Bacovia Overdrive
Robin and the Backstabbers Lyrics

The lyrics of "Bacovia Overdrive" by Robin and the Backstabbers are quite abstract and hard to interpret. They seem to be describing a longing for love or a lost memory. The lines "Privește savant / Cu inima beată de iubire / Încă vie-n portbagaj / Se zbate și țipă o amintire" roughly translate to "Look, scholar / With a heart beating with love / A memory still alive in the trunk / Struggling and screaming." The heart beating in love could represent the singer's desire for someone they once loved, while the memory struggling in the trunk could represent a memory that they can't let go of. They are waiting for someone to come and bring them closure, but it seems that no one is in control, there's "no one at the wheel."

The next verse seems to be describing the complexity and confusion of life, using "empty bottles in cages" as a metaphor. The singer is waiting for someone to come and bring them clarity, someone to fill the emptiness they feel. The lines "Ambreiaj, lubrifiant, stafii / Avem de toate, tu tot nu vii" roughly translate to "Clutch, lubricant, ghosts / We have everything, but you still don't come." It seems that they are waiting for something or someone that never arrives, despite having everything they could possibly need. In the end, they seem to have given up hope, and the lines "O să ne trezim singuri / O să ne mâncăm singuri / O să ne jucăm singuri / O să te lăsăm singur / Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa / Ooooooooooooooooooooo" roughly translate to "We'll wake up alone, we'll eat alone, we'll play alone, we'll leave you alone. Aaaahhh, oooohhh." The singer has accepted their loneliness and isolation.