Come on in and take me on an override
Stuck inside and up all night at Dave's
Trouble's far away, mother's in the cage
Nothing's gonna pinch this nerve of mine

I wanna make it right
I wanna make it right

Close the door and pull the shades and climb the walls
Feel medicine heal the lines of age
I'm here and now I'm gone, there and far beyond
Nothing's going to pinch this nerve of mine
Nothing's going to pinch this nerve of mine

Won't make it right
Won't make it right

I'm on the wire, over and higher
Over the pretense, over the spire
On and connected, I'm overfloating now
I'm overfloating now, I'm overfloating now
I'm overfloating

Alone, alone, alone, alone
Alone, alone, alone, alone
Alone, alone, alone, alone

Breathe and take in and gently blow it on
Drink it down and swallow hard and gaze
Roll the potion up, stare your shadow down
Remember to forget and then rename your shame

Won't make it right
Won't make it right
Won't make it right
Won't make it right, yeah

I'm on the wire, over and higher
Over the pretense, over the spire
On and connected, I'm overfloating now
I'm overfloating now, I'm overfloating now
I'm overfloating

Alone, alone, alone, alone


Lyrics submitted by jt, edited by Grabowski, Will26

Overfloater Lyrics as written by Chris Cornell

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    E bom encontrar portugueses fãs de soundgarden espalhados aí plos States!!!Portugal shall rule the world!!!

    I think this song is about the stark raving sick sad little world we live in, and the all the problems we have to deal with it...Sometimes it works better when you just "Hold the potion up and Remember to forget and then rename your shame"

    Ok just forget about it, i'm overfloating now =P

    evitaminon May 21, 2006   Link

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