Lyric discussion by mistercrinkles 

Cover art for The Overpass lyrics by Gloria Record, The

The meaning to this song, at least to me, couldn't be more obvious.

It's about the mind numbingness of sitting in the middle of traffic, wondering where things are going.

In situations like this, it's easy to dream of being somewhere else, and that's what Chris is doing.

He's dreaming of being somewhere else, something else, someone else, anything else.