Cole Cuchna

His past experiences are described as a half-forgotten song.

They're almost there, but not quite.

He can see, but not touch.

It's an identical experience we heard our robot narrator express back on the song within.

And like Within and its hook, Please Tell Me Who I Am, the narrator here looks externally for his identity, singing, Where do I belong?

Tell me what you see.

I need something more.

And if there were any further doubt that these two songs were connected, Touch continues by quoting Within directly.

Recall the lines, There's a world within me that I cannot explain, Many rooms to explore but the doors look the same, and now compare them with what we hear in Touch's second verse.

As the music awakens, so too does our narrator, beginning this more vibrant verse singing, Kiss, suddenly alive, happiness arrive, hunger like a storm.

Whether remembered, dreamed, or actually experienced, the sensation of a kiss is transformative.

A sleeping beauty-like experience so powerful it jolts the narrator into a new state of being.

Suddenly, emotions come rushing in all at once, and with them comes hunger, a craving for more connection, more humanity, as our narrator immediately asks, how do I begin?

This question leads directly back to the album's earlier identity crisis on Within, as he next continues, a room within a room, a door behind a door.

Touch, where do you lead?

I need something more.

The imagery returns us to the maze-like inner world of the robot character.

Touch has awakened it to the possibility of human experience, but it hasn't given him clarity or direction.

If anything, it's made the maze deeper.

The robot now understands enough about humanity to crave it, but still lacks a clear path toward fully reaching it.