This could be a song about regret, but it could also be relief at actually missing the train. If he'd caught the train he would have joined her, then again by missing the train he avoided a situation which would have been a disaster.
"I tried to broaden the theme to include deeper ideas about the diffferent facets of love. For instance, the universal love in the lines 'Freedom and love are a threat to the state, they're the enemies of power stranded by the gate ...' The song concludes with a reference to the movie 'The eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Movies are a big influence on my songs as is Blues music with its mythic and metaphorical songs about train journeys among which Robert Johnson's Love in vain, Elvis Presley's Mystery Train and Bob Dylan's, It takes a lot to laugh it takes a train to cry, were primary influences on my song Midnight Train." Patrick Snape.
lyrics
Midnight Train
Never had my heart so badly broken
Never had a dream so rudely awoken
I lost a part of me on Bushbury Hill
The part of me that loves you still
CHORUS:
If I had my time all over again
I’d make damn sure I caught that plane
If I had my time all over again
I’d get on board that midnight train
When I was a boy my heart was a fort
My soul was a ship that was never in port
Now the moat's dried up & the river has turned
There's a man overboard losing all that he earned
CHORUS:
So how many chances does a prisoner get?
When the keys are in the lock & the guards have fled?
Freedom & love they're a threat to the state
They're the enemies of power stranded by the gate
CHORUS:
I see you everyday but it's not really you
I thought I had the answer but I didn't have a clue
The Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Now there's a film I like to rewind (inside my mind)
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