Beneath The Mire

My endless list of favourite PT songs : Trains - In Absentia

Trains are another thing that crop up many times in my lyrics, songs and titles. 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 trains moving in and out of the station. So for me, every time I hear a train now it sets of a chain of memories of childhood. The sound of a train for me can link to many, many, many other things like smells, sights, sounds, memories - both good and bad. So the train becomes a metaphor for almost looking back to my childhood. - Steven Wilson

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