Lyrics for Cars as interpreted by Boonechic_21

Cars Lyrics
Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars

Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars

Here in my car
The image breaks down
Will you visit me please
If I open my door?
In cars

Here in my car
I know I've started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars

I know I've started to think
I know I've started to think

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HonkyFire
05-22-2002

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It's good.

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creedspazz
05-22-2002

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fear factory covers this song. good stuff.

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txin
06-05-2002

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this song is very funny. i love it.

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grouping
07-02-2002

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If you sit in your car long enough, and let your mind go flabby, you really start to appreciate this song.

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happylittledemigod
08-02-2002

Rated +1 
Ultimate daytime driving song

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jgilxsoalone
08-19-2002

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ive been singing this song all nite ... it sucks

jgil

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billycorgan
08-27-2002

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love the cover

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nonemoreblack
03-03-2003

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its about having sex in cars with strangers allegedly...

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cos
03-16-2003

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Why is it that some people always think that the meaning is always either sex or drugs?

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itsatsix
04-05-2003

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Good song. Love the video..

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Karl
05-13-2003

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Probably because those are the only things they can think of? :p Anyway, what can I possibly say about this song? It's mindblowing! Just listen to that disco beat in between verses. All time classic. IN CARS.

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xl5ron
05-27-2004

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the one song that got him to america. great song !

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hidispenser
09-29-2004

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I think the song is about the amazing freedom we feel when we get a car: we could live in it if we want, we can be alone in it, we can tune in the radio and get lost in the music, we can pick up girls and explore love, and ultimately we can just drive away to anywhere we feel like.

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MartinC
10-20-2004

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One thing that doesn't seem to get mentioned much is the way some of the instrumentation of the song imitates the sounds in cars. The initial wavering note sounding like the ignition, and then the high single synth note held for four entire loops of the main six-note bass riff then descending through a major chord sequence, to sound like a gear-shift sequence. Very creative.

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ladylizzie
11-13-2004

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Funny I love Gary Numan but this never was one of my favorites. But I think "Cars" just has to do with the temptation to shut oneself off from everyone else.( The isolating effects of technology being a typical G.N. theme.)
But then:

The image breaks down
Will you visit me please
If I open my door

He realizes maybe the isolation isn't as ideal as he'd imagined. As always, he gets lonely.

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ming ming
12-24-2004

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I get the feeling the song is about anti-depressant drugs.
"Here in my car I
can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days "

Gary Numan suffers from a form of Autism called Asperger's Disorder. A car could represent isolation and distance, being in a metaphysical cocoon inside the world, yet completely detached from it.

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Hen
01-03-2005

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just the sense of being inside a car... i liked the song anyway but the video looks looney

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MrLongrove
03-07-2005

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I remember Numan saying years ago that he loved cars because they were like little tanks and at the first sign of trouble you could drive away in them. I thought that's an odd way to think. The rumor back in 1980 was that Numan suffered from paranoia. Something his lyrics dealt with as well. I was beginning to think maybe he really was!
Then several years later I read in his autobiography that before he was famous he was attacked by several people once and managed to escape safely in his car even though the car was badly damaged in the incident. It made sense to me then.

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kmk_natasha
03-26-2005

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This is about how people use technology and material goods to isolate themselves from human contact.

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Glome
04-08-2005

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Heh, I think a lot of you are overthinking this.

And for God's sake, it's not about drugs or sex. Jesus Christ.

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MrLongrove
04-13-2005

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Well it certainly isn't about Jesus Christ either!
:-D

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vadge
10-13-2005

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this song reminds me of my mom because she is obsessed with natural disasters and she always talks about how you're safe in a car during a thunder storm.

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Bonavox
12-03-2005

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Apparently he hates this song.. I can kinda see why. He got famous on a song that wasn't really him and isn't really his style and he felt like a sellout after. But hey I still think he's great..

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thunderperfectmind
01-19-2006

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It's about feeling safe in your car. Simple as that. No hidden messages about sex or any shit like that. Numan was attacked several times in the streets of London to the point he ended up carrying pepper spray (which was illegal) around to protect himself, and he always felt like his car was a point of safety. Read his autobio ("Praying to the Aliens") - it explains everything, including the story behind "Replicas", one of his concept albums. Pretty interesting.

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DARK
03-08-2006

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I definitely think it references to a car as a protection shelter. The band Yes made a parody of him on "White car" song back in 1980 realating him on cruising on the streets of London in his white Corvette.

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