The Oracles on the Delphi Express Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jrdoyle 

Cover art for The Oracles on the Delphi Express lyrics by Dear Hunter, The

I always kind of took it as now he is leaving home and going off into the world after his mothers death. He's on the delphi express, which could be a train, ship, whatever. But the people he meets on it, the "oracle's", obviously lack morals. Judging by the swing sound of the song, they dance and they drink and have fun. I don't think their fortune tellers but i do think they help him come to a realization of some sort about his past and the upcoming future.