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Passengers On Trains

by Anthony Meynell

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    We are thrilled to announce the arrival of this special album Anthony Meynell’ Passengers On Trains’
    Originally released in Japan in 1995, the hard to find album has been remastered from original tapes in high fidelity 96kHz 24bit and sounds amazing! The artwork has been recreated from the original photographs to make this package a collectors delight!
    The vinyl comes with a printed inner record bag with lyrics & pictures!
    Available in Milky Clear and Black vinyl in limited numbers of 150 each, due soon.
    - Pre-order a signed, vinyl copy of the album
    - Includes an immediate digital download. 

    Includes unlimited streaming of Passengers On Trains via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    We are thrilled to announce the arrival of this special album Anthony Meynell ’Passengers On Trains’

    Originally released in Japan in 1995, the hard to find album has been remastered from original tapes in high fidelity 96kHz 24bit and sounds amazing! The artwork has been recreated from the original photographs to make this package a collectors delight!

    The CD includes an 8 page lyric & photo book.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Passengers On Trains via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Listen to me Have you ever seen a regimented man Don't ignore me And he thinks he has the world at his command Do you know him Have you seen him sitting seething on the train Don't walk past him 'Cos he sits so very patiently But deep inside he's hating all he sees Whilst panting every breath he breathes At four thirty He rises as the morning serenades At five thirty He eats his bowl of corn flakes as he shaves Now he's waiting For the postman who is twenty minutes late Now he's angry 'Cos he has to go and shut the gate And say hello to everyone he hates Whilst counting very step he takes Do you wonder If the person sitting next to you is sane Are they crazy Do you ever stare at passengers on trains Don't stare blindly As they shuffle and they squirm inside their shoes Don't disturb them Snugly tucked inside society They slumber soundly as they waste away Confused by every move you make Do you ever stare at passengers on trains
2.
It's the dawning of another new age Let's start again Fully grown - and newly born With superstitions only Christians take on And I believe you feel the same way too Nothing left to take - start anew Have we been dancing for a fool Are we believers in religion without truth Hail! The cable T.V. preacher man, And praise the Lord! Throw all caution to the wind Like little children when the pied piper calls And I believe you feel the same way too Nothing left to take - start anew Superstition is religion for fools Religion without truth And I believe you feel the same way too Nothing left to take - start anew Have we been dancing for a fool Do we believe in a religion without truth
3.
A Fair-weather Friend is what I am Or so I'm told when your heart is cold I miss the signs the silent cry I care for you, your love is mine But I'm slow to react, hesitant in fact And it's not because I don't sympathise There's just a chance that you were faking And I've been there before Cursed by a wolf in sheep's clothing A Fair-weather Friend you said to me Because I didn't jump, I didn't believe But I had my reasons, terms of reference Turned away and stared into the distance There was no explanation, no instant retraction Just a subdued mood, an uncomfortable moment, When you caught me unawares And the words hung in the air Like the cry of a wolf in sheep's clothing I'm a Fair-weather Friend or so I'm told No understanding of the milk of human kindness I heard the sentence like a judgement Stepped away preparing for repentance There was just a chance, a gamblers hand That you were faking, unwise though it is, Well I sympathise but realise That I've learned to ignore The cry of a wolf in sheep's clothing
4.
As if tonight had never really happened As if today had never really come As if the world was just an endless moment Caught like a shadow on the ocean Then on the wind she softly calls me Down to where the silver water's flowing To gaze upon the walking hills below me And stand alone with solitude surrounding If I can't hear the sound of my heart pounding If I can't say the words to show my pain If I can't be the person that I'd die for How can I be sure that I'm still living Then on the wind she softly calls me Down to where the silver water's flowing To gaze upon the walking hills below me And stand alone with solitude surrounding To lie by your side With the world off my shoulders And nothing to hide Is all I wanted for me To be on my own In a world that means nothing But time that needs counting Is all that I have for me And what do I have here Danger in my dark deserted nightmare Torture for the man who's hard to please Never have I known so much confusion Never have I felt so much like no one Then on the wind she softly calls me Down to where the silver water's flowing To gaze upon the walking hills below me And stand alone with solitude surrounding
5.
Suicide 04:34
I can't decide what to do with myself Waste some more time Maybe sit on the shelf some more The trouble with me is procrastination Punctuated with frustration again All in all I'm sick inside, that makes me a regular guy All in all I'm sick inside, afraid to let my spirit fly I'm tired of life, I go to bed But I can't stop the screaming in my head A pantomime of things unsaid Hide in the bathroom for two hours Disguise my sobbing behind the shower Suicide, suicide, don't want to stay alive Pace the floor, pace some more 2 a.m., now it's 4 again The sun is rising I despise the time I should be in my bed Instead I'm busy talking to myself All in all I'm sick inside, that makes me a regular guy All in all I'm sick inside, afraid to let my spirit fly I'm tired of life, I go to bed But I can't stop the screaming in my head A pantomime of things unsaid Hide in the bathroom for two hours Disguise my sobbing behind the shower Suicide, suicide, don't want to stay alive Kids are stirring, that's unnerving Make excuses, just got home from work Reality is on T.V. Cartoon mayhem sets me free Making breakfast Don't want to feed my sorrow anymore All in all I'm sick inside, that makes me a regular guy All in all I'm sick inside, afraid to let my spirit fly I'm tired of life, I go to bed But I can't stop the screaming in my head A pantomime of things unsaid Hide in the bathroom for two hours Disguise my sobbing behind the shower Suicide, suicide, don't want to stay alive
