I've always understood the first verses simply as a description of a place, where the character has spent his summers.
The second verse I think is the whole "Trains" thing,
"a 60 ton angel-- piece of old metal" is literally a train.
"scars in the country" are railroad tracks ruining the beautiful countryside.
One final personal question to close of with. One I've been wondering and arguing with others about for a long time. What's the 60 ton angel that falls to the earth in Trains ?
One final personal question to close of with. One I've been wondering and arguing with others about for a long time. What's the 60 ton angel that falls to the earth in Trains ?
The 60 ton angel is a train ! I don't know how much they weigh, I think I just guessed. 60 tons sounded about right. I think it's a train ... it's a long time since I wrote the song. The idea is that a train is this kind of angelic heavenly thing that's come to earth. It's a romantic notion of this train falling from the heavens...
The 60 ton angel is a train ! I don't know how much they weigh, I think I just guessed. 60 tons sounded about right. I think it's a train ... it's a long time since I wrote the song. The idea is that a train is this kind of angelic heavenly thing that's come to earth. It's a romantic notion of this train falling from the heavens ... I think. It's a long time. Sometimes I forget what I meant when I wrote things. But I'm pretty sure I was talking about a train.
I've always understood the first verses simply as a description of a place, where the character has spent his summers.
The second verse I think is the whole "Trains" thing, "a 60 ton angel-- piece of old metal" is literally a train. "scars in the country" are railroad tracks ruining the beautiful countryside.
One final personal question to close of with. One I've been wondering and arguing with others about for a long time. What's the 60 ton angel that falls to the earth in Trains ?
One final personal question to close of with. One I've been wondering and arguing with others about for a long time. What's the 60 ton angel that falls to the earth in Trains ?
The 60 ton angel is a train ! I don't know how much they weigh, I think I just guessed. 60 tons sounded about right. I think it's a train ... it's a long time since I wrote the song. The idea is that a train is this kind of angelic heavenly thing that's come to earth. It's a romantic notion of this train falling from the heavens...
The 60 ton angel is a train ! I don't know how much they weigh, I think I just guessed. 60 tons sounded about right. I think it's a train ... it's a long time since I wrote the song. The idea is that a train is this kind of angelic heavenly thing that's come to earth. It's a romantic notion of this train falling from the heavens ... I think. It's a long time. Sometimes I forget what I meant when I wrote things. But I'm pretty sure I was talking about a train.