Role Model gives another preview of 'Chuck Timely & The Hourglass' with 'Joy'•
Erin LeCount is hosting a free songwriting and production masterclass at Abbey Road•
Nia Archives has recruited Jorja Smith for her new single 'Get Me Down'•
The Linda Lindas' next album is called 'GOTTA GET OUT', and Hayley Williams is on the new single
•
Nell Mescal has released new single 'Settles' ahead of an intimate London pop-up show•
Jacob Alon has announced 'Live From The Roundhouse' and shared a cover of Nirvana's 'All Apologies'•
Frost Children have released their new EP 'Tweaker Poem' and shared a video for 'Creep'•
The Last Dinner Party have shared 'Knocking At The Sky' and its Hollywood-inspired video•
Lucy Dacus celebrates Richmond in her self-directed ‘Planting Tomatoes’ video•
Alessi Rose has shared vulnerable new single 'Dependent' ahead of her summer festival run•
KATSEYE are bringing new film 'WILD HEARTS' to cinemas worldwide•
Little Grandad have shared new 1940s-inspired single ‘Babe, We’ve Run Out Of Time’ and announced their biggest London headline show yet•
Gilla Band have announced their new album ‘Pugnello’ and two intimate UK shows•
Violet Grohl has upgraded her Manchester show and added a new Brighton date•
Beyoncé is celebrating 'B'Day' with her first new song in two years, ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Role Model gives another preview of 'Chuck Timely & The Hourglass' with 'Joy'•
Erin LeCount is hosting a free songwriting and production masterclass at Abbey Road•
Nia Archives has recruited Jorja Smith for her new single 'Get Me Down'•
The Linda Lindas' next album is called 'GOTTA GET OUT', and Hayley Williams is on the new single•
Nell Mescal has released new single 'Settles' ahead of an intimate London pop-up show•
Jacob Alon has announced 'Live From The Roundhouse' and shared a cover of Nirvana's 'All Apologies'•
Frost Children have released their new EP 'Tweaker Poem' and shared a video for 'Creep'•
The Last Dinner Party have shared 'Knocking At The Sky' and its Hollywood-inspired video•
Lucy Dacus celebrates Richmond in her self-directed ‘Planting Tomatoes’ video•
Alessi Rose has shared vulnerable new single 'Dependent' ahead of her summer festival run•
KATSEYE are bringing new film 'WILD HEARTS' to cinemas worldwide•
Little Grandad have shared new 1940s-inspired single ‘Babe, We’ve Run Out Of Time’ and announced their biggest London headline show yet•
Gilla Band have announced their new album ‘Pugnello’ and two intimate UK shows•
Violet Grohl has upgraded her Manchester show and added a new Brighton date•
Beyoncé is celebrating 'B'Day' with her first new song in two years, ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Dork
News
Features
Reviews
Magazine
Shop
Listings
Directory
Festivals
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS
Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Playlist Covers
Playlist Directory
Recommender
Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS
Music Video Directory
Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST
Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED
Dork Live
Dork Radio
Live
Live 24/7
Dork Radio
Dork
Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

August 2026

Latest issue variants

View archive
Dork, August 2026 (Fat Dog cover)

Fat Dog

Dork, August 2026 (Ravyn Lenae cover)

Ravyn Lenae

Dork, August 2026 (Yard Act cover)

Yard Act

Advertise
|
Support|
About Dork|
Privacy Policy|
Genres|
Years|
Sitemap|
RSS|
Cookie settings
© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Powered by PlaywireAdvertise on this site.
  1. Tracks
  2. Banks
  3. The Altar
  4. Trainwreck
Trainwreck by Banks

TRACK

Banks

Trainwreck

Release date: 29th September 2016

From The Altar
Track 5
3:25
AlternativeMusicRockAdult Alternative
Spotify Apple Music More on Banks

About This Track

A Dork three-star record. 'Trainwreck' finds Banks in a state of exasperation, her voice hardened against a production built from sharp edges and percussive weight. The song traces a relationship of unequal care, where she has spent herself trying to reach someone fundamentally unreceptive. "I had to get away" becomes both refrain and mantra, the only rational response to a dynamic that has left her depleted. The track carries a particular sting because some of its lyrics were written when Banks was fourteen, lending the song a long gestation and the weight of years spent circling the same emotional territory. What emerges is less a cry for attention than an assertion of self-preservation. Banks is becoming an artist on her own terms, and here that means walking away from the wreckage she did not cause.

"Trainwreck" is a track by Banks, from the album The Altar, released 29th September 2016. The track is 3:25 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Banks.

About the Artist

Banks

Banks

Lyrics

Trainwreck

Hey, I heard it from the state
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
And if you took me fishing, you would never give me bait
I had to get away, I had to get away, ay-ay
Hey, you try to compensate
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
Both of my eyes were weighted and I had to get away

Talking to ears that have been deaf for as long as I can remember
A self-medicated handicap, so I speak to myself
And I try so hard to get his stupid deaf ears to hear
That I've become illiterate, I've become dumb

When I come through, you were dark blue
When I saved you from your darker days
Born to take care of you, or I thought so
Maybe it was just a phase

Hey, I heard it from the state
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
And if you took me fishing, you would never give me bait
I had to get away, I had to get away, I had to get away
Hey, you try to compensate
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
Both of my eyes were weighted, I had to get away

Shot down by a guy I never wanted to kiss
And I could hear the singing of his ringing triumphing
And I'm chugging along in a train
And I'm heading the wrong way, and I'm a trainwreck
And my heart goes "Beat, beat, beat"
To the music of this sad, same song
It's quite depressing
There is no fixing to the problem when you're talking to an idiot

When I come through, you were dark blue
And I saved you, from your darker days
Born to take care of you, or I thought so
Maybe it was just a phase
Baby, only maybe
Just a dreamer, but I soon found out
That the train tracks were behind me
Tried to warn me, but both of my ears went out
(But then my ears went out, out, out...)
(But then my ears went out, out, out...)

