Untouched

Album

Age of Consent, The

Label

Sire Records

Genre

Power Pop

Composer(s)

Toby Gad;Jessica Origliasso;Lisa Origliasso

Entered Chart

Dec 13, 2008

Peak Date

Feb 7, 2009

Released

8 December 2007

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Island Digital

B-Side

"Hollywood"

The Veronicas are an Australian recording duo made up of identical twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso. In our interview with Jess, she told us the song was inspired by the long-distance relationships that she and her sister were in at the time of writing: "Lisa and I were both in long distance relationships at the time. Writing the song, we were talking about how when you meet someone and you want to be so close to them, you feel such a strong attraction energy to that person, it pretty much drives you insane. But because you're at that distance, you feel so much passion, but you don't have that physical closeness. So that will leave you feeling untouched." Toby Gad ("If I Were a Boy," "Big Girls Don't Cry") co-wrote this song with the Veronica sisters. Jess Origliasso explained to us how the idea for the track came about: "We were sitting on our couch in L.A. with our friend Toby, and the way that we went about writing a lot of that record was, we sat down for the first day and talked and gossiped about what was going on in our lives - relationship stuff, friendship stuff, music stuff - kind of a bit of a sleepover party. We pulled ideas from that that day." The Veronicas originally hail from Brisbane, Australia, but Jess Origliasso told us in 2001 that she and her sister moved to Los Angeles: "We call it our temporary home. We're children of the universe, our real home is definitely Australia. We both have homes back in Australia. But as far as where we've spent the majority of our growing-up time for the last 7 years, it's been Los Angeles." When we asked if any particular song reminded the siblings of Los Angeles, Jess mentioned "Untouched," saying, "It's funny, I can pinpoint a lot of songs like that. There's a bunch of songs we've written in Sweden. To us it's really quite obvious, because we're so affected by our environment just as humans that we're like, 'That's a Swedish song, that's an American song, that's an Australian song.' It's quite funny, because we start categorizing as to where we write them. Because of that fact, you do get very influenced by it." Jessica Origliasso told MTV regarding the song's video that, "Style-wise, we kind of decided to go with a bit more high-end fashion, and we do love our black and white. The whole mood of it is definitely a little darker." The Veronicas explained to MusicRemedy.com the album title: "It's a saying that is used a lot. We wrote it with the meaning of hook me up and take me away from here, from reality and the stress of life... an escape. Just for a minute." Lisa Origliasso told The Sun June 5, 2009 that their name, The Veronicas,"comes from the movie Heathers after the character played by Winona Ryder. She is a rebellious, independent chick and also a bit of a brat. I guess the name is like an alter-ego."

I go ooh ooh, you go ah ah
La la la la, la la la la
I can la la la la la la
I wanna, wanna, wanna get, get, get what I want, don't stop
Gimme, gimme, gimme whatcha got, got
'Cause I can't wait, wait, wait any m-more, more, more

Don't even talk about the consequence
'Cause right now you're the only thing that's making any sense to me
And I don't give a damn what they say, or what they think, think
'Cause you're the only one who's on my mind

I'll never, ever let you leave me
I'll try to stop time forever
Never wanna hear you say goodbye

I feel so untouched and I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now, need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Goin' crazy from the moment I met you

Untouched, un-
And I need you so much
See you, breathe you
I want to be you
Ah la la la, ah la la la
You can take, take, t-take, take, time, time
To live, live the way you gotta, gotta live your life
Give me, give me, give me all of you, you
Don't be scared, of seeing through the loneliness
I want it more, more, more
Don't even think about what's right or wrong, or wrong or right
'Cause in the end it's only you and me
And no one else is going to be around
To answer all the questions left behind
And you and I are meant to be
So even if the world falls down today
You've still got me to hold you up, up
And I will never let you down, down

I feel so untouched and I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now, need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Goin' crazy from the moment I met you

Untouched, un-
Untouched
Untouched, un-
Untouched
Untouched, un-
Ah la la la
Ah la la la
Untouched, un-
Ah la la la
Ah la la la

I feel so untouched and I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now, need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Goin' crazy from the moment I met you

I feel so untouched and I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now, need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been goin' crazy from the moment I met you

Untouched, un-
Untouched
Untouched, un-