Billy Fox - director and composer. He has performed as a drummer and percus… Read Full Bio ↴Billy Fox - director and composer. He has performed as a drummer and percussionist on numerous jazz, Latin, and pop recordings. His debut as a leader/composer, featuring Mark Dresser, is available on Portugal's Clean Feed Records. He was commissioned by Daisuke Kurata to compose two concert series in Japan. He has received grants from the Puffin Foundation and the American Composers Forum (as a McKnight Visiting Composer), and he was selected first alternate to the 2006 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission's Creative Artists Fellowship. Billy's compositions are featured in the soundtrack of the short film Rhyme Animal, directed by Phil Roc

Touch
Billy Fox Lyrics

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I can see you there
Just out of reach
I can feel your touch, on my skin
You turn around
Touch, touch, touch, touch...
I'm gonna catch you, baby

Make the sounds

Touch, touch, touch, touch...
Seems like yesterday
Touch, touch, touch, touch...
On me
I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...
On me
I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...

After all this time we're still here together
After all this time we're still here again
I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...
On me

I can see you there
Touch touch touch touch
Just out of reach
I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...
On my skin

You turn around
Touch touch touch touch...
I'm gonna get you baby
Make the sounds
Touch touch touch touch...
Same as yesterday
Touch touch touch touch...

I can see you here
I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...
I'm gonna get you baby
I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...
On me

I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...
On me

After all this time we're still here together
After all this time we're still here again

I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...

On me
I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Billy Fox's song Touch describe a desire for physical connection with someone who seems to be just out of reach. The lyrics repeatedly mention the feeling of touch on the skin, suggesting that the singer is longing for intimacy. The lines "after all this time we're still here together" and "after all this time we're still here again" indicate that the singer has been in this situation before, perhaps with the same person. The repetition of the phrase "touch, touch, touch, touch" builds a sense of urgency and desire, giving the song a sensual and passionate quality.

The use of repetition in the lyrics is intentional and purposeful. It creates a sense of familiarity and reinforces the idea of longing for intimacy. The imagery of being "just out of reach" suggests that the singer is experiencing some kind of obstacle to achieving their desire, perhaps in the form of distance or emotional barriers. The final lines of the song, "I can feel your touch, touch, touch, touch... on me" suggest that the singer's desire has finally been fulfilled.

Line by Line Meaning

I can see you there
The author, Billy Fox, can see the person he is addressing but they are just out of his reach.

Just out of reach
The person that the author can see is close by, but not within physical range of him.

I can feel your touch, on my skin
The author can feel the sensation of being touched by the person he is addressing on his skin.

You turn around
The person the author is addressing turns around and begins to move further away from him.

Touch, touch, touch, touch...
The author desires the touch of the person he is addressing and repeats the word touch to convey this.

I'm gonna catch you, baby
The author is going to pursue and catch the person he is addressing.

Make the sounds
The author wants the person he is addressing to make sounds associated with touching him.

Seems like yesterday
The feeling of being touched by the person the author addresses feels fresh and recent, as if it had happened just a day before.

On me
The feeling of being touched by the person being addressed is focused on the author's body.

After all this time we're still here together
Despite the passage of time, the author and the person he addresses are still present and interacting.

After all this time we're still here again
Despite history repeating itself, the author and the person he is addressing have found themselves in the same situation again.

I can see you here
The author can see the person he is addressing in their current physical location.

I'm gonna get you baby
The author is going to pursue and catch the person he is addressing.

On me
The sensation of being touched by the person being addressed is still focused on the author's body.

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