Ghost Train Lyrics

Lyric discussion by HarryMerch 

Cover art for Ghost Train lyrics by Counting Crows

I think the person in this has been far and wide looking for a suitable match in a women (I rode a ladder that climbs across the nation), Ladder meaning track. He's finally found a women who he believes is right for him however he realises she only is with him because its cold where she comes from. Therefore only with him because she's got no one else. He's only someone to conquer her boredom and lonelyness, He believes its like a ghost train because the relationship is so up and down where he doesnt know weather she is staying or going.He never knows what shes thinking and it hurts him inside. However he wants to hold onto her and see what happens. (hold onto me darling, i've got nowwhere else to go) and he keeps on trying to hold onto this one special girl. However the relationship turns bitter and she fades into the distance (Watched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves) e.g. watched the relationship crash and burn. But at the end he knows he was right all a long. She didnt truly love him the way he loved her. He was only a stepping stone to the rest of her life. "Remember everything." she said, "when only memory remains."