Lyrics to
Touch

This version of Touch was released by The Hollies in 1972.

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Quiet shadows plays in the evening
In the cold sea the sun went down
Bright stars on the blue water
In the hours of the night

All the sweetness touched by hands
Everything’s close but so far away
Everything’s given to people as a law

The wind rests
The creek is like a mirror
And the sailor takes down the sails
Over the meadow
The mist is dancing
You can’t believe it
But this is all yours

All the sweetness touched by hands
Everything’s close but so far away
Everything’s given to people as a law

Quiet shadows plays in the evening
In the cold sea the sun went down
Bright stars on the blue water
In the hours of the night

All the sweetness touched by hands
Everything’s close but so far away
Everything’s given to people as a law

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About Lyrics and Touch by The Hollies

The lyrics to Touch are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Hollies used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Touch have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Hollies and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Touch by The Hollies. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Touch" means the words set to the music of Touch, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Touch and the lyrics to Touch are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Touch, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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