Kryptonite: 3 Doors Down

3 Doors Down is probably one of my favorite current rock bands that has formed more recently. The band rose to international fame with their first single, "Kryptonite", which rose up to the top three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Kryptonite is also by far my favorite song by them. When I listen to this song it makes me think about pretty much the struggle of people realizing they are getting older.

It starts off by saying, "I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind; I left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time". This man has been around; he's lived, he's aged and his body is old and frail now. He has now “left his body in the sands of time” which is saying he has grown so old he is just useless and he is giving up his body to time and aging.
It then says, "I watched the world float to the Dark side of the moon" It’s showing how he's seen life and how the state of the world has been getting worse. The constant wars, terrible poverty, and the overall violence in the world.
The song then goes on about the consequences of getting older and his relationships with those around him. His friends and other people he trusts. He then questions them:
"If I go crazy will you still call me Superman" He's older and if he ends up losing his mind. Will the friends who once used to call him Superman when he was young and fit and able to be of assistance to them STILL care and respect him? "If I’m alive and well, will you be there holding my hand."
The third verse in the song is sort of a filler, a detail of the past. He's been there for people and supported them, got them through rough times. "If Not for me then you would be
dead/ I picked you up and put you back On solid ground". That's why he's calls himself a "Superman" in the song.
To me Kryptonite, being the title of the song in this case is a metaphor for the world/life/time over aging. It was Superman's great weakness and in this case, it's the aging process of life that will eventually turn this once young and fit guy into a weak and frail human being.