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Steve McQueen Lyrics

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
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no comments? D:

this song is so amazing, i cant stop listening to it. its different without them totally changing their whole sound.

Cover art for Steve McQueen lyrics by Automatic, The

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 :)

Cover art for Steve McQueen lyrics by Automatic, The

"I tried to __ direction for miles"

I think that might be "I tried a new direction for miles"

Cover art for Steve McQueen lyrics by Automatic, The

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

Cover art for Steve McQueen lyrics by Automatic, The

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...

Cover art for Steve McQueen lyrics by Automatic, The

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!!!

Cover art for Steve McQueen lyrics by Automatic, The

this song is awesome... idk what it means though.

Cover art for Steve McQueen lyrics by Automatic, The

Now I'm lost in my own town / It seems like someone moved the streets around

Great lyrics. Powerful song.

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Its a great song. I think its all about making an escape, big give away with the whole steve mcqueen thing.

 
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