"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.
Saw you from the distance
Saw you from the stage
Something 'bout the look in your eyes
Something 'bout your beautiful face
In a sea of people
There was only you
I never knew what this song was about
But suddenly now I do
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Reach out as far as you can
Only me, only you, and the band
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Can't let the music stop
Can't let this feeling end
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never see you again
Can't let the music stop
Until I touch your hand
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
I see the sparkle of a million flashlights
I wonder why all the stars
But the one that's shining out so bright
Is the one right where you are
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Reach out as far as you can
Only me, only you, and the band
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Can't let the music stop
Can't let this feeling end
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never see you again
Can't let the music stop
Until I touch your hand
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
Saw you from the distance
Saw you from the stage
Something 'bout the look in your eyes
Something 'bout your beautiful face,
Can't let the music stop
Can't let this feeling end
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never see you again
Can't let the music stop
Until I touch your hand
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand (I'll never get the chance again)
Reach out as far as you can (I'll never get the chance again)
Only me, only you, and the band
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Yeah, yeah
Saw you from the stage
Something 'bout the look in your eyes
Something 'bout your beautiful face
In a sea of people
There was only you
I never knew what this song was about
But suddenly now I do
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Reach out as far as you can
Only me, only you, and the band
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Can't let the music stop
Can't let this feeling end
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never see you again
Can't let the music stop
Until I touch your hand
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
I see the sparkle of a million flashlights
I wonder why all the stars
But the one that's shining out so bright
Is the one right where you are
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Reach out as far as you can
Only me, only you, and the band
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Can't let the music stop
Can't let this feeling end
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never see you again
Can't let the music stop
Until I touch your hand
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
Saw you from the distance
Saw you from the stage
Something 'bout the look in your eyes
Something 'bout your beautiful face,
Can't let the music stop
Can't let this feeling end
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never see you again
Can't let the music stop
Until I touch your hand
'Cause if I do it'll all be over
I'll never get the chance again
I'll never get the chance again
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand (I'll never get the chance again)
Reach out as far as you can (I'll never get the chance again)
Only me, only you, and the band
Trying to reach out to you
Touch my hand
Yeah, yeah
Lyrics submitted by tonyxthrashdown
Touch My Hand Lyrics as written by Steven Mcewan Steve Kipner
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Anyway, I'm sure this song is about a girl that he saw in the front row of any concert he was giving during Idol or something. He thought she was beautiful and felt like he was singing only for her and there was no one else in the audience. He wanted to stop singing and just talk to her but he knew she was only there to hear the music (since it WAS a concert...) and so he had to keep singing so she would stay, and the best he could do to be near her was to reach out his hand so she, along with a bunch of other fans, could touch it. Probably not about a girl in particular, just any number of girls he thought were pretty while he was on Idol.
In case anybody out there couldn't figure it out... lol