TC Matic was a Belgian rock band, originating in 1980 from the duo Tjens Co… Read Full Bio ↴TC Matic was a Belgian rock band, originating in 1980 from the duo Tjens Couter (Arno Hintjens, vocals and Paul Decoutere, guitar). Decoutere was replaced shortly after the establishment of TC Matic by Jean-Marie Aerts, who cooperated with Hintjens in the majority of the band's compositions.

TC Matic mixed diverse styles: new wave, blues, funk, hard rock, avant-garde and even French chanson, resulting in nervous metropolitan rock with American influences but a distinct European character. TC Matic's sound of the early 1980s can be called unique, and had quite an influence on musical contemporaries, notably in the Benelux.

The band released four albums ("TC Matic", "L'Apache", "Choco", "Ye Ye") that received excellent reviews. In 1981, the band scored a Belgian hit with "Oh La La La". "Putain Putain" (from the album "Choco") became an alternative European hymn among fans.

The band was celebrated especially for its live performances, focussing on the intense singing by Hintjens. It performed all over Europe, but a real international break through didn't happen. After a disappointing tour with the Simple Minds in 1986, the band ceased to exist.

Arno Hintjes started a solo career as Arno, receiving quite some approval in Europe. He continued to cooperate with Jean-Marie Aerts, who is now working as a producer (for Jo Lemaire and the Urban Dance Squad, among others), and with two other ex-TC Matic-members, drummer Rudy Cloet and keyboard player Serge Feys. In 1984, the Dutch bass player Michael Peet replaced Ferre Baelen.

Touch Me
T.C. Matic Lyrics

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Don't improve me
With your cool manners
I don't want your money
I want your body
Don't cry, don't wish
Don't talk, please no tears
I feel no pity
No sorrow at all

Don't be afraid
Let's forget
Après le jour
C'est la nuit
Après la nuit
C'est le jour

refrain:
Touch me, touch me
Please touch me
(2x)

Taste my spittle
Smell my body
Feed me
Undress me

refrain (2x)

I'm not the one
To worry about
Everybody's got something
To hide
Let's create something to replace
but but but isn't there

refrain (2x)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to T.C. Matic's "Touch Me" convey a sense of raw desire and a longing for physical connection. The singer seems to be rejecting any attempts at superficial connections or conversation, urging their partner to simply touch them, embrace their senses, and lose themselves in the moment. The emphasis on bodily sensations is particularly explicit in lines such as "taste my spittle" and "smell my body," adding to the overall sense of wanting to be consumed by the other person.

The refrain reflects this overwhelming need for touch, and is repeated multiple times throughout the song - "touch me, touch me, please touch me" - like a mantra. The closing lines of the song translate to "after the day comes the night, after the night comes the day," suggesting that while pleasure and desire might come and go, the fundamental cycle of life and death continues on.

Line by Line Meaning

Don't improve me
I don't need your advice or your attempts to make me better

With your cool manners
Don't act like you're better than me or put on a facade of sophistication

I don't want your money
I'm not interested in your wealth or material possessions

I want your body
I desire you physically, not just to gain anything else from you

Don't cry, don't wish
Don't have any emotional outbursts that could hinder our connection

Don't talk, please no tears
Let's remain silent and avoid breaking the moment with words or tears

I feel no pity
I'm not sympathetic or compassionate towards anyone right now

No sorrow at all
I don't feel any sadness or misery right now

Don't be afraid
There's nothing to fear, just let yourself go

Let's forget
Let's put our pasts behind us and focus on the moment

Après le jour
After daybreak