Eastbound Subway Train
Journey of Desolation: Eastbound Subway Chronicles
Lyrics
Feeling forsaken by Jesus
Feeling abandoned or rejected by Jesus
Feeling forsaken by God
Feeling abandoned or rejected by God
With a bag of Special Brew
Carrying a bag of Special Brew (a type of alcoholic beverage)
On the eastbound subway train
Traveling on the eastbound subway train
Look around, look around
Encouragement to observe surroundings in a heartbreak town
You're in a heartbreak town
Confirming the presence of heartbreak in the town
Look around, boy, look around
Reiterating the call to look around for heartbreak
No luck here for you to be found
No luck to be found in the town
On the eastbound train, on the eastbound train
Still on the eastbound train
Trying to drink my troubles away
Attempting to drown sorrows with alcohol
On the eastbound train, on the eastbound train
Continuing the journey on the eastbound train
Watching tall dark buildings fading into gray
Observing buildings fading into gray
While riding on the eastbound subway train
Describing the experience of riding the eastbound subway train
Always going somewhere but not home
Constantly moving but not finding a home
Ended up in Walthamstow
Ending up in Walthamstow, a place associated with struggles
Did I think streets could be paved with gold?
Questioning the belief that streets are paved with gold
Found the ones soaked with cheap alcohol
Finding streets soaked with cheap alcohol
Look around, look around
Reiteration of being in a heartbreak town
You're in a heartbreak town
Emphasizing the presence of heartbreak
Look around, boy, look around
Reiterating the absence of luck
No luck here for you to be found
No luck to be found in the town
On the eastbound train, on the eastbound train
Still on the eastbound train
Dreaming of sterling silver rain
Dreaming of a better, prosperous future (sterling silver rain)
On the eastbound train, on the eastbound train
Continuing the journey on the eastbound train
Losing my faith for hope and grace
Losing faith in hope and grace
On the east bound subway train
Repeating the experience of riding the eastbound subway train
This city is too cold for a small town boy like me
Expressing the city's coldness for someone from a small town
Don't wanna sell my soul, it's all I've got to keep
Reluctance to compromise values (selling soul)
Back and forth I go
Continual back and forth without significant change
Same shit, different day
Experiencing a monotonous and repetitive life
Wish I was wise enough to know
Expressing a desire for wisdom to break the cycle
I just can't go on this way
Feeling unable to continue in the current manner
On The eastbound train, on the eastbound train
Still on the eastbound train
Praying credit from Heaven to make my day
Praying for divine intervention to improve the situation
On the eastbound train, on the eastbound train
Continuing the journey on the eastbound train
Reflection of myself fading away
Seeing a reflection of oneself fading away
On the eastbound train, eastbound train
Reiteration of being on the eastbound train
On the eastbound train, on the eastbound train
Still on the eastbound train
Out of place on the eastbound subway train
Feeling out of place on the eastbound subway train
Out of luck on the eastbound subway train
Experiencing a lack of luck on the eastbound subway train
Out of time on the eastbound subway train
Running out of time on the eastbound subway train
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