Lyrics to
Drugs

This version of Drugs was released by Talking Heads in 1979.

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And all I see is little dots
Some are smeared and some are spots
Feels like a murder but that’s alright
Somebody said there’s too much light
Pull down the shade and it’s alright
It’ll be over in a minute or two.

I’m charged up…Don’t put me down
Don’t feel like talking…Don’t mess around
I feel mean…I feel O.K.
I’m charged up…Electricity

The boys are making a big mess
This makes the girls all start to laugh
I don’t know what they’re talking about
The boys are worried, the girls are shocked
They pick the sound and let it drop
Nobody know what they’re talking about

I’m charged up…I’m kinda wooden
I’m barely moving…I study motion
I study myself…I fooled myself
I’m charged up…It’s pretty intense.
I’m charged up…Don’t put me down
Don’t feel like talking…Don’t mess around
I feel mean…I feel O.K.
I’m charged up…Electricity.

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The lyrics to Drugs are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Talking Heads in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Drugs are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Talking Heads and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Drugs back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Drugs by Talking Heads in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Drugs" means the words set to the music of Drugs, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Talking Heads. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Drugs and the lyrics to Drugs are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Talking Heads who came here looking just for the lyrics to Drugs, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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