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    Thanks for the "lonely train" explanation. I'm now picturing the Midnight Flyer rather than a crowded commuter train!

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    Quote Originally Posted by thelastresort View Post
    Thanks for the info IABAD.

    Another one - The Last Resort (we could be here all night dissecting it, but there's just a couple of lines I wish to focus on!) - there's a couple of lines in it which to me seem to lay the blame Christians for how America turned out:

    'And you can see them there, on Sunday morning' - I think is quite clear cut;
    'And Jesus people bought 'em' - is that a reference to Christians, or just the use of Jesus as an exclamation and blaming people in general?
    'And Jesus! People bought 'em'. Exclamation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ive always been a dreamer View Post
    Soda - I absolutely agree with your analysis re: Business As Usual and also shun's interp of the 'lines' in LITFL.

    And to add another little line as one of my favorites, which I'm surprised hasn't already been mentioned - probably one of the most well-known lines in all of music ... "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"!
    I had actually mentioned this just above your post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freypower View Post
    Life In The Fast Lane as you said, and 'you can check out any time you like/but you can never leave'. I think the phrases 'Tiffany twisted & 'Mercedes bends' are thrown around from time to time.

    To answer UTW about 'lonely as a train' I think of it as a train speeding across the plains of America in the middle of the night, with nothing else in sight. Think of the 'lonesome whistle' in Hank Williams' I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.
    I've always thought the same about 'lonely as a train'. A train is an inanimate object, so it has no feelings - but to us it conjures up a picture of loneliness.

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    From LROOE,

    'Bloated with entitlement, Loaded on propaganda'

    From No more Cloudy days,

    'Staring at the pouring rain, Falling down like lonely teardrops'

    From Business as Usual,

    ' We're burning time, bleeding grace'

    and even the title of, 'Hole in the World' is a metaphore expressing how we all felt after 9/11; disbelief & loss of something we can't quite describe.

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    Definitely some good ones there.

    Always in our hearts, Never forgotten

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith View Post
    One of the best lines... ever. "So often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key."

    This is my favorite!!

    2nd is "Life in the fast lane surely make you lose your mind."

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    Another one I like is

    "I'd like to take your inner child and kick it's little ass."

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    Great thread and choices!

    I don't think I saw this one yet, but it's always been a favorite of mine.

    Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy, she'll beat you if she's able. You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.

    So many great lines from that song, but that one always gets me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freypower View Post
    'And Jesus! People bought 'em'. Exclamation.
    Agreed Freypower!!

    So Put Me On A Highway And Show Me A Sign
    And Take It To The Limit One More Time..............

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