Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

un hit de los 90s, una cancion que trasciende la música para convertirse en un mensaje más profundo. escrita por el cantante de la banda Dave Pirner, su voz emotiva aborda las complejidades de la depresión y su experiencia personal con ella, como se siente estar atrapado en esa situación, el hastío, la desesperación y el desencanto. en el coro de la canción se delinea la posible solución: escapar y comenzar en otro lado desde cero, utilizando el socorrido símil del viaje en tren y también dejando entrever que quizá ni aun escapando, se resuelvan las cosas.
incluida en el sexto álbum de la banda, Grave Dancers Union publicado en 1992.

a hit from the 90s, a song that transcends music to become a deeper message. written by the band's singer Dave Pirner, its emotive voice addresses the complexities of depression and his personal experience with it, what it feels like to be trapped in that situation, boredom, despair and disenchantment. In the chorus of the song the possible solution is outlined: escape and start somewhere else from scratch, using the useful simile of the train trip and also suggesting that perhaps even escaping will not resolve things. included on the band's sixth album, Grave Dancers Union released in 1992.

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep there's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
Everything seems cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain

A little out of touch, little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never goin' back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same

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