Off the Rails Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Zilvbryn 

Cover art for Off the Rails lyrics by Notwist, The

I see this song as being about society and how he is 'off the rails' or not on the same one-way path as most of society, but at the same time they are trains themselves, because they are not stagnant and others will follow. 'We're off this place, doesn't mean we're somewhere else' could mean that just because they aren't following the rest of the masses doesn't mean they don't know what is going on. I think the last part is about how he can't follow the 'rails' of society and he just sits and watches as it goes by because he doesn't know how/ want to rejoin the other 'trains'.