Story Behind The Song
on a train ride to chicago, i noticed junkpiles of all sorts. and even though
i used trains, planes, and automobiles
as my subject matter, the overall message of the song was the importance of recycling.
Song Description
recycle
| Song Length |
3:33 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Progressive Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool |
Subject |
Earth |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
there are many yards full of them,
broken. scrapped. no rubber. sick.
rust is plenty. off the rails. succumb
by mere neglect.
who will run these locomotives?
who will drive these automobiles?
who will fly these aeroplanes,
that can still fly, but no, may they rest in peace.
what a waste.
who will move the junkpile?
who will help the junkpile?
who will clean the junkpile?
the sky won't see them.
the air won't feel them.
broken. rotten you'd expect.
we must find a way to clean up
the pain of a junkpile.
the grass is growing 'round them.
the mower must be fixed.
broken bottles piled up.
people must have jumped the fence.
who will run these locomotives?
who will drive these automobiles?
who will fly these aeroplanes,
that can still fly, but no, may they rest in peace.
what a waste.
who will move the junkpile?
who will help the junkpile?
who will clean the junkpile?
we must find a way to clean up
the pain of a junkpile.