I never traveled via train (at maximum, short-travels via metro), in long travels I have only ever used buses, which I imagine to be similar, but not the same. Still, my experiences tended to be quite similar to the one described in the song (which is pretty mundane, but still moves me), nothing quite as sad as the battery dying and now being stuck without music, unable to focus on the reading.
The music itself is very calm and always leave me in a pensive mood, specially when I remember that Erik Peterson, the compositor of the song, is now dead. May your songs really never get stuck out of my head.
Full lyrics:
You know I could never fall asleep on a train All the time dreaming about moving away Finally awake, I wonder What if I pulled the emergency brake...? Doors are still open and I wish they would shut Then I could stop thinking 'should I jump down and run?' Only on page ten And I think I gotta start all over again When the tape slows down it means the battery's dead May your songs never get stuck out of my head If I ever fall asleep I remember my dream Where everybody's there and nobody leaves Where everybody's there and nobody leaves Something below me starts cranking to life The platform moves backwards until its out of sight Tracks start to split Got another ten hours until my next cigarette Biked round the city about a billion times And a few seconds left until I leave it behind Almost at the end I close my eyes and we fall over the edge When the tape slows down it means the battery's dead May your songs never get stuck out of my head If I ever fall asleep I remember my dream Where everybody's there and nobody leaves Where everybody's there and nobody leaves