In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Yeah
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, baby
Can't you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won't you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
Now, I'm gonna love you
'Till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
'Till the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, baby
Can't you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won't you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
I'm gonna love you
'Till the heaven stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
'Till the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
I'm gonna love you
'Till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
'Till the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, baby
Can't you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won't you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
Now, I'm gonna love you
'Till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
'Till the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, baby
Can't you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won't you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
I'm gonna love you
'Till the heaven stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
'Till the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
I'm gonna love you
'Till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
'Till the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
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Touch Me Lyrics as written by John Paul Densmore Jim Morrison
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people miss the point of this song, because they dont see the use of irony
as I said in my earlier (longer) post, The Doors are satirizing commercialized love songs, with the use of absurd promises in Touch Me:
"What was that promise that you made.
I'm gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain. I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky"
this is satire and melodrama -- as the instruments (horns and strings) show
you can understand Touch Me, by looking at similar use of melodramatic proclamations of love in Break On Through:
"I found an island in your arms Country in your eyes Arms that chain us Eyes that lie"
the first two lines of that stanza ("I found an island in your arms / Country in your eyes") are typical overdone melodramatic proclamations of love
the second two lines reveal disdain for such overly-idealized views of love ("Arms that chain us / Eyes that lie")
Break on Through was from their first album; Touch Me was from a later album when they were already established. the Doors had not gone soft -- they hardly needed to go commercial at the time of Touch ME ... they were already established
in Touch Me, they satirized sentimental overly-idealized views of love, which was simply a more subtle attack than their head-on assault in Break on Through
@free333 but what did she say? Was it put there just to annoy us fifty years later?