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This song deals with nostalgia from Steven Wilson’s childhood, when he grew up near a train station. In his words, “For me the train is a metaphor for a nostalgic childhood, the reason being that when I was young I grew up near a train station. I would very often go to sleep hearing the sound of tra...
[Verse 1]
Train set and match spied under the blind
Shiny and contoured the railway winds
And I've heard the sound from my cousin's bed
The hiss of the train at the railway head
[Hook]
Always the summers are slipping away
[Verse 2]
A sixty ton angel falls to the earth
A pile of old metal, a radiant blur
Scars in the country, the summer and her
[Hook]
Always the summers are slipping away
Find me a way for making it stay
[Chorus]
When I hear the engine pass I'm kissing you wide
The hissing subsides, I'm in luck
When the evening reaches here you're tying me up
I'm dying of love, it's OK
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus]
When I hear the engine pass I'm kissing you wide
The hissing subsides, I'm in luck
When the evening reaches here you're tying me up
I'm dying of love, it's OK
[Outro]
(Always the summers are slipping away)
(Find me a way for making it stay)
Always the summers are slipping away
Trains was written by Steven Wilson.
Trains was produced by Steven Wilson.
Porcupine Tree released Trains on Tue Sep 24 2002.