The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
All of these ghost towns
I keep traveling through
All of these traffic signs
And lonesome bars
Blindsiding me to you and
I swear I can be better
I could be more to you
But there are things
That lie in my path
That I just have to do
If you've got visions of the past
Let them follow you down
And they'll come back to you someday
And I found myself attached
To this railroad track
But I'll come back to you someday
To you, to you, to you someday
And I remember how you told me
All that you wanted to do
The dream of Paris in the morning
Or a New York window view
And I can see it now you're married
And your wife is with a child
And you're all laughing in the garden
And I'm lost somewhere in your mind
If you've got visions of the past
Let them follow you down
For they'll come back to you someday
And I found myself attached
To this railroad track
But I'll come back to you someday
To you, to you, to you someday
Maybe I should just turn around
And walk away
For no matter how much I really do
Want to stay
You know I can't
No it's too late
For I've found myself attached
To this railroad track
But I'll come back to you someday
To you, to you, to you someday
I keep traveling through
All of these traffic signs
And lonesome bars
Blindsiding me to you and
I swear I can be better
I could be more to you
But there are things
That lie in my path
That I just have to do
If you've got visions of the past
Let them follow you down
And they'll come back to you someday
And I found myself attached
To this railroad track
But I'll come back to you someday
To you, to you, to you someday
And I remember how you told me
All that you wanted to do
The dream of Paris in the morning
Or a New York window view
And I can see it now you're married
And your wife is with a child
And you're all laughing in the garden
And I'm lost somewhere in your mind
If you've got visions of the past
Let them follow you down
For they'll come back to you someday
And I found myself attached
To this railroad track
But I'll come back to you someday
To you, to you, to you someday
Maybe I should just turn around
And walk away
For no matter how much I really do
Want to stay
You know I can't
No it's too late
For I've found myself attached
To this railroad track
But I'll come back to you someday
To you, to you, to you someday
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A ghost story? In a way, yes. Though there is no "real" ghost (whatever that might be) involved. A ghost is something immaterial, but appears to be real, that haunts you and you can't get rid of it - just like the "visions of the past".
The lyrics and the sparse guitar chords create the imagination of a lone lady walking along a railroad through a desert, from one ghost town to another. Can't you almost see all those empty saloons and stores and office buildings, with those hollow windows and with the open doors flapping in the wind?
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Her partner had already let her participate in his plans for the future: living in Paris or New York. A kind of vision as well, that now no longer can come true, because he is already married to another woman and apparently lucky hith her. Our lady is "lost somewhere" in his mind, once again immaterial like a ghost.
She is somewhat undecided. She knows that the ghosts would disappear if she just left this railroad track to walk in some other direction, not touching any ghost town again. But as long as she adheres to the illusion that she "will come back to him some day", she cannot leave the railroad track and cannot get rid of those ghosts - the visions of the past.
An awesome song. And sad at the same time. Bittersweet like most of the songs by "First Aid Kit".
beautiful.
Such an incredible song. Have it on repeat.
this song makes me want to apologize to my girlfriend
Amazing song. There a few wrong lines here though.
"All of these traffic signs and lonesome bars blindsiding me and you"
"But there are things that lie in my path That I just have to do"
"For no matter how much I really do want to stay You know I can't, no it's too late."
It's a ghost story. The 'ghost' was a heart-broke woman who killed herself on RR tracks and is now "attached" to them. The guy moved on and married, had kids. (just to note, there are no disembodied spirits...if you see a ghost, it's just a demon/fallen angel pretending to be someone they're not. When you die, you're just...dead).