Ok, here's another interpretation: the song IS talking about trains, but the 60 ton angel falling from the sky sounds much more like a plane crashing into the country side. Perhaps the cousin in the song is one person who died in the plane crash, hence, why the aircraft is called an "angel." The train in his room reminds him of when he used to visit his cousin in the summers (when they had time off), and the rumbling from the train makes him feel (due to the sound of the bed rumbling possibly) like his cousin is there in the room causing the memories to be much more vivid causing him to be "dying of love." "But, it's ok" because he has good memories of them being together in summers that they would spend together.
For instance, the following part:
When I hear the engine pass
I'm kissing you wide
The hissing subsides
I'm in luck
is about how the memories the train brings makes him jovial. But the next part:
When the evening reaches here
You're tying me up
I'm dying of love
It's OK
talks about how the memories are killing him. It's like he's tied up on the train tracks being run over by the train, but it's ok- the memories of the good times are worth the pain. Far fetched interpretation? LOL That's what I get from it at the moment.
Ok, here's another interpretation: the song IS talking about trains, but the 60 ton angel falling from the sky sounds much more like a plane crashing into the country side. Perhaps the cousin in the song is one person who died in the plane crash, hence, why the aircraft is called an "angel." The train in his room reminds him of when he used to visit his cousin in the summers (when they had time off), and the rumbling from the train makes him feel (due to the sound of the bed rumbling possibly) like his cousin is there in the room causing the memories to be much more vivid causing him to be "dying of love." "But, it's ok" because he has good memories of them being together in summers that they would spend together.
For instance, the following part:
When I hear the engine pass I'm kissing you wide The hissing subsides I'm in luck
is about how the memories the train brings makes him jovial. But the next part:
When the evening reaches here You're tying me up I'm dying of love It's OK
talks about how the memories are killing him. It's like he's tied up on the train tracks being run over by the train, but it's ok- the memories of the good times are worth the pain. Far fetched interpretation? LOL That's what I get from it at the moment.