The way that I see this song is that it's about living for the right things...
"So here's to the promise of glamorous living..."
This is about the world's view of success... getting all the things that you want.
"You must drink up now, cause it's all that you're getting."
All the things on earth will fade away... if your possessions here are your real treasures, then take what you can get while you're alive, because there will be no reward for you in heaven.
"The long hauling trucks are parked in their stops..."
I think these trucks refer to people who have everything they want ...
"...just like luminous ghosts of something that once was. The rigs all look so empty when framed by their lights."
...these people used to have real value in heavenly things, but now their "lights" (things that they have) have left them empty and useless (that's why they're parked). These trucks are meant to do much more, but they carry nothing on the inside, so they have no value. What's the point of driving a truck if there's nothing to deliver?
I think this song is just about putting value in the right things, and not getting caught up in the world.
What I take from the line "the long hauling trucks are parked at their stops" is referring to people, and their journeys through life (similar to that of a truck through out the day). Like you said later, the lights symbolize what they have to show for it.
What I take from the line "the long hauling trucks are parked at their stops" is referring to people, and their journeys through life (similar to that of a truck through out the day). Like you said later, the lights symbolize what they have to show for it.
But at the end of the day's travel (the end of life), the only thing left to show are these lights.
But at the end of the day's travel (the end of life), the only thing left to show are these lights.
The way that I see this song is that it's about living for the right things...
"So here's to the promise of glamorous living..." This is about the world's view of success... getting all the things that you want. "You must drink up now, cause it's all that you're getting." All the things on earth will fade away... if your possessions here are your real treasures, then take what you can get while you're alive, because there will be no reward for you in heaven.
"The long hauling trucks are parked in their stops..." I think these trucks refer to people who have everything they want ... "...just like luminous ghosts of something that once was. The rigs all look so empty when framed by their lights." ...these people used to have real value in heavenly things, but now their "lights" (things that they have) have left them empty and useless (that's why they're parked). These trucks are meant to do much more, but they carry nothing on the inside, so they have no value. What's the point of driving a truck if there's nothing to deliver?
I think this song is just about putting value in the right things, and not getting caught up in the world.
I love your way of explaining this song.
I love your way of explaining this song.
What I take from the line "the long hauling trucks are parked at their stops" is referring to people, and their journeys through life (similar to that of a truck through out the day). Like you said later, the lights symbolize what they have to show for it.
What I take from the line "the long hauling trucks are parked at their stops" is referring to people, and their journeys through life (similar to that of a truck through out the day). Like you said later, the lights symbolize what they have to show for it.
But at the end of the day's travel (the end of life), the only thing left to show are these lights.
But at the end of the day's travel (the end of life), the only thing left to show are these lights.