Does anyone have complete lyrics to Unrequited Orchestra of Locomotion? All of the ones on the Internet are incomplete.
Also, who sings the chorus? I know it's either Tim or Andy, because in the live version you can hear Damian singing in the background.
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I have no clue about the lyrics, sorry about that.
Also, does anyone know what the song was from? I heard somewhere that it was on a demo tape, but I have never heard of a second demo tape after Six Song Demo. It is also one of their best songs, and yet nothing was ever done with it, LP-wise.
Here are the lyrics I have compiled for the Unrequited Orchestra of Locomotion, taken initially from one of those incomplete lyrics on the internet and then filled in with what I think I hear. I don't think it's completely correct, but I figure that if I post it here, others can correct anything they know I have wrong, and maybe some of the pieces I have will fill in some of the right blanks for you. ...Oh, and also, I didn't record all of the variations of the "give the ocean motion" line that occur in the studio version of the song, since it's not the same between for both versions and is relatively easy to hear.
As for who's singing the chorus, I, like Moose, think it's both of them, Chips. I think I can faintly hear a second voice underneath the dominant one in the live version, and in the studio version, I definitely hear two voices singing the chorus with Damian singing the other line during.
Anyway, the lyrics now!
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This is not the sound of the train
Lemme tell you about this big abyss thing
Everybody says that they’re listening
It’s the unrequited orchestra of locomotion
It's not the job that I blame
White coal in the slick of the rain
Crescendo of an inclined plane
Corduroy flannel over your head like a stain
Check your watch, no two are the same
Perhaps you’ll notice how they always complain
Sweet nexus so smooth and profane
These ain't no sounds of no train
Not those screeching breaks I’m hearing
Or rusty tires that got me tearing
It’s the unrequited orchestra of locomotion
Come on everybody locomotion
(If it ain't broke, you cannot fix it)
This is not the sound of the train
I guess we already talked about the orchestra and the train
Take this needlepoint man by the frame
Lockstop buying horse by the vein
There'll be no weak link in this chain
These ain't no sounds of no train
This is not the sound of a train
These are no sounds no train
Come on everybody locomotion
(If ain't broke, you cannot fix it)
Everybody feel the motion of the ocean
About the chorus, I had only listened to the studio one and the live one NOT 9/23/00, so I figured that there was one, overdubbed vocal track in the studio and at the time I couldn't hear the second one in the live version I had been listening to. However, once I listened to the 9/23/00 version, it seemed more like there were two voices.
Tipo, i think u juz rocked right then and there ;) xxo