaż w ogólnym zarysie tekst „Champagne Supernova” wydaje się opowiadać o przemijaniu, upływie lat i zmianach nadchodzących w życiu, w rzeczywistości większość wersów ma zupełnie przypadkowy charakter. Noel Gallagher, podobnie jak w przypadku innych przebojów Oasis, nie starał nadać piosence spójnego znaczenia. Znajdziemy tutaj zarówno odwołania do „Chigley”, brytyjskiego programu telewizyjnego dla dzieci, jak i wspólnych imprez członków zespołu („gdzie byłeś, kiedy odlatywaliśmy?” – pytanie, które często padać miało pomiędzy muzykami grupy).
Tytułowy „szampan supernowa” to nazwa popularnego na przełomie lat 80-tych i 90-tych drinku. Aby przygotować napój, należało napełnić szampanem kieliszek od martini oraz umieścić na brzegu odrobinę kokainy.
Jak twierdzi Gallagher, refren singla odwołuje się do zmiennych nastrojów; kiedy gitarzysta był pod wpływem złego humoru, miał czuć się „jak pod przepaścią”.
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