Train Of Thought

The lyrics follow a man through an ordinary workday and journey home, but his inner life feels increasingly strange and crowded. At first, solving word puzzles seems like a familiar routine. As the day continues, however, his thoughts fill with unfamiliar people and impressions, and he seems less able to make sense of what he sees. The mood shifts from orderly and practical to detached and unsettled.

Several images suggest this change without explaining it directly. “Words go up, words come down” and the letters he carries evoke language being rearranged, perhaps like thoughts that will not settle into a clear meaning. “Corridors of naked lights” makes the workplace seem stark and impersonal. The image of a sea that he thinks once existed where his house now stands may suggest a memory, a dream, or simply a moment of disorientation; the lyrics do not tell us which.

“Train of thought” is both a common phrase for a line of reasoning and a literal train journey, linking his commute with his wandering mind. The strangers may be people he has encountered, fragments of imagination, or a way of describing his own unfamiliar feelings. His “mind once full of reason” hints at a loss of clarity, but the song leaves open whether this is temporary exhaustion, alienation, or something more profound.