This Train Songtext
von Michael Beatty

This train is rolling down these tracks
And it′s got me hostage sitting all alone
I cannot turn around now
For I am almost home

Home to the tears and the fears
Home to my family kept
Back to where it all began
And to why I left

Every now and then
I go home to get to know my crime
To see how things have changed
And what I've left behind

I only go there now
To remember my dreams
Half and half, sun and moon
Hey, nothing is as it seems


I won′t take a given path
I let my heart roam free
We can only trace our lives
Searching for clarity

Signals from the heavens above
Signals from the dark below
All arranging systems now
Creating circles as we go

Circles like these train wheels rolling
Circles like the eyes in my head
Circles like death to rebirth
And the somersaults in my bed

Don't have a true love now
It's been too many years
Why am I going home
I′m going back to all those fears

I set high standards
I keep my heart locked in a cage
But I am very careful now
Because oppression equals rage


Why can′t love be sweet
Like some Debussy song
Cause when the going gets too rough
Love is all I long

I long for world peace now
And I long for love that's true
I long to be an eagle flying
I even long for you

That′s why I'm on this train
I′m traveling my journey's course
Back trackin to my youth
Back trackin on to the source

Time will tend this passion play
And you will see my better part
History is important
To the journey of the heart

Now this train, it slows down
I can see my fathers car
Conductor puts me on my feet
And he hands me my guitar

Survival of the fittest I guess
Survival of this life we lead
We are all travelers here
On this train for eternity