I think this is the sad story of a man who never married, drank his sorrows away, and was killed by a train. It took him away from here (death) but can't bring him home. The "steeple full of swallows, that could never ring the bell" could be referring either to his funeral, or to a marriage that would never be. The line "I'm sorry for what I've done" makes me think it's the latter, and that he's apologizing to a lover. It also makes me wonder whether he took his own life, or it was an accident....
I think this is the sad story of a man who never married, drank his sorrows away, and was killed by a train. It took him away from here (death) but can't bring him home. The "steeple full of swallows, that could never ring the bell" could be referring either to his funeral, or to a marriage that would never be. The line "I'm sorry for what I've done" makes me think it's the latter, and that he's apologizing to a lover. It also makes me wonder whether he took his own life, or it was an accident.
ahhh, why does this song have no comments? Tom Waits has so much soul in this song, it's amazing. You can feel the desperation in his voice.
I think this is the sad story of a man who never married, drank his sorrows away, and was killed by a train. It took him away from here (death) but can't bring him home. The "steeple full of swallows, that could never ring the bell" could be referring either to his funeral, or to a marriage that would never be. The line "I'm sorry for what I've done" makes me think it's the latter, and that he's apologizing to a lover. It also makes me wonder whether he took his own life, or it was an accident....
I think this is the sad story of a man who never married, drank his sorrows away, and was killed by a train. It took him away from here (death) but can't bring him home. The "steeple full of swallows, that could never ring the bell" could be referring either to his funeral, or to a marriage that would never be. The line "I'm sorry for what I've done" makes me think it's the latter, and that he's apologizing to a lover. It also makes me wonder whether he took his own life, or it was an accident.