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Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #731
Peak in subgenre #126
Author
R.Williams/K.Copeland
Rights
2007
Uploaded
September 30, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:29
Story behind the song
As you have already read or heard on the CD for yourself, there is an underlying theme on this CD on lost love, of a significant other not bringing out the best in you. Love certainly has a tendency to blind us. Ia€™ve experienced it, Ia€™ve watched my best friends experience it, and in this songa€¦I watched my little sister go through it. It was a horrible, trying, and frustrating time in her life, as well as for my family. We all felt so helpless because there was nothing we could do to turn off what was happening. Unfortunately, as wea€™ve all experienced, people have to learn for themselves, you cana€™t do it for them. And once they get burned enough, then theya€™ll realize that they are only hurting themselves. Thata€™s what this song is about. Ita€™s about someone in denial of what is TRULY taking place and because of it, the train is headed straight towards them at a furiously fast pace. As we wrote this song, several other situations/individuals popped into my head, which made the song even that much more special to me. My co-writer, Kim Copeland, actually came up with the title after watching a biography on television of Janis Joplin. Someone had said that it felt like they were watching her dance on the train tracks, and she had no clue that the train was so close. I get that.
Lyrics
Cana€™t See The Train
(K. Copeland/R. Williams)
He gave you some attention once
But now hea€™s just a taker
And youa€™ve got yourself addicted to his lies
You think youa€™re standing strong
Against a world that just dona€™t get it
When the truth is youa€™re too weak to cut the ties
Chorus
a€˜Cause you want what you want
But what you want aina€™t real
And you cana€™t make him feel
What he aina€™t gonna feel
You swear youa€™re smiling a the sun,
Shining through the rain
Youa€™re the only one who cana€™t see the train
Ia€™d kill him with my own two hands, little sister
Just to save you
But you dona€™t seem to want nobodya€™s help
It tears me up to watch you there,
Dancina€™ on the tracks
Knowing only you can save yourself
Chorus
a€˜Cause you want what you want
But what you want aina€™t real
And you cana€™t make him feel
What he aina€™t gonna feel
You swear youa€™re smiling a the sun,
Shining through the rain
Youa€™re the only one who cana€™t see the train
Ia€™ve fought those demons
Thata€™s how I know
And ita€™s too late to run
Once that whistle blows
Chorus
a€˜Cause you want what you want
But what you want aina€™t real
And you cana€™t make him feel
What he aina€™t gonna feel
You swear youa€™re smiling a the sun,
Shining through the rain
Youa€™re the only one who cana€™t see the train
Why cana€™t you see the train?
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