‘Superman’ by Morgan Wallen - Lyrics & Meaning

On Monday, February 24th 2025, Morgan Wallen took to socials for a rare post, with the ‘Love Somebody’ hitmaker uploading a snippet of a brand new song, titled ‘Superman’.

The vulnerable, evocative offering finds the Sneedville megastar singing candidly to his four-year-old son, Indigo Wilder, with ‘Superman’ marking the first time Morgan Wallen has penned a song for Indie, who he shares with his ex-fiancée, KT Smith.

It finds Morgan Wallen movingly reflecting on the day his son finds out about his past arrests, as he wonders whether his chequered past will taint Indie's perception of him.

In the caption, Wallen touched on how he's been aspiring to write a song for Indie for a while now, outlining that he's always felt the pressure for it to live up to his high expectations.

He explained, “Been trying for a long time to write a song I loved to my son. None of them ever feel good enough because of how perfect I want something like this to be. And not saying this is perfect, but I am very proud of it. Here is a clip, It’s called “Superman””.

Although there's no official release date just yet, excitingly, ‘Superman’ sounds as though it's been mixed and mastered, rather than being a rough demo or acoustic snippet. The powerful track is set to feature on Wallen's fourth studio album, I'm the Problem.

‘Superman’ is the first song Morgan Wallen has written for Indie, but the ‘Thought You Should Know’ singer-songwriter revealed during his March 3rd, 2023 album release show in honour of One Thing At A Time that he views ‘Dying Man’ as being about his son saving him, even though he's singing to a lover in that song's narrative.

‘Superman’ continues the raw, soul-bearing ambience that has pervaded a number of the singles released from I'm the Problem, including the title-track, ‘Smile’ and ‘Lies, Lies, Lies’.

‘Superman’ rightfully lets the spotlight fall on Morgan Wallen's sincere drawl, with the honest lyrics serving as the centrepiece of the track. While Wallen croons across a relatively sparse, guitar-led instrumental for the opening verse, an emphatic drum pattern enters the fray during the hook, accentuating the gravitas of Wallen's musings.

“One day you're gonna see my mugshot
From a night when I got a little too drunk
Hear a song about a girl that I lost
From the times when I just wouldn't grow up”

Morgan Wallen isn't usually one to delve into his personal life, with the country chart titan famously reluctant share too much on social media. However, here, Wallen lays it all out, as he admits to worrying about what Indie will think of him when he sees his mugshot.

Wallen could be referencing his 2020 arrest for public intoxication and disorderly conduct at Kid Rock's Honky Tonk in Nashville, or his 2024 chair-throwing incident. On both occasions, his mugshots was circulated across social media.

Then, Morgan Wallen touches on his anxiety about Indie finding out about his past relationships, with the genre-blending artist confessing that he was at fault for refusing to “grow up”.

It's impossible to know which romance Wallen is referring to, but inevitably, many social media users have suggested he's singing about his long-term relationship with Indie's mother, KT Smith. The couple were briefly engaged, before splitting in 2019.

“And when you ain't a kid no more
I hope you don't think less of me
I try to hide my falling short
But you're gonna see”

Morgan Wallen expresses his fears about what Indie will think of his ‘wilder’ - no pun intended - days, with Wallen outlining how he tries to conceal that part of his life from his son.

“Now and then, that bottle’s my kryptonite
Brings a Man of Steel down to his knees
Don't always know my wrong from right
Sometimes, I'm my own worst enemy
No, I don't always save the day
But you know, for you, I'll always try
I do the best I can
But Superman's still just a man sometimes (Oh, sometimes)”

Throughout the hook, Morgan Wallen drops a flurry of Superman-themed lyrics, such as referring to alcohol as his ‘kryptonite’, implying it's his biggest weakness.

This echoes the messaging of ‘Born With a Beer in My Hand’ and ‘I Wrote The Book’ from One Thing At A Time, with the ‘Superman’ line also harking back to the title-track from that project, in which Wallen sings, “I ain't no Superman, I'm just the way I am”.

He references how he attempts to put on a brave face, depicting himself as a ‘Man of Steel’ - the nickname for Superman - before contrasting this portrayal with the weakness he feels when it comes to drinking. The recurring ‘Superman’ theme is a nod to how sons often see their fathers through rose-tinted glasses, believing them to be superheroes, with Wallen emphasising that he's only human.

Even so, Morgan Wallen concludes the hook by endearingly stressing that he'll always do everything in his power to be the best father he possibly can be, and to keep Indie safe.

Alongside the snippet, Morgan Wallen revealed how he's always wanted to to pen a song for Indie, but until ‘Superman’, he didn't feel his attempts were up to scratch, “Been trying for a long time to write a song I loved to my son. None of them ever feel good enough because of how perfect I want something like this to be. And not saying this is perfect, but I am very proud of it. Here is a clip, It’s called “Superman”.

“One day you're gonna see my mugshot
From a night when I got a little too drunk
Hear a song about a girl that I lost
From the times when I just wouldn't grow up

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And when you ain't a kid no more
I hope you don't think less of me
I try to hide my falling short
But you're gonna see

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Now and then, that bottle’s my kryptonite
Brings a Man of Steel down to his knees
Don't always know my wrong from right
Sometimes, I'm my own worst enemy
No, I don't always save the day
But you know, for you, I'll always try
I do the best I can
But Superman's still just a man sometimes (Oh, sometimes)”

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