It Overtakes Me by The Flaming Lips is a song written by Wayne Coyne about how the infinite universe terrifies him. The version that appears on the E.P. cuts off the second half of the song “The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand a Chance?” The song was originally going to be called “I Like...
[Part I]
[Intro]
One, two
One two three four
You can turn it up even a little bit more
[Verse]
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, oh oh oh I
It overtakes me, it master-slaves me
It overtakes me, oh
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, oh oh oh I
It overtakes me, it wakes and bakes me
It overtakes me, oh
[Chorus]
You know that it isn't real
You know that it isn't real
(You'll disappear in a black hole)
You know that it isn't real
(Floating out of control, oh wow)
[Verse]
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, oh oh oh I
Yeah
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, oh oh oh I
It overtakes me, it master-slaves me
It overtakes me, oh
[Chorus]
You know that it isn't real
You know that it isn't real
[Verse]
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, oh oh oh I
It overtakes me, it wakes and bakes me
It overtakes me, oh
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me, oh
[Segue]
Ohhh
[Part II]
And I'm there
Looking up at the sky
And I'm scared
Thinking 'bout the way that I
I don't understand
Anything at all
And how it overtakes me
And I'm just so small
Do I stand a chance?
It Overtakes Me was written by The Flaming Lips.
It Overtakes Me was produced by Scott Booker & Dave Fridmann & The Flaming Lips.
The Flaming Lips released It Overtakes Me on Mon Apr 03 2006.