More songs by Oasis
Description
He's brimming with audacity and a slight hangover after a great party. Everything around is slightly distorted, as if the world has decided to become a caricature of glossy magazines: gin and tonic instead of morning coffee, a BMW instead of a bus, and laughter that makes your ears ring because it's too loud, too lively, too "to hell with everything." In every sound, there's an attempt to prove that being yourself is way cooler than being perfect. That sometimes the brilliant chaos, the smell of gasoline and cheap pills, sounds more honest than other people's advice. The world spins, roars, and promises golden peaks, while someone still lives under the waterfall, needing neither fame nor an audience. And it makes you feel a little funny, a little sad, and strangely free.
Lyrics and translation
Original
I need to be myself.
I can't be no one else.
I'm feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic.
You can have it all, but how much do you want it? You make me laugh.
Give me your autograph.
Can I ride with you in your BMW?
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine.
You need to find out, 'cause no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about.
You need to find a way for what you wanna say.
But before tomorrow, there's my friend Sid to take you home. He sits in a car all alone.
He lives under a waterfall.
Nobody can see him and nobody can ever hear him call.
Nobody can ever hear him call.
You need to be yourself.
You can't be no one else.
I know a girl called Elsa, she's into apple seltzer.
She snoots it through a cane on a supersonic train, and she makes me laugh.
I got her autograph.
And she done it with the doctor on a helicopter.
She's sniffing a tissue, selling the Big Issue, and she finds out no one's gonna tell her what I'm on about.
You need to find a way for what you wanna say.
But before tomorrow, there's my friend Sid to take you home. He sits in a car all alone.
He lives under a waterfall.
Nobody can see him and nobody can ever hear him call.
Nobody can ever hear him call.
English translation
I need to be myself.
I can't be no one else.
I'm feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic.
You can have it all, but how much do you want it? You make me laugh.
Give me your autograph.
Can I ride with you in your BMW?
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine.
You need to find out, 'cause no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about.
You need to find a way for what you wanna say.
But before tomorrow, there's my friend Sid to take you home. He sits in a car all alone.
He lives under a waterfall.
Nobody can see him and nobody can ever hear him call.
Nobody can ever hear him call.
You need to be yourself.
You can't be no one else.
I know a girl called Elsa, she's into apple seltzer.
She snoots it through a cane on a supersonic train, and she makes me laugh.
I got her autograph.
And she done it with the doctor on a helicopter.
She's sniffing a tissue, selling the Big Issue, and she finds out no one's gonna tell her what I'm on about.
You need to find a way for what you wanna say.
But before tomorrow, there's my friend Sid to take you home. He sits in a car all alone.
He lives under a waterfall.
Nobody can see him and nobody can ever hear him call.
Nobody can ever hear him call.