According to the screenwriter of the Talking Heads film "True Stories", the song was written about the author (or, more specifically, based on a conversation about a "true story" the writer told David Byrne about some extra-sensory experiences years before...) Actor Stephen Tobolowsky met David Byrne and was asked to help write a screenplay treatment for what became the film/album "True Stories". Early on, Stephen mentioned that he had real ESP experiences when he was in college, and he heard voices, like a radio from the other room...David Byrne later wrote a song and played it for Tobolowsky, knowing that he would recognize that it was influenced by the story he had told Byrne.
According to the screenwriter of the Talking Heads film "True Stories", the song was written about the author (or, more specifically, based on a conversation about a "true story" the writer told David Byrne about some extra-sensory experiences years before...) Actor Stephen Tobolowsky met David Byrne and was asked to help write a screenplay treatment for what became the film/album "True Stories". Early on, Stephen mentioned that he had real ESP experiences when he was in college, and he heard voices, like a radio from the other room...David Byrne later wrote a song and played it for Tobolowsky, knowing that he would recognize that it was influenced by the story he had told Byrne.
You can listen to the whole episode on the podcast (http://www.prx.org/pieces/65723-the-tobolowsky-files-ep-44-the-voice-from-anoth)