Hyper Enough

Superchunk

If it weren't for those lofty currents you're riding on
You would not exist
If it weren't for the flashlight shining in my face
Maybe I could resist

I think I'm hyper enough as it is
I think I'm hyper enough as it is
I think I'm hyper enough as it is
I think I'm hyper enough

When all our bones and muscles hurt
What's so funny about that?
When you remember a saying you can't relearn
What's so funny about that?

I think I'm hyper enough as it is
I think I'm hyper enough as it is
I think I'm hyper enough as it is
I think I'm hyper enough

And I know you are never wrong
I know you are never wrong
I was not weak but the drink was strong
I know you are never wrong

I think I'm hyper enough as it is
I think I'm hyper enough as it is


Lyrics submitted by zooey, edited by ryanaudet, bluecalix, Dingo16

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    hmm...no ones said anything bout superchunk!??!?!?!?! wooo! i guess that makes me their biggest fan! dude...great song! (100,000 fireflies is better) hehe~i get to see 'em next month w/the get up kids n' hot rod circuit!!

    EmOhunny017on May 23, 2002   Link
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    If it weren't for those (laughter guns??) you're riding on

    I always thought that it was "master plans" in place of "laughter guns". There is a great chance that I have been thinking the wrong thing, but that is what i always hear and it makes sense to me.

    lepidoptera3on May 06, 2005   Link
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    no one comments superchunk?? i love this song, i listen to it when i'm hyper. it makes me feel happy

    limonataon April 16, 2006   Link
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    oh man, this is fucking great!! From Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. I love this band. I listened to this song for the first time in 1999, i bought the album the next day, everyday of my life i listen this song one time at least, its the perfect song to start the day in a good way, ive been looking for the lyrics all this time and now, at last, ive found it!!! (if you dont speak english, its impossible to understand the lyrics!). Thanks my God, now im really happy!!! thanks everybody!!

    Johnny98on April 08, 2007   Link
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    Lepidotera, the first line of the song is slurred in every sing le version, often deliberately. There's no definitive answer. The line "laughter guns" is, I believe from the Hyper Enough single. There's a debate between two disc jockey's over the first line, that is one of the suggestions.

    Palemovieon September 11, 2007   Link
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    good song! great job on the lyrcs

    caverunneron June 10, 2008   Link
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    I'd say this song's about drugs and wanting to do them but knowing it's not worth it.

    oopon October 20, 2009   Link
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    Great song! I'm a very big Superchunk fan (been one since right after 'On the Mouth' came out'). Anyway, the first line is 'lofty currents' (not 'laughter guns'). I'll update the lyrics.

    tripton June 11, 2010   Link
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    lofty currents youtube.com/watch

    bluecalixon April 26, 2013   Link
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    There's a great 42 minute breakdown of this song by some Chapel Hill DJs on 'The Laughter Guns EP'.

    crispingsleeveon July 24, 2014   Link

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