"They say she comes on a pale horse,
But I'm sure I hear a train"
"she" being Death, of course. Is Death coming on a train because a train is faster? Because it can hold more victims? To me, this evokes the image of the industrialization of death in the 20th century (i.e., the trains filled with people heading for concentration camps in Nazi Germany). Probably not what the writer had in mind, but that's what it evokes in me.
Love the lyrics of this song. In particular
"They say she comes on a pale horse, But I'm sure I hear a train"
"she" being Death, of course. Is Death coming on a train because a train is faster? Because it can hold more victims? To me, this evokes the image of the industrialization of death in the 20th century (i.e., the trains filled with people heading for concentration camps in Nazi Germany). Probably not what the writer had in mind, but that's what it evokes in me.
Maybe it's referring to how the world has industrialized, and a more modern version of Death now rides on a train.
Maybe it's referring to how the world has industrialized, and a more modern version of Death now rides on a train.