Title: The Abacus
Artist: Devin Townsend
Album: The Hummer
Transcribed lyrics below: (There’s a higher than average margin of error on this one as most of the vocals are super quiet in the mix. Feedback is appreciated.)
[0:09-0:22] "..business sucked.. ..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow.."
[0:30-1:10] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.. And was probably an important innovation.. Sometime before we would use them.. In principle, your little known business sucked.. ..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow.." (Ooooh..)
[1:20-2:00] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.." (..You.. are..) "And was probably an important innovation.. Sometime before we would even use them..” (..You.. are..) In principle, your little known business sucked.. ..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.." (..were..)
[2:07-2:44] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.. " (I.. I had.. I had no idea..) (..wait!)
"And was probably an important innovation.." (..No..)
"Sometime before we would even use them.." (I had no idea.. I.. I had no.. idea..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked.. ..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
[2:54-3:34] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.." (..first ..first..) "And was probably an important innovation.. Sometime before we would even use them.. In principle, your little known business sucked.."
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.." (..I had no idea) (..wait!) (..no..) (I had no.. I had no idea..)
[3:43-4:28] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.."
"And was probably an important innovation.." (..was ..was)(..was ..was) (You.. are...)
"Sometime before we would even use them.. In principle, your little known business sucked.."
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.." (You.. are.. we are.. here with me..)
(..celebrate..)
[4:30-5:16] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.." (You..) (..were...)
"And was probably an important innovation.. " (..You were..)
"Sometime before we would even use them.." (..use them.. them..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked.." (..sucked..)
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.." (You..) (So.. you.. were.. here..)
[5:18-5:55] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.." (..To.. home..)
"And was probably an important innovation.. Sometime before we would even use them.." (..Aaaaah..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked.." (..So.. we are..)
"..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.." (..So.. we were.. seen..)
[6:06-6:44] "The abacus was the first true calculating machine.." (You are..)
"And was probably an important innovation.." (So..)
"Sometime before we would even use them.." (We wait..)
"In principle, your little known business sucked.. ..Let me witness thee.. gaze realistically and somehow move.."
(..So..)
[6:55-7:25] ("The abacus was the first true calculating machine.. And was probably an important innovation..)
(Sometime before we would even use them..) (So.. we wait..)
(In principle, your little known business sucked..") - I had no idea.. (..I had no idea) I had no idea.. (..I had no idea) Wrong..! (..I had no idea) (..I had no idea) I had no.. (..I had no idea!) (..I had.. I had..)
