The song is about isolation. It really has nothing to do with cars at all, he just uses them as a metaphor.
He talks about locking himself away, and how it makes him feel safe. Gives him time to himself, and time to think, but at the same time his constant isolation makes him miserable.
When all you're world becomes too much, sometimes you need to leave it, and isolate yourself. That way you can get yourself together, contemplate all that is making you feel the need to be alone. You don't have to give yourself out to all that stresses you, and you are able to once again collect yourself and stablize once more. But, at the same time you bottle things up, and you become dependent on your isolation. Slowly it kills you, and truley is what you need is someone to be there with you, that's what he means when he says, "Will you visit me please, if I open my door?". Eventually, after all of your isolation, you start to think too much, and your thoughts turn in a direction where they really have no business being (depression, and suicide, if you don't understand).
One more thing. I love his newer works, but I hate people who talk about how great Gary Numan is, but how much this song sucks (I don't necessarily mean anyone on the cars comment page). Anyone who claims to like gary numan, but hate this song doesn't understand gary numan. this is just as dark and morbid as his newer works, just with a beat to match the time it was written.
The song is about isolation. It really has nothing to do with cars at all, he just uses them as a metaphor.
He talks about locking himself away, and how it makes him feel safe. Gives him time to himself, and time to think, but at the same time his constant isolation makes him miserable.
When all you're world becomes too much, sometimes you need to leave it, and isolate yourself. That way you can get yourself together, contemplate all that is making you feel the need to be alone. You don't have to give yourself out to all that stresses you, and you are able to once again collect yourself and stablize once more. But, at the same time you bottle things up, and you become dependent on your isolation. Slowly it kills you, and truley is what you need is someone to be there with you, that's what he means when he says, "Will you visit me please, if I open my door?". Eventually, after all of your isolation, you start to think too much, and your thoughts turn in a direction where they really have no business being (depression, and suicide, if you don't understand).
One more thing. I love his newer works, but I hate people who talk about how great Gary Numan is, but how much this song sucks (I don't necessarily mean anyone on the cars comment page). Anyone who claims to like gary numan, but hate this song doesn't understand gary numan. this is just as dark and morbid as his newer works, just with a beat to match the time it was written.
I agree with this interpretation. ^
I agree with this interpretation. ^
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