I don't know what this song is about, but as soon as I heard it, I immediately thought of The Great Locomotive Chase.
In 1862, a number of Union soldiers in disguise stole a Confederate train in Kennesaw, Georgia (hold on, they're breaking their bonds) and ran away with it (one engine barely makes it away). The conductor of the train pursued them, first on foot and handcar, then by train (bear down, they'll run you aground) for eighty miles until the stolen train finally ran out of fuel and the soldiers jumped out, only to be pursued and eventually captured, imprisoned (we all must suffer awhile in a way) and hung (the martyr line is a bitter pill).
The soldiers' goal was to destroy the train-track behind them, break the telegraph lines, burn the bridges and anything else they could to cripple the Confederacy (I'd like to get you in some kind of way). The line that separated the North from the South effectively turned brother on brother and made whoever was on the other side from you the enemy (and the line of right, it will barely make you feel).
As this song was apparently featured in The Hunger Games, which I have neither read nor seen, it probably has some other meaning within the context of that story-world, but me, personally, whenever I listen to the song, I see this crazy train-chase going through my head. :)
I don't know what this song is about, but as soon as I heard it, I immediately thought of The Great Locomotive Chase.
In 1862, a number of Union soldiers in disguise stole a Confederate train in Kennesaw, Georgia (hold on, they're breaking their bonds) and ran away with it (one engine barely makes it away). The conductor of the train pursued them, first on foot and handcar, then by train (bear down, they'll run you aground) for eighty miles until the stolen train finally ran out of fuel and the soldiers jumped out, only to be pursued and eventually captured, imprisoned (we all must suffer awhile in a way) and hung (the martyr line is a bitter pill).
The soldiers' goal was to destroy the train-track behind them, break the telegraph lines, burn the bridges and anything else they could to cripple the Confederacy (I'd like to get you in some kind of way). The line that separated the North from the South effectively turned brother on brother and made whoever was on the other side from you the enemy (and the line of right, it will barely make you feel).
As this song was apparently featured in The Hunger Games, which I have neither read nor seen, it probably has some other meaning within the context of that story-world, but me, personally, whenever I listen to the song, I see this crazy train-chase going through my head. :)