In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Black on white
The background chess
You're racing time
When are you coming to town?
Before the fall
Before the flood
After the sinking feeling and the final cut
What are you going to do?
We're all waiting for you
Loud bound train is always late
We stay lost inside our day
Impound train, engine blows
Approaches home, never slows
Loud bound train is flashing red
We stay lost inside our head
Impound train, engine blows
Approaches home, never slows
What are you going to do?
We're all waiting for you
The background chess
You're racing time
When are you coming to town?
Before the fall
Before the flood
After the sinking feeling and the final cut
What are you going to do?
We're all waiting for you
Loud bound train is always late
We stay lost inside our day
Impound train, engine blows
Approaches home, never slows
Loud bound train is flashing red
We stay lost inside our head
Impound train, engine blows
Approaches home, never slows
What are you going to do?
We're all waiting for you
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Two Trains Lyrics as written by Ira David Kaplan Georgia Mia Hubley
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When we are kids we are educated on morals and pure expression of feelings like honesty, compassion, contentment, hard-work, love. Things are perceived to be more absolute/pure. But as adults we soon realize that nothing's black nothing's white thus 'Black and white, the background shifts' probably talking about the time when we come face to face with the subjectivity of things in life.
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'Out bound train is always late' perhaps means that expression of true feelings which we hide inside us takes a long long time while we keep on 'staying lost inside our daily life'. The reason for this is explained in the nest two lines which perhaps mean that what affects us from the outside, what we get (against our expectation) from the society (or maybe some particular person), acts as an 'impound train' shutting up the expression of those feelings. I think they are trying to get to the root cause of what ultimately leads to indifference/apathy.. but then of course the question is 'what are we gonna do' when we reach there?
Should be "Outbound train" and "Inbound train" instead of "Loud bound" and "Impound", respectively.