Lyrics to
Psycho Killer

This version of Psycho Killer was released by Talking Heads in 1977.

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I can’t seem to face up to the facts
I’m tense and nervous and I
Can’t relax
I can’t sleep ’cause my bed’s on fire
Don’t touch me I’m a real live wire

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You start a conversation you can’t even finish it.
You’re talkin’ a lot, but you’re not sayin’ anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?

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Ce que j’ai fais, ce soir la
Ce qu’elle a dit, ce soir la
Realisant mon espoir
Je me lance, vers la gloire … OK
We are vain and we are blind
I hate people when they’re not polite

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About Lyrics and Psycho Killer by Talking Heads

When you decide to study the lyrics to Psycho Killer, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Talking Heads. Some of the lyrics to Psycho Killer have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Talking Heads and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Psycho Killer if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Psycho Killer" means the words set to the music of Psycho Killer, 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 Psycho Killer and the lyrics to Psycho Killer 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 Psycho Killer, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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