6.
Like a picture world, or a photograph Some things to me aren't real Like a phantom walking through a wall I feel Like a shadow drifting free Like a catherine wheel whose sparks do fly Into the darkened sky The lines they trace stay still in space As an image in my eye If the birds fly free Why can't I, across a painted sky My mind is like a symphony A tapestry of fire Like a mirage lying in the desert sand What vision do I see Like a picture hanging in a darkened room What message can there be for me If the birds fly free Why can't I, across a painted sky My mind is like a symphony A tapestry of fire Like a storm cloud threatens or a light that flickers A warning of the end Like a sound that shimmers or a voice that echoes Calling out my name
7.
You have no soul, you can't be saved Perhaps I can sell you salvation But you turn away, you try to run Let's talk about this situation And don't point your golden finger at me I love you more, you know I'll stay Though I'm walking the high-wire in a circus But your secret's safe, and our public face Is presented like a trophy on the sideboard So don't point your golden finger at me Liberation and relief is all I'm searching for As I'm kicking down the bedroom door Falling through the air Don't you stare as I stumble The situation's beyond belief Now I'm lying on the sofa Trying to make sense of this Hey! leave me alone I can find peace of mind on my own You don't belong, you can't relate Preferring to play the fallen angel And you know I'll linger on Too proud to see Too dumb to say the things that I mean But I don't need your fake compassion I'm like a blind man, but I've started to see So don't point your golden finger at me 'Cos you know I'll stay, I'll linger on
8.
I've been talking to myself The conversation's mine The argument is fine But no one ever knows Just what I said today Decisions I have made Or promises deferred The hurtful things I said Are still inside my head I've been lying to myself Closing my own eyes Letting myself down I never looked around For opportunities I never thought I'd need And when they came to me I looked the other way To wait for better days No one should criticise me Instead, recognise the man Who keeps himself inside For all around the world he sees Someone else's make believe I've been talking to myself The conversation's mine The argument is fine But no one ever knows Just what I said today Decisions I have made Or promises deferred The hurtful things I said Are still inside my head
9.
I could tell a story now But I can't find the words somehow Life can be such poverty Living with my guilty feelings I thought life was there for me I would like to play sometime Damn responsibility Just give me something sacred to believe in In younger days like other children I'd fling pebbles at the ocean And watch the ripples disappear Inside the never ending sea Hear the breakers crash the shoreline Splash and tumble in their turmoil Screaming like a demon child That lives with everyone inside Moaning like a phantom soul That searches long for something to believe in In later years my idols fell As I found they were only men I'd looked at life just as a child Who thinks that life is his inside And only then I realised There's more to life than meets the eye And other people have theirs too Not just another point of view And maybe I could have one too If I discovered something to believe in Something isn't right There's a yearning in my soul All my life I've done as I've been told I never questioned why I shouldn't cross the road So I walk the street alone On the same side I was born But I noticed something missing There's nothing I believe in I searched this planet far and wide To find something to make me feel alive To quell despair inside my soul To stop me feeling old Sometimes I wish that I'd been born In the seventh century, I'm told That life was much more simple then Searching for the Holy Grail A pilgrim on a lone crusade That searches long for something to believe in Something isn't right There's a yearning in my soul All my life I've done as I've been told I never questioned why I shouldn't cross the road So I walk the street alone On the same side I was born Maybe at the gates of hell I'll meet someone who can tell me What it was that I'd been searching What had kept my passion burning When all at once it came to me What had been my destiny The reason why I'd travelled far The purpose that's within us all The music that's within my soul The music that's within my soul Gives me something sacred to believe in
10.
Troubadour 03:39
Like a freight train flying down the railway line Like a speeding bullet searching for a victim I've a sense of not belonging And my innocence has gone I travel like the troubadours before me Like a hobo on the road Like a truck that's shed it's load The spirit deep inside is truly dying Like a thought that lingers long And a vision that is torn I travel like the troubadours before me Like a storm that won't relent Like a dog that's lost the scent I'm forced to find direction, or die trying Like a story that unfolds Like a blind man on a long and winding road I travel like the troubadours before me Like a ship that's lost at sea Like the families on the quay The feeling of not knowing is overwhelming But a soul has to keep searching Like a body must keep breathing to survive I travel like the troubadours before me

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released January 15, 2023

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