Ghost Train Lyrics

Lyric discussion by agent_hunt 

Cover art for Ghost Train lyrics by Gorillaz

I think its a convoy or somthing like that. Think of it in an abstract sense....sortof... HMMWVs and M1s in a line could be a sort of train. Soldiers stacked up outside a building, or moving in formation down a street could be a train of muscle

Here they come to steal my soul Wait it out until I know Trying not to feel I give it Moving up until I go go go (Hes waiting for the ones theyre gonna mow down "here THEY come to steal my soul". Theyre trying to kill him, or them, an enemy. Theyre trying to keep cool and calm, tension rising until they 'go'.)

She was not to hear about me leaving Trying to be near my heart Trying not to feel like bleeding Moving up until I'm taught to your side (He flashes back to thoughts of home, a female was not to know he was leaving but found out, tried to appeal to him emotionally, not to go, and tried to keep him home, to keep from being hurt. In the last line hes thinking hes gonna fight through all this, run though all this just to get back to her. Im thinking "taught" as in tight or close in this case)

Got suicide for my baby (Ghost train) Living up until I wanted (Ghost train) Seeing like I'm out of bed, yeah (Ghost train) Moving up and taught I'm a weapon (Ghost train) (He could revert to his new baby of the present. His rifle. Got suicide for my baby basically says in a bravado that anyone one the wrong side of her is dead, its fool hardy to be there, its suicide for them to even try, hes giving their deaths to her. Living up until I wanted, they die at his will. With his baby, they live until he wanted them to. He sees everything like he got out of bed, all blurry-like. Theyre chipping away at the enemy, using what theyre indoctrinated with "Theyre weapons" in that they are cold, precise, killing machines)

I see myself pretend how to get there (Ghost train) Dripping down, I'm poisoned on the street (Ghost train) (At this point its just muscle memory, training has taken over, its really just not even human anymore, evil has been dehumanized through their lack of emotion.)

Come on come on come on! (Ghost train) Come on come on come on! (Ghost train)

(His bravado, kinda like that scene in Full Metal Jacket where the door gunner keeps yelling "get some!"

[repeat] The song just emphasizes that he is dehumanized. He is a killer. Kinda a scary parallel to Marines as thats what theyre told to think like. Maybe thats what hes supposed to be.