"...most everything means nothing, except some things, that mean everything"
The song always had a haunting feel to me; like we're haunted by the shadows of our own dreams and longings. It's a travelling song; she's travelling away from the past and towards the future; away from herself, but she can't ever outrun who she is; not even on railroad wings. There's a lot we dismiss as unimportant, they come and go, but some things really do mean everything and it's those things we find most difficult to display or speak of, when that is just what we should do: take the train to ourselves on railroad wings....not a literal interpretation of the song, just some impressions....it has a dreamy feel, like we're almost carried along in this dream with just those things which mean everything holding it together...
"...most everything means nothing, except some things, that mean everything"
The song always had a haunting feel to me; like we're haunted by the shadows of our own dreams and longings. It's a travelling song; she's travelling away from the past and towards the future; away from herself, but she can't ever outrun who she is; not even on railroad wings. There's a lot we dismiss as unimportant, they come and go, but some things really do mean everything and it's those things we find most difficult to display or speak of, when that is just what we should do: take the train to ourselves on railroad wings....not a literal interpretation of the song, just some impressions....it has a dreamy feel, like we're almost carried along in this dream with just those things which mean everything holding it together...