Overflow

"Overflow"
Song by Linkin Park
from the album From Zero
Format:	Digital
Writer:	Linkin Park
Label:	Warner Records
From Zero tracklist
From Zero (Intro) The Emptiness Machine Cut The Bridge Heavy Is The Crown Over Each Other Casualty Overflow Two Faced Stained IGYEIH Good Things Go

"Overflow" is the sixth track from Linkin Park's eighth studio album, From Zero.

Background

"Overflow" begins with a droning sound leading into a slow beat that Mike raps over. The drum beat is reminiscent of a slower version of Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks." Like other songs, there is a back-and-forth vocal delivery between Mike and Emily. It is one of the more experimental songs on the album.

Dave Farrell mentioned the month before the album came out that 'Overflow' was one of his favorite songs on the album (the other being 'The Emptiness Machine'), saying, "'Overflow' is a different type of song on the record. And it's a type of song I've always really enjoyed when we figured out how to make it work. People will have to hear it to understand what I'm talking about. But it just came out as one of my favorite tracks on the album."

The band went through many different versions and rewrites of the song, Mike claiming, "There's always one song that took the most amount of tries to get to it, and 'Overflow' was the one. We rewrote the track so many times, we rewrote the chorus so many times..."

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Overflow	From Zero	3:31		November 15, 2024

Live

Speaking to press in Asia in September 2024, Emily Armstrong said she wanted to perform 'Two Faced,' 'Casualty,' and 'Overflow' live, saying "Those three, I think, were the ones we've kinda been talking about... like, really wanting to explore live. I think we're gonna do some rehearsals when we get home and, you know, put it into our live set."

Her sentiment was affirmed in hers and Mike's conversation about From Zero when she was describing new songs she was excited to play. Emily said, "'Over Each Other' is cool, but, like... 'Overflow,' come on! On the album, it's a standout to me, it expands the album in a really cool way, I think it's going to do that live, too."

Personnel

Linkin Park is

• Mike Shinoda
• Brad Delson
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
• Joseph Hahn
• Emily Armstrong
• Colin Brittain

Production

• Written by Linkin Park, Janet Dimsdale, Mike Elizondo, Jake Torrey
• Produced by Mike Shinoda
• Co-Produced by Brad Delson, Colin Brittain
• Additional Production by Mike Elizondo
• Recording Engineering by Mike Shinoda, Ethan Mates
• Vocals by Mike Shinoda, Emily Armstrong
• Guitar by Brad Delson
• Bass by Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
• Programming by Joseph Hahn
• Drums by Colin Brittain
• Mixed by Neal Avron
• Assistant Engineering by Scott Skrzynski
• Mastered by Emerson Mancini

Lyrics

Album Version

We're all dressed up for a riot
Catching fire fighting fire
I can feel the pressure coming
End the world and push the button (It's all the same to me)

We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down (It's all the same to me)
We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down (It's all the same to me)

Turning from a white sky
To a black hole
Turning from the sunlight
To a shadow, oh
I know I can't make it stop
I know I'm out of control
I keep on filling it up
To overflow

Looking up the sky is falling
I can hear the future calling
Ground is shaking as it opens up to pull me in
Fall into oblivion

We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down (It's all the same to me)
We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down (It's all the same to me)

Turning from a white sky
To a black hole
Turning from the sunlight
To a shadow, oh
I know I can't make it stop
I know I'm out of control
I keep on filling it up
To overflow
To overflow
To overflow
To overflow
To overflow

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