In "cars" by Nameless Kids, the pull toward another keeps colliding with a deeper need to stay hidden, alone in the dark rather than face what closeness might reveal. Watching traffic pass becomes a way of marking time until the other is gone, counting on solitude even while admitting there is nowhere to go. The repeated choice to stop coming down to where they don't belong hardens into a quiet claim: being better on their own, even if it means falling, feels safer than risking the good and bad they never show.
cars Lyrics by Nameless Kids
I don’t need to run in
I don’t need to run into you
‘Cause I don’t wanna call it
I don’t wanna call it the truth
‘Cause I’ve probably never shown
I’d rather be alone in the dark
I don’t need to turn back
I don’t need to turn back time
‘Cause I don’t wanna chase at
I don’t wanna chase at the signs
‘Cause I probably should’ve known
You’d rather be alone in the dark
Oh, I’m better off not knowing
Leave me caught in the moment alone
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And I’m counting ’til you’re
Gone and good in the morning
All I know is I don’t know where to go
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And I’m counting on my own
Oh, I’m counting on my
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And counting on my own
Guess I need to run in
Guess I need to run and pull through
‘Cause I’m afraid to know it
I’m afraid to know all the good and bad
You would never know
I’d rather be alone in the dark
I’d rather see me falling
I’d rather see me falling down
‘Cause I’m afraid to lose it
I’m afraid to lose all the good and bad
I probably never show
I’m scared to be alone in the dark
Oh, I’m better off not knowing
Leave me caught in the moment alone
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And I’m counting ’til you’re
Gone and good in the morning
All I know is I don’t know where to go
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And I’m counting on my
I stopped coming down to where I don’t belong
I know by now, I’m better on my own
I stopped coming down to where I don’t belong
I know by now, I’m better on my own
Oh, I’m better off not knowing
Leave me caught in the moment alone
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And I’m counting ’til you’re
Gone and good in the morning
All I know is I don’t know where to go
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And I’m counting on my own
Oh, I’m counting on my
‘Cause the cars are driving past me
And counting on my own
