Discover the story of the song > Reckless – Bernard Fanning

The protagonist is expressing their confusion and hurt over their partner's actions. They can't understand how their partner could easily replace them and walk away without any explanation. They question their partner's recklessness and wonder why they would choose something that was doomed to break. In the end, the protagonist realizes that only a fool would walk away from a good thing, and that they were already falling apart anyway.