This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Let's go,
So bring your passport girl, I'm trying to show you the world
I know your ex did you bad, but I'm your new perfect man
Dignity where you stand, with just a touch of my hand
I'm trying to show you my plan, you got me girl I'm a fan
From the minute that you walked right through the door
Thoughts are racing in my mind, time to explore
I tell my friends that I just gotta have him
But don't look now, 'cause I see you staring at him
Tunnel vision had him locked on in my sight
On a mission, for position by the end of the night
It's like a prey, playing games with the hunter
You better run boy, time to surrender
And all I need is to feel you
All I want is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Like a prayer, your touch can take me there
In my mind, you and me in a secret affair
Oh boy you're killing me and, you don't even know it
Try to hold back but I can't control it
So, I'm stepping to ya', skip the "How ya doing?"
Grab your hand and pull you closer to me, yeah
Out the door we're slipping, then we start to kissing
Boy you're invited to my fantasy
And all I need is to feel you
All I want is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Oh, before I go insane
Oh boy don't make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Let's go
I'm here to play with fire, you're body's my desire
The time to flirt across the room, done expired
'Cause you a superstar, get in my super car
The paparrazi watchin' us, too bizarre
I know I took you far, but look how good you are
And look how good you look, one touch I'm supercharged
Baby can't you see how you're affecting me
Baby sensual, physical, fantasy
Maybe, fate brought the two of closer now
Don't you wanna? Don't you wanna?
Don't you wanna? Don't you wanna?
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
So bring your passport girl, I'm trying to show you the world
I know your ex did you bad, but I'm your new perfect man
Dignity where you stand, with just a touch of my hand
I'm trying to show you my plan, you got me girl I'm a fan
From the minute that you walked right through the door
Thoughts are racing in my mind, time to explore
I tell my friends that I just gotta have him
But don't look now, 'cause I see you staring at him
Tunnel vision had him locked on in my sight
On a mission, for position by the end of the night
It's like a prey, playing games with the hunter
You better run boy, time to surrender
And all I need is to feel you
All I want is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Like a prayer, your touch can take me there
In my mind, you and me in a secret affair
Oh boy you're killing me and, you don't even know it
Try to hold back but I can't control it
So, I'm stepping to ya', skip the "How ya doing?"
Grab your hand and pull you closer to me, yeah
Out the door we're slipping, then we start to kissing
Boy you're invited to my fantasy
And all I need is to feel you
All I want is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Oh, before I go insane
Oh boy don't make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Let's go
I'm here to play with fire, you're body's my desire
The time to flirt across the room, done expired
'Cause you a superstar, get in my super car
The paparrazi watchin' us, too bizarre
I know I took you far, but look how good you are
And look how good you look, one touch I'm supercharged
Baby can't you see how you're affecting me
Baby sensual, physical, fantasy
Maybe, fate brought the two of closer now
Don't you wanna? Don't you wanna?
Don't you wanna? Don't you wanna?
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Reach out and touch me
Before I go insane
Reach out and touch me
Boy don't you make me wait
I'm a diamond and you're so on the money
Reach out and touch me
And all I need is to feel you
Reach out and touch me
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Reach Out Lyrics as written by Martin Gore Evan Bogart
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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uhm, first of all personal jesus isn't by marilyn manson and have you ever heard of sampling a song? this song has samples of personal jesus AND tainted love zmg, bummer!! lmao uh, whatever.
this song is the fucking shit and i can do alot of things do it. none of which i will list.
and fuck hilary haters, no one cares anyway.