"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
I first saw you at the video exchange
I know my heart, and it will never change
This temp work would be all right if you'd call me (you'd call me)
I lie awake at night and for you I pray
We cross the deepest oceans
Cargo across the sea
And if you don't believe me
Just put your hands on me
And all the constellations, shine down for us to see
And if you don't believe me, just put your hands on me (Ah, ah ah)
The subway radiates with heat
We've barely met, and still, I cross
The street
To your door
We cross the deepest oceans
Cargo across the sea
And if you don't believe me
Just put your hands on me
And all the constellations, shine down for us to see
And if you don't believe me, just put your hands on me (Ah, ah ah)
Someday when our stories are told
They'll tell of a love like this
When our descendants are all growing old
1,000 years we'll be singing
Na, na na, na na, na na na na
We climb Tibetan mountains, where we can barely breathe
I see the Dali Lama, I feel him blessing me
and all the constellations, shine down on you and me
and if you don't believe me, just put your hands on me
Na na na na na na na
Your hands on me
Na na na na na na na
I first saw you at the video exchange
I know my heart, and it will never change
This temp work would be all right if you'd call me (you'd call me)
I lie awake at night and for you I pray
We cross the deepest oceans
Cargo across the sea
And if you don't believe me
Just put your hands on me
And all the constellations, shine down for us to see
And if you don't believe me, just put your hands on me (Ah, ah ah)
The subway radiates with heat
We've barely met, and still, I cross
The street
To your door
We cross the deepest oceans
Cargo across the sea
And if you don't believe me
Just put your hands on me
And all the constellations, shine down for us to see
And if you don't believe me, just put your hands on me (Ah, ah ah)
Someday when our stories are told
They'll tell of a love like this
When our descendants are all growing old
1,000 years we'll be singing
Na, na na, na na, na na na na
We climb Tibetan mountains, where we can barely breathe
I see the Dali Lama, I feel him blessing me
and all the constellations, shine down on you and me
and if you don't believe me, just put your hands on me
Na na na na na na na
Your hands on me
Na na na na na na na
I first saw you at the video exchange
Lyrics submitted by ninamarie8a
Hands on Me Lyrics as written by Vanessa Carlton Stephan Douglas Jenkins
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i LOVE her new album!! i like DIED wen i hear the new songs for the 1st time! :P I think this song (like alealigirl said) is abt her beeing in love with a guy she barely knows....she saw him once...and it was love at first site...and the part that reflects that meaning most is "we've barely met and still i cross the street to your door...!" meaning that she is like obsessed with him..he doesnt even know her... and the part that goes :some day when our stories are told, they'll tell of a love like this.when our descendants are all growing old..." i think this means that she is 100% SURE that he will eventually fall in love with her and they will get married and have kids (their descendants..)
wat do y'all think?? :D
realizing that a complete stranger was the love of your past life (cross the deepest oceans, cargo across the sea), can be the love of this one, and will definitely be the one in the next (someday when our stories are told, 1000 years, they'll be singing, climb tibetan mtns, etc.): all that person needs to do is touch her (hands on me), and she knows they'll feel that connection, too.
This song is sooo nice!!! I really love her new album, "Heroes&Theives"!!! I love all the songs!!! I think Vanessa is getting better and better on each album she makes!!! Is this song about her and her boyfriend?
I think this song is about her falling in love with a boy who does not even know she exits. He is a stranger and she is saying .. If you give me a chance (put your hands on me) I can take you anywhere.. cross the deepest oceans! I Love her New Cd .. AMAZING
I love this song to death, even if it's not my favorite off of the new album. I think it's about the wonders of love, about seeing for someone for the first time and knowing that you'll be with them for the rest of your life. "Someday when our stories are told," suggests that their love is so passionate that it's like the love stories that we enjoy so much. It's about being drawn to someone for no particular reason, so much that you're sure it's love.
I don't really understand the song but i like what it says lol,if that makes sense. From what i understand shes falling in love or is in love with a guy and shes basically saying we will do this, "And if you don't believe me,just put your hands on me" idk why but i think feel my heartbeat,im sure she would say feel my heartbeat if thats what she meant,but thats just how i see it.
i love vanessa i have loved her since i was little..w/ 1000 miles. this song doesnt make much since to me..but it reminds me of who i like at the time..and how much i want to hold them :}
she wants the guy that she wants to touch her. because it'll mean something to her. and if she really likes him, when he touches her, it makes her feel good. :)
I really love this song, it feels almost like a "missed connection" type of thing.
I believe this song is about bumping into someone and instantly feeling a connection, but you refrain from approaching the person.
She's also daydreaming of all the possibilities of meeting the person again.
I believe, "and if you don't believe me, just put your hands on me" means, if he would just touch her he'd instantly understand her feelings, something that words can never express.
My favorite line: "I know my heart/and it will never change."
i think its kinda about testing the waters. like, i just met you and theres an overwhelming connection we should hang out sometime. Shes already seeing all the things they could be doing in the next 50+ years. if you'd only put your hands on me, you could see all things i see us doing together.
so basically, love at first sight,