The train bell was recorded with a Sony microcassette recorder where the tracks cross William Street, just south of York St., in London, Ontario on April 18th, 2009. There was some sort of malfunction and the bell was stuck ringing for something like five or ten minutes, with no train coming from either direction. An early version of the song was recorded on October 13th, 2010, but the current version was finished on January 14th, 2011. I used Jessiah's classical guitar, my Hammond organ, and the piano. The bell was looped with my Boss RC-20XL and manipulated with FruityLoops for the intro.
lyrics you used to shake the ground and the walls around my house but i found comfort in the sound
and though you're just as loud i barely hear you now you're like the train behind my house
i used to kiss the ground you walked behind my house but now there's dust in my mouth
i used to know your word believed the things i'd heard but sometimes, lord, it seems absurd
take off your shoes this is holy ground take off your shoes and walk the rusty rails behind my house