Why I Hate 'Train'

Ok so again, I don't really 'hate' this band but I thought I would pick up on my 'I Hate One Direction' thing I had going. As you may have heard, Train have had a recent hit with the song 'Drive By'. It's playing on the radio a lot and I do quite like it. Unfortunately I had another one of those moments when I listened to the lyrics and was slightly horrified. Here's why:

Ok so firstly, the guy singing sees this girl he had a one night fling with and wants to get back with her. That's fair enough. What is disturbing is the line:

"you moved to west LA or New York or Santa Fe or wherever to get away from me"

Wait, what? This person moved to a different city and a different state just to get away from him. That's not creepy at all! And the fact that he doesn't know where she went suggests very strongly that she didn't want him to know. Now this guy wants to get it with this girl who clearly thinks he's a creep/stalker/fiend and he thinks she will want him as much. That's weird. He tries to make it out that he was the one that left her but clearly she was the one that drove across country to get away from him.


Secondly, he says some weird things like:

"Just a shy guy looking for a two-ply hefty bag to hold my love"

 Serious? You're comparing this girl now to a rubbish bag? That's a sure fire way to get the girls. It has some serious serial killer connotations there that make it even dodgier- not to mention that when he sings it, it sounds to me like "hefty bag of hoes"... Some other weird lines include "I didn't need you until I came to", which (ignoring the sexual double entendre) sounds like she knocked him out or something. No wonder he was "scared as hell"! "They don't like it sue me" is also quite troubling, this guy clearly has in mind the law being involved already. And while "Mmm the way you do me" isn't the best line in the history of song writing, it also makes it out like this was a continuous thing, when it clearly sounds like a one-off, possibly consensual encounter. I don't know how he thinks they could possibly "skip the how you been" and just get together; it seems fairly clear he has mental problems.


So yeah. Think about it. This song is quite weird. You'll thank me next time you hear it no doubt.


Q.E.D.