: While sitting in traffic, he imagined the ghost of his mother (who had passed away in 1983) appearing to warn him that he was traveling on "the road to hell".
The full experience of the track consists of two distinct parts that create a narrative arc: chris_rea_the_road_to_hell_1989_full_version
: The song serves as a critique of modern life, stagnation, and the "wrong turns" people take to follow the crowd. Anatomy of the Full Version : While sitting in traffic, he imagined the
: Rea was stuck in a massive traffic jam on the M4 motorway in England. : While sitting in traffic