Touch - Cigarettes After Sex

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Recorded July 2016 in Bochum, Germany

Written by Greg Gonzalez

Vocals, Guitar - Greg Gonzalez
Bass - Randall Miller
Drums - Jacob Tomsky
Keyboard - Phillip Tubbs

Produced & recorded by Greg Gonzalez
Mixed by Craig Silvey
Additional Engineering by Max Prior
Mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound

Cover photo: “Mare 345 - Seascape” by Alessandro Puccinelli
Graphic Design by Randall Miller

Released on Partisan Records on October 25th, 2019

Lyrics:

I missed you & I cried, but I said that I was alright
& I know it’s been awhile since I needed a distraction

Because I want to do everything that you want me to
To tell you the truth

I need to stay alive, so sad that I could die

It’s leading me on, every time we touch
Leading me on, every time it hurts
Feeling so lonely because it’s not enough
Missing you only ever since we fell in love

& I watched you do a line that you spread out on the table
I don’t need to see you wired, I just want to see you upside down

I want to do everything that you want me to
To tell you the truth

I listened to you cry all night through the telephone…

Couldn’t say you didn’t want me then when we were lying in my bed that night
You were acting like a different person as if suddenly you wanted to just be friends
I was hurt & so I took a shower so you couldn’t hear me, knowing I had to cry
Sad to know that while my heart was breaking you were sleeping or just faking…

[berratekin]

I just want to find someone who loves this kind of music as much a i do

[edgarzmitrovich]

i swear to god, they dont know how make a bad song

[saramekki]

"sad to know that while my heart was breaking you were sleeping or just faking"

[GrowlingAraknid]

It hurts when someone who once said 'im in love with you' leaves even after they swore they wouldn't. Life goes on but the bittersweet memory remains like a lingering after taste that doesn't seem to go away completely.

[Jsmyn]

Can't wait for it be night so I could go on a late night drive and listen to this

[beau_ryan_]

It’s raining and I’m sitting with the lights off watching the storm with nothing but this song and the thunder. Bliss.

[elisecarpenter]

Lyrics -

Oh, I missed you and I cried
But I said that I was alright
And I know it's been a while
Since I needed a distraction

’Cause I wanna do everything
That you want me to, to tell you the truth
I need to stay alive
So sad that I could die

It's leading me on, every time we touch
Leading me on, every time it hurts
Feeling so lonely, 'cause it’s not enough
Missin' you only, ever since we fell in love

And I watched you do a line
That you spread out on the table
I don't need to say a word
I just wanna see you upside down

I wanna do everything
That you want me to, to tell you the truth
I listen to you cry all night
Through the telephone

It's leading me on, every time we touch
Leading me on, every time it hurts
Feeling so lonely, 'cause it's not enough
Missin' you only, ever since we fell in love

Couldn't say you didn’t want me there
When we were lyin’ in my bed that night
You were acting like a different person
As if, suddenly, you wanted to just be friends
I was hurting so I took a shower
So you couldn't hear me, knowing I had to cry
Sad to know that while my heart was breaking
You were sleeping normal, just vacant

It’s leading me on, every time we touch
Leading me on, every time it hurts
Feeling so lonely, 'cause it's not enough
Missin' you only, ever since we fell in love

[chichaeluv]

It hits even more understanding the lyrics. It’s very painful, the fact that the meaning of this song can actually relate to reality. That’s the hurtful truth, it relates to some’s situation. The pain through this song, it feels like reality. ‘Touch’ and ‘Cry’ literally always hits the hardest for me.

[fadi.aldaas]

This music takes me between galaxies, classy, elegant, calm and true art

[azarobi]

Alright, I just can't get enough of this one. This is probably their best one.

[kyleflounder]

After actually reading the lyrics to this song, it started hitting me harder than anything else on this album. If these lyrics are based on a real experience, all I can say is wow. The pain and heartbreak conveyed through this song is intense. Really brings out the loneliness I feel sometimes; sure, that's not what this song is about necessarily, but for some reason it hits me in that way.

[ouraniakarabela]

This makes wanna sit in my balcony at midnight and have one ciggarate while I'm crying in my thoughts

I don't even smoke.

[americadayz]

When this song came out I was engaged and I told my fiancé I loved this song...couple months later this song fit our relationship and well now I'm single. Life really does change all of a sudden. Now I can't hear it without remembering him. One month into the breakup and I still feel my heart breaking...

[coolfiretire]

There's this girl I like and we listen to cas every time it rains. But something happened and we dont really talk that much anymore. Now i cant listen to cas songs because I remember her when i do. If you're reading this, I know I can't change the way you feel and im okay with that. I just really miss you and the times when we would say dumb stuff and talk about nothing. I hope life treats you well and that everything works out for you.
:(

edit: i lied sorry guys they called me the liar back in high school my bad

[OrlandoFerreras]

For me it's impossible to choose my favorite song of CAS, they all are outstanding and this one is simply so powerful, so real, so beautiful and so human. Thank you for existing, CAS 🖤

[waveSixty]

Reading all the comments I realized that I´m not the only one who is connected to a special somebody through this music.
Really amazing to see how many emotionally intelligent people are gathered here by these beautiful songs.
Wish all of you all the best! :)

[demeterr]

I don't know if you will ever see this, but you have changed my life. When I'm emotionally destroyed you give me love even if you can't understand how or why. Thank you cigarettes after sex.

[Puppy_Brat]

Lyrics:


I missed you & I cried, but I said that I was alright
& I know it’s been awhile since I needed a distraction


Because I want to do everything that you want me to
To tell you the truth


I need to stay alive, so sad that I could die


It’s leading me on, every time we touch
Leading me on, every time it hurts
Feeling so lonely because it’s not enough
Missing you only ever since we fell in love


& I watched you do a line that you spread out on the table
I don’t need to see you wired, I just want to see you upside down


I want to do everything that you want me to
To tell you the truth


I listened to you cry all night through the telephone…


Couldn’t say you didn’t want me then when we were lying in my bed that night
You were acting like a different person as if suddenly you wanted to just be friends
I was hurt & so I took a shower so you couldn’t hear me, knowing I had to cry
Sad to know that while my heart was breaking you were sleeping or just faking…

[yaknow]

This album is one whole heartbreak and I'm going through it in every line.

[bastianagi]

2:55
Couldn't say you didn’t want me there
When we were lyin’ in my bed that night
You were acting like a different person
As if, suddenly, you wanted to just be friends
I was hurting so I took a shower
So you couldn't hear me, knowing I had to cry
Sad to know that while my heart was breaking
You were sleeping or just faking...