@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Can't put my finger on what's changed
To my surprise I found everything the same
In a house that's not quite home
Nothing was missing but something had gone
I hadn't seen my reflection in a while
I tried to __ direction for miles
So I took a walk through town
To see if someone moved the streets around
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaped me
The engine was running but I couldn't get away
Part of the scenery, no reason to stay
All my pictures have been erased
Just an extra with nothing to say
I wrote myself into a new storyline
This part was different this time it was mine
Now I'm lost in my own town
It seems like someone moved the streets around
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaped me
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
Just chasing just chasing just chasing my tail
Just chasing just chasing just chasing my tail
I'm just
(Trying to catch up with myself) x4
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaped me
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
To my surprise I found everything the same
In a house that's not quite home
Nothing was missing but something had gone
I hadn't seen my reflection in a while
I tried to __ direction for miles
So I took a walk through town
To see if someone moved the streets around
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaped me
The engine was running but I couldn't get away
Part of the scenery, no reason to stay
All my pictures have been erased
Just an extra with nothing to say
I wrote myself into a new storyline
This part was different this time it was mine
Now I'm lost in my own town
It seems like someone moved the streets around
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaped me
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
Just chasing just chasing just chasing my tail
Just chasing just chasing just chasing my tail
I'm just
(Trying to catch up with myself) x4
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaped me
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
Everything's just as I left it
But it wasn't me who left it
The position has been filled
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
I was the teenage Steve McQueen
My best performance escaping
Lyrics submitted by yummy_earwigs
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this song is so amazing, i can
t stop listening to it. its different without them totally changing their whole sound.Awesome Song... Love It... A Sorta New Sound.... Its Sooo Coool I agree with Lucie29992 it is about escaping maybe escaping a dead-end town and coming back and finding that he's a different person then he was when he left... like he grow out of the Steve McQueen character he was into an responsible person-- "Everything's just as I left it But it wasn't me who left it The position has been filled That what I think... I guess I'll Never Ever Know Unless I ask :) but its and opinion... right?
Again and Awesome Song :)
"I tried to __ direction for miles"
I think that might be "I tried a new direction for miles"
New sound due to the loss of pennie, therefore the loss of the signature screamy squeal.
I tried to ___ direction for miles is actually Dragged in all directions for miles
could it possibly be, in some way, about pennie? just a thought.
i think it's mostly about Pennie, in a kind of bitter way. I could be completely wrong, but when they performed, although robs the main singer, Pennie, although not doing much, acted like it was his gig. This song could be about how the rest of the band felt with Pennie hogging the limelight : "my best performance escaped me", "Part of the scenery, no reason to stay, all my pictures have been erased - just an extra with nothing to say" and how they feel now he's gone: "I wrote myself into a new storyline. This part was different this time it was mine", a moment of insecurity, possibly missing him: Now I'm lost in my own town, it seems like someone moved the streets around." However, these lines may show that they are over him leaving the band: "Everything's just as i left it, but it wasn't me who left it, the position has been filled" that shows they don't need him. As i said though, i could be completely wrong. It's a great song though!<br />
i love this song - i only found out the other day the Steve McQueen was actually a person - but it's still a great song!!!
this song is awesome... idk what it means though.
Now I'm lost in my own town / It seems like someone moved the streets around
Great lyrics. Powerful song.
Its a great song. I think its all about making an escape, big give away with the whole steve mcqueen thing.