The Overload Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tad482 

Cover art for The Overload lyrics by Talking Heads

Quite simply, this is the darkest of all Talking Heads songs. It has something of a Joy Division feel to it.

@tad482 not Joy Division 'inspired' at all - it's their own take of [and response to] an extremely young 'hustler' on the New York scene by the name of Ciccone - they saw what she was doing and this song is their 'riposte' to that 'situation'