Train Wreck
Kasey Chambers Lyrics
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Nobody can save me now
It's like a bottleneck pile of your dump from high up
And you landed on your feet somehow
Odeley, I'm on a one way route
Odeley, I got no way out
I would never wanna do it again
It's like a storm a-coming at a hundred and one
On a scale from zero to ten
Odeley, I'm on a one way route
Odeley, I got no way out
Rolling, rolling down and down
Rolling, rolling down and down
Rolling, rolling down
You're like a train wreck, baby, you're making me crazy
Nobody can save me now
Like a bottleneck pile of your dump from high up
And you landed on your feet somehow
Odeley, I'm on a one way route
Odeley, I got no way out, out, out
In Kasey Chambers's "Train Wreck," the central metaphor is that the person she's singing about is like a train wreck. She's saying that this person is a disaster, and that they're making her feel crazy. Despite the chaos around them, the person she's singing about always seems to land on their feet, like they're somehow in control of the mess. She wishes she could get away from this train wreck of a person, but she feels like there's no escape. The repetition of the lines "Odeley, I'm on a one way route, Odeley, I got no way out" emphasizes her feeling of being trapped and hopeless.
The chorus is particularly striking, as it portrays the train wreck as a force of nature: "It's like a storm a-coming at a hundred and one / On a scale from zero to ten." This indicates that the disaster this person causes is not just personal, it affects everyone around them. The repeated "rolling, rolling down and down" further emphasizes the sense of being trapped in a cycle of destruction.
In summary, "Train Wreck" is a song about feeling trapped in a relationship with someone who causes chaos and destruction, and feeling unable to escape from it. The central metaphor of the train wreck is used to convey the feeling that the chaos is out of control, that there's no escaping it, and that it affects everything around it.
Line by Line Meaning
You're like a train wreck, baby, you're making me crazy
You're making me feel like I'm watching a disaster happen, and it's driving me insane
Nobody can save me now
I'm in too deep and there's no turning back, I'm on my own
It's like a bottleneck pile of your dump from high up
It's like there's a huge mess that's been building up over time, and now it's all coming down on me at once
And you landed on your feet somehow
You seem to have come out of this mess okay, while I'm still struggling to deal with it all
Odeley, I'm on a one way route
I'm stuck on this path and I can't turn back, no matter how hard I try
Odeley, I got no way out
I feel trapped and helpless, like there's no escape from this situation
You're like a train wreck, honey, for all of the money
Even if you paid me, I wouldn't want to deal with this again
It's like a storm a-coming at a hundred and one
This is like a big and powerful force that's headed my way, and it's overwhelming me
On a scale from zero to ten
This is beyond what I could have ever imagined, it's off the charts
Rolling, rolling down and down
Things are only getting worse and worse, and I feel like I'm losing control
Out, out, out
I need to get out of this situation, but I don't know how
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Written by: GUY CHAMBERS
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