The song title plays on the homonym locomotion relating to a train. The whole song conveys a sense of a quite despair at the man’s situation that is unstoppable like a locomotive.
This situation is illustrated as a man who has a love that cheats on him. He goes through the motions and makes a low c...
[Verse 1]
What does it mean to be unhealthy badly, my love?
To be in a bad state so well
What does it mean to face desire so sadly?
To beg at the empty well
[Pre-Chorus]
Residual images hover above
I'm just a dog, a machine for your love
D'you know every man, every place that you've been?
You turned me on, then you turned on me
[Chorus]
This low commotion, this low commotion
This low commotion, this low commotion
Is going down, down, down, down
This low commotion, this low commotion
This low commotion
[Verse 2]
America, weren't you a miracle?
A fleeting chance at home
But this low, low, low commotion
Would not leave our paradise alone
[Verse 3]
And my two hands landed
Like two spiders on your knees
And one right ring finger branded
But two legs for two brains to please
[Pre-Chorus]
Residual images hover above
I'm just a dog, a machine for your love
But to know every man, every face that you'd seen
Baby, you turned me on, then you turned on me
[Chorus]
This low commotion, this low commotion
This low commotion, this low commotion
This low commotion is going down, is going down, it's gone down
It's going down, it's going down, it's going down, it's going down
Your low commotion, your low commotion
Your low commotion, your low commotion
Timber Timbre released This Low Commotion on Tue Apr 01 2014.