A Distinctive Sound Songtext
von Gotye

This will teach them how to groove
One, two, three, hit!

Alright, let′s get acquainted
Let's get acquainted
Hello there
Let, let music
Let′s get acquainted

From the bass perspective
This is a journey into sound
A journey which along the way will bring to
You new color, new dimension, new values
And a new experience
Stereophonic sound

And now ladies and gentlemen, our feature act tonight
Stop!
Get it, get it, get it, get it
Come on, come on, come on


That was the harpsichord
Nowadays, most homes seem to prefer the
Television or radio to the harpsichord
But you still hear the piano all the time
A flute couldn't do that
These are some of the difficulties with
Being in this position and talking to you
And just wanting really deeply to relate to you and touch you
Not physically, but with vibration
Never heard metal sound like that before

The drummer is the heartbeat
Everything comes from him
The beat, the time
He is the heartbeat
It's just like the heart pumping blood to the rest of the body
He is the heartbeat of a band, of a group
He is the heartbeat

I think around midpoint in my career
I started to experiment with sounds
And then it became very important to me to get a distinctive sound
Get a distinctive sound
Get a, get, get a distinctive sound
Get a distinctive sound
And maybe if I spend more time practicing
Eventually I can get it together

Um, here′s some more music


Alright, here we go
Now we′re gonna use those power picks like I showed you before
We're gonna chuck ′em real good
A minor to F, just like all the heavy metal guys use, okay?
Let's get some of that smoke just like on MTV
Yeah, alright
Music

Alright
Yeah, alright
Would you say that again?
Alright
Yeah

Let′s play
Alright
Yeah, alright
Come on, come on
Here's some more music
Alright
Yeah

Get a distinctive sound
Get a distinctive sound
Get a, get, get a distinctive sound

We′ve covered a lot of ground, haven't we?
If there's a part of our story you don′t understand
Why don′t you turn this record over and start
Playing over again, over again, over again