Hands
Nicotine Dolls Lyrics
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You don′t know how badly I do
This happens every night when I'm
Lying naked next to you
If you got the body I got the time and we won′t spend it fighting
If you got the body I got the time it's just sex online
If you got the body then I got another addiction in my life
Won′t you turn you on and say to me
Oh why don't you touch me
Why don′t you touch me
You're not here
Why don′t you touch me
With your hands
I'm waiting, waiting
I′m waiting, waiting
I'm waiting, waiting
What a drug what a drug what a drug what a sweet drug
Just to be wanted
Instead of empty and haunted
Like love love love and nothing like love
You're an overdose and I want it
Love synthesized and I bought it
If you got the body, I got the time and we won′t spend it fighting
If you got the body, I got the time and it′s just sex online
Maybe real but I feel that I don't know what′s a lie
I don't trust myself when I′m lonely
Why don't you touch me
Why don′t you touch me
Cause you're not there
Why don't you touch me
With your hands
I know I got to let you go, but I don′t
I know I got to walk away, but I won′t
I know I got to let you down but i don't
I don′t trust myself when I'm lonely
So i guess I′m lonely
When I'm feeling lonely
So i guess I′m lonely
When I'm feeling lonely
I'm lonely
Why don′t you touch me
Why don′t you touch me
Cause you're not there
And why don′t you touch me
With your hands
Why don't you touch me
Why don′t you touch me
Cause you're not there
And why don′t you touch me
With your hands
The lyrics of "Hands" by Nicotine Dolls explore themes of loneliness, addiction, and a longing for touch. The singer of the song is lying naked next to their partner but still feels isolated and disconnected from them. They seem to have developed an addiction to sex and intimacy that their partner cannot fulfill, leading them to seek out other avenues for their desires, such as sex online. This addiction is portrayed as a drug that they cannot resist, and the song suggests that they feel trapped by it.
The chorus, "Why don't you touch me, with your hands," is the cry of someone longing for genuine human connection. They know that their addiction to sex and intimacy is not fulfilling this need, and yet they feel powerless to escape it. The lyrics suggest that the singer is aware of their addiction and the way it is affecting their life, but they cannot bring themselves to break free from it.
The song ends on a note of resignation, with the singer acknowledging that they should let go of their addiction and their partner, but they cannot. They are trapped in their cycle of loneliness and addiction, unable to find a way out.
Overall, "Hands" is a haunting and powerful portrayal of the human need for connection and the ways in which addiction can distort and thwart that need.
Line by Line Meaning
I wanna close my eyes
I want to shut myself off from the world
You don′t know how badly I do
You have no idea the extent of my desire to close my eyes
This happens every night when I'm
Lying naked next to you
I can't escape my thoughts even when physically close to you
If you got the body I got the time and we won′t spend it fighting
If you are willing, we can have a sexual relationship without any arguing
If you got the body I got the time it's just sex online
If we engage in cybersex, it will be purely physical and not emotional
If you got the body then I got another addiction in my life
If you agree to be with me, you will become my new addiction
You're not here I′m all alone
When you're not around, I'm left with my own thoughts
Won′t you turn you on and say to me
Can you initiate physical intimacy and satisfy my longing?
Oh why don't you touch me
I yearn for your touch
What a drug what a drug what a drug what a sweet drug
You are like a drug that I am addicted to
Just to be wanted
I crave the feeling of being desired
Instead of empty and haunted
I want to fill the void in my life and escape the feeling of being haunted
Like love love love and nothing like love
The feeling I get from you is not love, despite my desire for it
You're an overdose and I want it
You are too much for me, but I still crave you
Love synthesized and I bought it
I thought I could buy love, but it's not the same as the real thing
Maybe real but I feel that I don't know what′s a lie
I'm not sure if our connection is genuine or just a facade
I don't trust myself when I′m lonely
I feel vulnerable and uncertain when I'm alone
I know I got to let you go, but I don′t
I am aware of the need to end our relationship, but I can't bring myself to do it
I know I got to walk away, but I won′t
I should leave you behind, but I can't bring myself to do it
I know I got to let you down but i don't
I should disappoint you, but I can't bring myself to do it
When I'm feeling lonely
My feelings of loneliness are overwhelming
So i guess I′m lonely
I accept that I am alone and can't escape my loneliness
Why don′t you touch me
Cause you're not there
And why don′t you touch me
With your hands
I long for your physical touch, but you're not here and I am left alone
Writer(s): Samuel Cieri
Contributed by Hailey S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Mimi
on 86000
Nicotine Dolls is from New York. Nicotine Dolls formed in 2017 after lead vocalist Sam Cieri and lead guitarist John Hays decided to form a band after meeting on tour. Bassist John Merritt and drummer Abel Tabares joined quickly after.
Mimi
on 86000
Can you go out tonight?
Or do you make up excuses
Between being stupid
Or seeing somebody
That gives a shit about you
Just stand in the back and be quiet
You can do that just be quiet
It’s not all about you, be quiet
That’s a battle to lose
Words fall like water
Till I drown you in more of the
Shit you’ll ignore
From the back back back of my mind
And I’m watching a car crash
And I’m drunk behind the wheel
And here comes another one
Another moment to steal
Here comes another one
86000 chances
to get it right
to get it wrong
to mess it up
(All we got is all we got)
Cigarettes-
I bum a thousand
Socially without them
I’m 16
got verbal vomit pain
Beer and wine is not the best mix
Makes you try to play a setlist
with songs about being in your brain
Invited 15 of our friends
Only half of them they went
We save the night with cocaine
on a rooftop in Brooklyn
Sitting next to Mackenzie
And got 86000
to get it right
to get it wrong
to mess it up
(All we got is all we got is...)
Give a break
to a heart
that tends to bleed easy
(All we got is all we got)
Make the night loud enough
so I don't feel my breathing
(All we got is just this moment)
Romantically I’m terrified
If there’s drugs involved
Then I'll paralyze
The fear that I
(All we got is all we got
all we got is just this moment)
I fuck up a friendship
I find love then lose it
I’m so.......
self abusive
I fuck up a friendship
If I love then lose you
Why...?
am I (abusive)??
Words fall like water
Till I drown you in more
Shit you'll ignore
From the back back back of my mind
And I'm watching a car crash
And I'm drunk behind the wheel
And here comes another one
Another moment to steal
Here comes another one
86,000 chances
to get it right
to get it wrong
to mess it up
(All we got is all we got is x3)
All we got is just this moment
(All we got it all we got is x3)
All we got is just this moment
When I fuck up the friendship
Find love then lose it
I’m so self abusive
With 86,000 chances
to get it right
to get it wrong
to mess it up
In 86,000