oliver

date submitted: april 11, 2001

Touched is the first song I really heard by VAST. I loved it because it fit a situation beautifully. An ex-girlfriend (now just a friend) introduced me to VAST and this song interested me. I listened to it and it applied almost perfectly to the way I felt about her the exact moment she played it for me... I will never find someone like her again. I think that sounds a little sappy, but it holds a great deal of truth.

She was different from anything I ever been around or felt. And I treated her so well, but I felt like I was slightly unappreciated. I never let that on. In fact, I never realized it until after our relationship was ended (by her). She has an alluring air about her that I succumb to without ever even realizing. She's quite a unique person.

At any rate, I never have told her about the song's relation to her, but it does show up often when we are together. Not just on the stereo either. I mean casual references to it in conversation, or a line from it that fits a moment. They're unintentional on both of our parts, but I wonder if she notices it like I do. With this in mind I bought her a record flat signed by Jon Crosby for her birthday. I made a matte for the frame I put it in and wrote the lyrics to 'Touched' on it in a spiral. She said it looked nice and I got a great hug for it, but I still don't think she got it. I don't know if I wanted her to. When a song can identify with a situation this much, it makes me jealous that I didn't write it myself...