When I come through, you were dark blue
And I saved you, from your darker days
Born to take care of you, or I thought so
Maybe it was just a phase

Hey, I heard it from the state
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
And if you took me fishing, you would never give me bait
I had to get away, I had to get away, I had to get away
Hey, you try to compensate
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
Both of my eyes were weighted, I had to get away

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From The Altar

3:252016
Listen
Album
The Altar
The Altar
Banks
30th September 2016
Track number
5
Release year
2016
  1. 1Gemini Feed
    3:06
  2. 2F**k with Myself
    2:55
  3. 3Lovesick
    3:21
  4. 4Mind Games
    4:49
Watch the music video

BANKS — Trainwreck

BANKS — Trainwreck

 

Trainwreck

More from Banks

Albums & EPs

Off With Her Head (Deluxe)
Off With Her Head (Deluxe)
2025
Off With Her Head
Off With Her Head
2025
Goddess: Unplugged
Goddess: Unplugged
2024
forevermore
forevermore
2024
Serpentina
Serpentina
2022
Somnolence
Somnolence
2022

Explore

More tracks by Banks

  1. Love Is UnkindOff With Her Head (Deluxe)
    3:33
  2. Love Is UnkindOff With Her Head
    3:33
  3. With You Around
    3:53
  4. AlibiGoddess: Unplugged
    3:11
  5. Bedroom Wall (Unplugged)Goddess: Unplugged
  6. Best FriendsOff With Her Head (Deluxe)
    4:02
  7. Best FriendsOff With Her Head
    4:02
  8. BrainGoddess: Unplugged
    4:23
  9. CandyOff With Her Head (Deluxe)
    2:44
  10. CandyOff With Her Head
    2:44

Showing 10 of 50

If you like Banks

MØ

MØ

Tove Lo

Tove Lo

Lykke Li

Lykke Li

Broods

Broods

Tei Shi

Tei Shi

Foxes

Foxes

  • 5Trainwreck
    3:25
  • 6This Is Not About Us
    3:03
  • 7Weaker Girl
    4:16
  • 8Mother Earth
    3:56
  • 9Judas
    3:57
  • 10Haunt
    3:42
  • 11Poltergeist
    3:32
  • 12To the Hilt
    4:37
  • 1327 Hours
    3:10
  • —Lovesick
    3:21
  • —Fuck With Myself
    2:55
  • —This Is Not About Us
    3:03
  • —Weaker Girl
    4:16
  • —Mind Games
    4:49
  • —Fuck With Myself
    2:55
  • Featured on 1 playlist

    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Aron Forbes, BANKS, Dahi, Jesse Rogg, SOHN
    Producer
    Dahi, SOHN
    Additional Production
    Aron Forbes
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Jeff Jackson, Robin Florent
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Seth Perez
    Background Vocals
    Dahi
    Mastering Engineer
    Pete Lyman
    Mixing Engineer
    Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin
    Recording Engineer
    Aron Forbes, Chris Spilfogel
    Video Director
    Marie Schuller
    Video Executive Producer
    Lorenzo Ragionieri
    Video Production Company
    Cadence Films

    On the playlists

    Featured on 1 tastemaker playlist

    Complete Collection: BANKS#49

    Complete Collection: BANKS

    Banks · 16K fwrs

    Browse the full Dork playlist directory →
    READ MORE ABOUT BANKSREAD MORE ABOUT BANKSREAD MORE ABOUT BANKSREAD MORE ABOUT BANKS
    READ MORE ABOUT BANKSREAD MORE ABOUT BANKSREAD MORE ABOUT BANKSREAD MORE ABOUT BANKS
    Banks has released her new album, 'Serpentina' - stream
    News

    Banks has released her new album, 'Serpentina' - stream

    The record features previously released singles ‘Meteorite’, ‘I Still Love You’, ‘Holding Back’, 'Skinnydipped’ and ‘The Devil’.

    8 Apr 2022 • 6:24 am
    Banks has announced a new set of live dates for later this year
    News

    Banks has announced a new set of live dates for later this year

    Banks has announced a new set of live dates for later this year.

    5 Apr 2022 • 7:28 pm
    Banks has shared a final preview of her new album 'SERPENTINA', 'Meteorite'
    News

    Banks has shared a final preview of her new album 'SERPENTINA', 'Meteorite'

    The full-length is set to arrive this coming Friday (8th April).

    5 Apr 2022 • 9:17 am
    Check out BANKS' new single, 'I Still Love You', six years in the waiting
    News

    Check out BANKS' new single, 'I Still Love You', six years in the waiting

    "“I’ve held this song tight for over six years. It felt like a secret I wanted to keep just for myself. But I finally feel not only ready but so excited to share this with the world."

    21 Mar 2022 • 4:30 pm
    BANKS is dropping another new track next week, 'I Still Love You'
    News

    BANKS is dropping another new track next week, 'I Still Love You'

    The latest taster of new album 'SERPENTINA', she's previewed the track with a snippet shared to social media.

    19 Mar 2022 • 11:19 am
    Banks: “My music is my religion”
    News

    Banks: “My music is my religion”

    Transformation, empowerment and why music is Banks' religion.

    30 Sept 2016 • 8:13 am