I think this song is about loving someone after death. His lover grew very old and has taken the ghost train to heaven. The line "fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me" represents how distant this person feels from his lover. And "remember everything when only one memory remains" means she told him to enjoy his own life instead of only mourning for her.
I am a mild Counting crows fan, and a huge fan of the band Between The Buried and Me. So I was really wowed when I discovered Counting Crows was one of BTBAM's major influences and they named the band after the lyric in this song.
I think this song is about loving someone after death. His lover grew very old and has taken the ghost train to heaven. The line "fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me" represents how distant this person feels from his lover. And "remember everything when only one memory remains" means she told him to enjoy his own life instead of only mourning for her.
I am a mild Counting crows fan, and a huge fan of the band Between The Buried and Me. So I was really wowed when I discovered Counting Crows was one of BTBAM's major influences and they named the band after the lyric in this song.