Wow this song is really amazing, I made an account here just to show my thoughts on this, though I'll probably use it in the future.
I think this song is about a long-forgotten machine that has a dead person's consciousness on it(technological singularity). A human approaches the machine...
"A tourist in a dream
A visitor it seems
A half-forgotten song"
"Where do I belong?"
"How do I begin?"
...and asks it about its human life. In my own mind I imagined a human born in, say, 2100 asking a machine consciousness of someone who lived long before, say someone born in 2013, about life back then. Perhaps the humans from 2100 are devoid of the magic of touch, touching another person isn't a common occurrence. They communicate through screens.(Right now I'm thinking of the humans from Wall-E ;) )
Anyway the human keeps asking questions about "back then", like a young person today might ask their grandmother about the 30's.(Like me) The machine also wants to learn about life currently, and asks his own question, like playing a game with the human. The machine wants its own answers to questions for the human, and in exchange the machine will share some of its wisdom with the human.
"Tell me what you see
I need something more"
The machine, trying to answer the human's questions as best as it can, is suddenly lost in his own long forgotten memories of when it was human. Listen to the music at 3:23 - 4:15. This is just incredible right here, I can PERFECTLY imagine full-on movie scene playing with this music, as a young suitor dances with women at a dance, wooing them with his charm. Then, brought back to reality(at 4:15, the music gets slow and kind-of depressing) with the human's question, "What is the answer[to life]?"(because the machine is so old and wise) The machine thinks for a bit, and then answers:
"If love is the answer you're home"
The human is done with its questions but the machine keeps talking, because its, more than anything, lonely. So very, very lonely in its prison cell of transistors and chips.
"Hold on" [and a bunch more hold on's in the background]
At the end of the song, the machine is in emotional shambles.
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"
Its can't process all the emotion that the machine is feeling, and the machine breaks down into tears, silently, while the humans leaves.
As I said, this song is just brilliant. It's ironic because the song is called Touch, it's listened to with your hearing, but makes you see such a perfectly clear picture in your mind. I think this song can be extended from the story it tells, of the human and the android/machine/thing, to real people in real life who struggle with depression and loneliness. They feel devoid of touch, both literal touching of another person and how they're alone in the world; their soul touches and is touched by no one.
@Outthere
Dude. I've listened to this song like a hundred times and I finally wanted to see what other people thought and you my friend have nailed it! I'd love to have a beer with you.
@Outthere
Dude. I've listened to this song like a hundred times and I finally wanted to see what other people thought and you my friend have nailed it! I'd love to have a beer with you.
Wow this song is really amazing, I made an account here just to show my thoughts on this, though I'll probably use it in the future.
I think this song is about a long-forgotten machine that has a dead person's consciousness on it(technological singularity). A human approaches the machine...
"A tourist in a dream A visitor it seems A half-forgotten song"
"Where do I belong?"
"How do I begin?"
...and asks it about its human life. In my own mind I imagined a human born in, say, 2100 asking a machine consciousness of someone who lived long before, say someone born in 2013, about life back then. Perhaps the humans from 2100 are devoid of the magic of touch, touching another person isn't a common occurrence. They communicate through screens.(Right now I'm thinking of the humans from Wall-E ;) )
Anyway the human keeps asking questions about "back then", like a young person today might ask their grandmother about the 30's.(Like me) The machine also wants to learn about life currently, and asks his own question, like playing a game with the human. The machine wants its own answers to questions for the human, and in exchange the machine will share some of its wisdom with the human.
"Tell me what you see I need something more"
The machine, trying to answer the human's questions as best as it can, is suddenly lost in his own long forgotten memories of when it was human. Listen to the music at 3:23 - 4:15. This is just incredible right here, I can PERFECTLY imagine full-on movie scene playing with this music, as a young suitor dances with women at a dance, wooing them with his charm. Then, brought back to reality(at 4:15, the music gets slow and kind-of depressing) with the human's question, "What is the answer[to life]?"(because the machine is so old and wise) The machine thinks for a bit, and then answers:
"If love is the answer you're home"
The human is done with its questions but the machine keeps talking, because its, more than anything, lonely. So very, very lonely in its prison cell of transistors and chips.
"Hold on" [and a bunch more hold on's in the background]
At the end of the song, the machine is in emotional shambles.
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"
Its can't process all the emotion that the machine is feeling, and the machine breaks down into tears, silently, while the humans leaves.
As I said, this song is just brilliant. It's ironic because the song is called Touch, it's listened to with your hearing, but makes you see such a perfectly clear picture in your mind. I think this song can be extended from the story it tells, of the human and the android/machine/thing, to real people in real life who struggle with depression and loneliness. They feel devoid of touch, both literal touching of another person and how they're alone in the world; their soul touches and is touched by no one.
The most beautiful interpretation I have ever heard. You made me cry a little. Wow. Thank you.
The most beautiful interpretation I have ever heard. You made me cry a little. Wow. Thank you.
@Outthere Dude. I've listened to this song like a hundred times and I finally wanted to see what other people thought and you my friend have nailed it! I'd love to have a beer with you.
@Outthere Dude. I've listened to this song like a hundred times and I finally wanted to see what other people thought and you my friend have nailed it! I'd love to have a beer with you.