Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Don't say what you mean
You might spoil your face
If you walk in the crowd
You won't leave any trace
It's always the same
Your jumping someone else's train
It won't take long to learn
The new smile
You have to adapt
Or you'll be out of style
It's always the same
Your jumping someone else's train
If you pick up on it quick
You can say you were there
Again and again and again
Your jumping someone else's train
It's the latest wave that you've been craving for
The old ideal was getting such a bore
Now your back in line
Going not quite as far
But in half the time
Everyone's happy, they're finally all the same
Because everyone's jumping everybody else's train
Jumping someone else's train
Jumping someone else's train
Jumping someone else's train
You might spoil your face
If you walk in the crowd
You won't leave any trace
It's always the same
Your jumping someone else's train
It won't take long to learn
The new smile
You have to adapt
Or you'll be out of style
It's always the same
Your jumping someone else's train
If you pick up on it quick
You can say you were there
Again and again and again
Your jumping someone else's train
It's the latest wave that you've been craving for
The old ideal was getting such a bore
Now your back in line
Going not quite as far
But in half the time
Everyone's happy, they're finally all the same
Because everyone's jumping everybody else's train
Jumping someone else's train
Jumping someone else's train
Jumping someone else's train
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by gregorybrian
Jumping Someone Else's Train [Extra Album Track] Lyrics as written by Michael Stephen Dempsey Laurence Andrew Tolhurst
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Yeah, getting on their train or fad or whatever and trying to impress everyone by dressing the "right" way, "saying you were there", name dropping, always changing who you are to brown-nose and impress people.
Especially relevant to high school, but surprisingly relevant in places like the business world in which lots of the population is trying to get ahead however they can or by playing games and kissing up however they can.
Some things never change.