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"Locomotive Breath" is a song by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their 1971 album, Aqualung. Written as a comment on population growth, "Locomotive Breath" was meant to replicate the chugging rhythm of a train.
Locomotive Breath Lyrics: In the shuffling madness / Of the locomotive breath / Runs the all-time loser / Headlong to his death / He feels the piston scraping / Steam breaking on his brow /...
The "riff-heavy" nature of tracks such as "Locomotive Breath", "Hymn 43" and "Wind Up" is regarded as a factor in the band's increased success after the release of the album, with Jethro Tull becoming "a major arena act" and a "fixture on FM radio" according to AllMusic.
Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
The song is about growing old and losing control of one's life, be it from drug abuse or from corporate de-personalization. Locomotive Breath can refer to drug abuse, but it is a reference to the de-personalization of the modern industrial society which treats people as parts of a machine.
9 gru 2021 · Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson explained in an interview with Rock History Book the meaning of the group’s classic song “Locomotive Breath”. The musician confirmed that the lyrics talk about overpopulation.
15 sty 2024 · The ‘locomotive breath’ — the steam engine’s panting along the tracks — morphs into the suffocating reality of an unpredictable and uncontrollable life. The stolen handle represents a loss of control, actionable by ‘Old Charlie’ or, by extension, fate itself.
