I think this is a song dismissing the idea of comic books and heroic saviours. There's a romanticised idea of "blue plastic bags full of cans" but this is a very down-to-earth normal image. They're trying to find beauty and mysticism in normality and the dullness of mundane life.
I think the idea of falling off "this cloud" could be falling off the view he has of his life being wonderful, realising perhaps that the "blue plastic bags" are actually just rubbish. So the calling out to "oh Superman" is asking Superman to return to his life and through Superman also the mysticism and excitement.
This seems to be backed up in the "who'll catch me when I drop" perhaps the realisation that he is actually alone. The "no Superman" bit as well seems to describe clearly a loss of the ideas and stories
However the "cloud" might be a way of describing sanity. Perhaps falling off a cloud is falling into insanity, going too far with the stories, ways of making life interesting. Perhaps the (as I heard it) "I'm Superman" is the idea of going too far and losing your grip on reality.
I think this is a song dismissing the idea of comic books and heroic saviours. There's a romanticised idea of "blue plastic bags full of cans" but this is a very down-to-earth normal image. They're trying to find beauty and mysticism in normality and the dullness of mundane life. I think the idea of falling off "this cloud" could be falling off the view he has of his life being wonderful, realising perhaps that the "blue plastic bags" are actually just rubbish. So the calling out to "oh Superman" is asking Superman to return to his life and through Superman also the mysticism and excitement. This seems to be backed up in the "who'll catch me when I drop" perhaps the realisation that he is actually alone. The "no Superman" bit as well seems to describe clearly a loss of the ideas and stories However the "cloud" might be a way of describing sanity. Perhaps falling off a cloud is falling into insanity, going too far with the stories, ways of making life interesting. Perhaps the (as I heard it) "I'm Superman" is the idea of going too far and losing your grip on reality.