I used to take the train home from college, and Elizabethtown was special to me because I used
to do landscaping during the summer at that platform. For me the song conjures images of
riding the train late at night, in a world where travel was still possible. In the context of the
album, it is a down-tempo piece using lush string samples and carefully selected synthesizers
to do landscaping during the summer at that platform. For me the song conjures images of
riding the train late at night, in a world where travel was still possible. In the context of the
album, it is a down-tempo piece using lush string samples and carefully selected synthesizers