they say, history will find us on the last train
and we'll make all the same mistakes that they made
and we could never rule tomorrow our way out
love...it's too late now
they say, nothing comes from going against their grain
and oh, we are the diggers of our own graves
and we will crash and burn before our train leaves this town
love...forgive me now
they can burn in hell
they can burn in hell
they say, we will live life dragging on the coattails
holding onto dreams of false fairy tales
and sleeping under bridges where our train breaks down
love...our light will drown
they can burn in hell
they can burn in hell
INTERPRETATION
It is a song about rebellion and difference between the older and the younger generation..when he says the first "they" say, he is referring to all the older generation around them (the younger generation..his and his friends) when he says history will find us on the last train, it means when they get to the end of their lives and history looks back on that life, that "they" say that they will make all the same mistakes that those before them did..that it is too late to think things could ever change and going against the status quo is in vain. That our actions will lead us all to the the fruitless end and decline of a world in chaos. that it is too late to change the path we are on according to the older people .that trying to follow our new ways and acting on our divergent hopes and dreams and actions that are different from the previous generation/s and could lead to a different path in the world is in vain and just keep going along the path "they" set,,don't go against the crowd and what we have established as the right way. that it will just lead to failure before we barely have begun. That people are telling them (the next generation) that they will come to the end of their days eventually walking the same old paths and built on the same old ways (dragging on the coattails of those before them following the path set by the older generation ).."they" say people are destined to destroy themselves (world wise). Although dreams of false fairy tales not could be talking about religion..that those before them believed in..or just a status quo type happiness of the tried and true (but boring) path, but it more likely referring to the younger generations false fairy tales and notions of a dream of actually having a world of peace and brotherhood.. "he is saying that "they" say that all their (the younguns) passions and things will burn out and they will just wind up like everyone else and their noble dreams and light will drown when they get older and the passion and hopes of youth are squashed and he is saying a loud FU to all this he is being told by saying you can all go to hell cause I am not believing this and never will.
they say, history will find us on the last train and we'll make all the same mistakes that they made and we could never rule tomorrow our way out love...it's too late now they say, nothing comes from going against their grain and oh, we are the diggers of our own graves and we will crash and burn before our train leaves this town love...forgive me now
they can burn in hell they can burn in hell
they say, we will live life dragging on the coattails holding onto dreams of false fairy tales and sleeping under bridges where our train breaks down love...our light will drown
they can burn in hell they can burn in hell
INTERPRETATION
It is a song about rebellion and difference between the older and the younger generation..when he says the first "they" say, he is referring to all the older generation around them (the younger generation..his and his friends) when he says history will find us on the last train, it means when they get to the end of their lives and history looks back on that life, that "they" say that they will make all the same mistakes that those before them did..that it is too late to think things could ever change and going against the status quo is in vain. That our actions will lead us all to the the fruitless end and decline of a world in chaos. that it is too late to change the path we are on according to the older people .that trying to follow our new ways and acting on our divergent hopes and dreams and actions that are different from the previous generation/s and could lead to a different path in the world is in vain and just keep going along the path "they" set,,don't go against the crowd and what we have established as the right way. that it will just lead to failure before we barely have begun. That people are telling them (the next generation) that they will come to the end of their days eventually walking the same old paths and built on the same old ways (dragging on the coattails of those before them following the path set by the older generation ).."they" say people are destined to destroy themselves (world wise). Although dreams of false fairy tales not could be talking about religion..that those before them believed in..or just a status quo type happiness of the tried and true (but boring) path, but it more likely referring to the younger generations false fairy tales and notions of a dream of actually having a world of peace and brotherhood.. "he is saying that "they" say that all their (the younguns) passions and things will burn out and they will just wind up like everyone else and their noble dreams and light will drown when they get older and the passion and hopes of youth are squashed and he is saying a loud FU to all this he is being told by saying you can all go to hell cause I am not believing this and never will.