'Distant lights from the wrong side of the tracks'The wrong side of the tracks is a term meaning someone who comes from a bad or less prosperous part of town. The phrase arose because train tracks would often mark neighbourhood boundaries. It was often employed as a dog whistle for parts of town where black people lived.
Volume 1: Essence
- Dreamy Street
- This Train Is My Life
- Essence
- Wrapped Up in Time
- Liquidity
- Nothing Fills the Hole
- Woke Up
- Trap the Spark
- A State of Mind
- Happiness Is the Road
- Half-Full Jam (hidden track)
- Thunder Fly
- The Man from the Planet Marzipan
- Asylum Satellite #1
- Older Than Me
- Throw Me Out
- Half the World
- Whatever Is Wrong with You
- Especially True
- Real Tears for Sale
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Hi, does anyone know what the line 'You & I are movie rich' means?
ReplyDeleteI'd always interpreted that to perhaps mean: "We are wealthy as Film Stars..."?
ReplyDeleteI took it as they watched A LOT of movies on those long train rides. Thus they are "movie rich."
DeleteI would guess that it means we live our lives vicariously through movies as a means of escaping the drudgery of our ‘normal’ lives.
ReplyDeleteThe song is obviously a metaphor for life as a journey but with commuter overtones so my guess seems to have meaning within the overall context.