Touch Lyrics
Touch, touch
I remember touch
Touch, touch
I remember touch
Where do I belong?
Touch, I need something more
I remember touch
I need something more in my mind
[Verse 1: Paul Williams]
Touch, I remember touch
Pictures came with touch
A painter in my mind
Tell me what you see
A tourist in a dream
A visitor, it seems
A half-forgotten song
Where do I belong?
Tell me what you see
I need something more
[Verse 2: Paul Williams]
Kiss, suddenly alive
Happiness arrive
Hunger like a storm
How do I begin?
A room within a room
A door behind a door
Touch, where do you lead?
I need something more
Tell me what you see
I need something more
[Bridge: Daft Punk, Daft Punk & Choir]
Home, hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're–
[Instrumental Break]
[Reprise: Choir]
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're home
Hold on, if love is the answer, you're–
[Outro: Paul Williams]
Touch, sweet touch
You've given me too much to feel
Sweet touch
You've almost convinced me I'm real
I need something more
I need something more
About
Featuring vocals from renowned singer-songwriter Paul Williams, this song marks the midpoint of Random Access Memories and seems to possibly continue where “Within” left off.
Opening with a bizarre segment consisting of warped sines and synths, this track takes cues from the work of the late electronic composer Karlheinz Stockhausen before taking listeners on a genre-bending ride that spans electronic, ragtime, and orchestral music.
Paul’s vocals seep in and out of the song, longing for not only the physical, but emotional “touch” of other people after an extended period of time in isolation. The speaker may have had plenty of time to think and reflect while in their lonesome, but after looking inside themselves, they realize that they are missing something, and need “something more” to be fulfilled and feel truly human.
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