Just A Touch
The F.R.A.T Lyrics
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Don't you remember? Send us back
A day in the life, well, nobody laughed
Look to the days, how long can this last?
Kevin heard it on the radio, Hugh informed word of mouth
Carla read it in the news, caught it all, just a touch
I have to carry on now that you're gone
A day in the life, nobody laughed
Look to the days, how long can this last?
Kevin heard it on the radio, Hugh informed word of mouth
Oh, Carla read it in the news, caught it all, just a touch
There's someone in our dreams, in our pre-assembled dream
Lord, Dave, William
Well, what in the world? Women in black
Don't you remember? Send the towering past back
A day in the life, well, nobody laughed
Look to the days, how long can this last?
Kevin heard it on the radio, Hugh informed word of mouth
Carla read it in the news, caught it all, just a touch
Can't see where to worship Popeye, love Al Green
I can't see
I'm so young, I'm so goddamn young
The F.R.A.T.'s song "Just a Touch" seems to describe a feeling of overwhelming confusion and unease in the face of uncertainty about the past and the future. The lyrics evoke a sense of disjointedness between different people's experiences and memories, with confused references to a "day in the life" where nobody laughed, and encounters with mysterious figures like "women in black" and "someone in our dreams, in our pre-assembled dream." The repetition of the line "how long can this last?" carries a sense of apprehension and the feeling that time is slipping away.
The specific references to Kevin hearing something on the radio, Hugh hearing about it through word of mouth, and Carla reading it in the news, suggest that the song is commenting on the fragmented nature of contemporary media and communication. The use of different sources and channels to get the same information highlights the sense of confusion and uncertainty that can arise from not having a unified narrative or shared cultural touchstones.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh well, what in the world? Women in black
The singer is confused and surprised about the unusual sight of women wearing black clothes
Don't you remember? Send us back
The singer is asking someone to send them back to a specific moment in time that they seem to have forgotten
A day in the life, well, nobody laughed
The singer recalls a memory of a day when no one was happy or joking around
Look to the days, how long can this last?
The artist is questioning how much longer a difficult situation or period of time will continue
Kevin heard it on the radio, Hugh informed word of mouth
Different people heard about something through different means of communication
Carla read it in the news, caught it all, just a touch
Someone named Carla learned about something from a news source and knew all the details
You set the pace of what was to come
The actions of someone in the past influenced what happens in the future
I have to carry on now that you're gone
The artist is left to continue with something alone after someone else has left or died
There's someone in our dreams, in our pre-assembled dream
The artist is referring to a recurring figure or idea that appears in their dreams
Lord, Dave, William
Unclear, potentially a reference to specific people or just random names
Don't you remember? Send the towering past back
The singer is again asking someone to remind them of something they have forgotten and wants to return to the past
Can't see where to worship Popeye, love Al Green
The artist is confused about their own personal beliefs or interests
I'm so young, I'm so goddamn young
The singer expresses their own youth and possibly inexperience or naivety
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe
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