Back On The Chain Gang Lyrics

Lyric discussion by BSANONYMOUS 

Cover art for Back On The Chain Gang lyrics by Pretenders, The

The lyrics could mean various things & I doubt that what I have it right & have read otherwise about ray & honeyman meanings but from the lyrics this is what we get.

I found a picture of you oh what hijacked my world that night to a place in the past= Finding a picture of a person remembering a time in the past of them

we've been cast out of oh = Hardest one to decipher, cast out could mean sent away from the place in time of the past, jail, afterlife.

now we're back in the fight /we're back on the train yeah oh= Back on the train could mean back in the bustle & hustle of life i guess, on the road to prison, afterlife. when I see what they've done to you. = something bad happened to someone back on the chain gang. = prison labor

Lyrics below all show depression or sadness about having a broken heart & those being the happiest days of ones life.

But I'll die as I stand her today...... for making us apart. those were the happiest days of my life a break in the battle was your part oh/ in the wretched life of a lonely heart

So the conclusion is that Chrissie is looking at a picture remember someone she loved from the past that is no longer around lonely with a broken heart. This person could be a ex boyfriend, or possibly a family member or close friend. Somebody detaining from her love either broken up, dead or in jail. Those were the happiest days of her life when they were together.

My Interpretation

@BSANONYMOUS It is about Scott Honeyman who died and he was her writing partner partner and fellow musician and to some extent a great love although she had her own partners.