I think the train reference is just a sound the author associates with the past (could be the hometown, location, etc). I feel I can relate to this song a lot and that it refers to a relationship that was at one point and time intense and seemingly never ending. However, certain factors changed all of that. People change, especially when they are younger. It's about recalling a time when a person tried to hold onto a relationship, all the while remaining stubbornly to his or her own ideals of what they need to do (as for when a person is young this could be education, life goals, etc). Sometimes this means that people have to separate to become the person desired. It's like a person is thinking of this relationship, maybe first thing in the morning... but is reminded that that period of time is over and no longer a reality.. They are not the same people, and life has sucked the sense of hope from all that they were. They are resolved to reminding themselves ...
"But I don't feel you stir beside me, and you're not in my morning hours.
Some ties are made to break; some stocks grow high and green to rot away.
And these lines tell the truth, these city veins answer all they do
I got wise and I got old
Not once, not once did I fold
Maybe you bet on me, while we were still young enough to know, to believe."
Then the person shifts from the thought of the loss of love, to the fact that they still kept a part of themself. They did what they thought they needed to do at the time, and they have to take comfort in that decision. People aren't omniscient and can simple only make decisions based on the knowledge they have at the time. In the end, you alone have to live with yourself.
"But for every year you took, for every soft breath of love and learn,
Believe me
I got wise and I got old
Not once, not once did I fold."
I think the train reference is just a sound the author associates with the past (could be the hometown, location, etc). I feel I can relate to this song a lot and that it refers to a relationship that was at one point and time intense and seemingly never ending. However, certain factors changed all of that. People change, especially when they are younger. It's about recalling a time when a person tried to hold onto a relationship, all the while remaining stubbornly to his or her own ideals of what they need to do (as for when a person is young this could be education, life goals, etc). Sometimes this means that people have to separate to become the person desired. It's like a person is thinking of this relationship, maybe first thing in the morning... but is reminded that that period of time is over and no longer a reality.. They are not the same people, and life has sucked the sense of hope from all that they were. They are resolved to reminding themselves ...
"But I don't feel you stir beside me, and you're not in my morning hours. Some ties are made to break; some stocks grow high and green to rot away. And these lines tell the truth, these city veins answer all they do I got wise and I got old Not once, not once did I fold Maybe you bet on me, while we were still young enough to know, to believe."
Then the person shifts from the thought of the loss of love, to the fact that they still kept a part of themself. They did what they thought they needed to do at the time, and they have to take comfort in that decision. People aren't omniscient and can simple only make decisions based on the knowledge they have at the time. In the end, you alone have to live with yourself.
"But for every year you took, for every soft breath of love and learn, Believe me I got wise and I got old Not once, not once did I fold."