Touch It – English Lyrics

• By: Ariana Grande
• Album: Dangerous Woman

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the rhythmic and emotional nuances of modern pop English with 'Touch It.' This song is a fantastic tool for learning evocative vocabulary related to feelings and relationships, set against a hypnotic, spacey soundscape that makes learning feel like an immersive experience.

[English]

How do I make the phone ring?

Why do I even care?

How are you all around me

When you're not really there? (Mmm)

When you're not really there? (Hey, yeah, mm)

How do I feel you on me

When you're not on my skin?

Why do you say you want me

Then tell me you're not coming in?

Baby, just come on in (uh, yeah)

'Cause every time I'm with you, I go into a zone

And I remember all the places you wanna go

Take me all the way (ooh-ooh)

Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

'Cause every time I see you, I don't wanna behave

I'm tired of being patient, so let's pick up the pace

Take me all the way (ooh-ooh)

Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

How do you know I'm breathing

When I'm holding my breath?

Why don't we face the danger

Just for the night and forget? (Ay)

Baby, let's just forget (no-oh)

Remind me why we're taking a break

It's obviously insane

'Cause we both know what we want

So why don't we fall in love?

Baby, let's fall in love, oh-oh

'Cause every time I'm with you, I go into a zone

And I remember all the places you wanna go

Take me all the way (ooh-ooh)

Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

'Cause every time I see you, I don't wanna behave

I'm tired of being patient, so let's pick up the pace

Take me all the way (ooh-ooh)

Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

Oh, ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

Baby, ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

Baby, ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

Ain't nobody gonna touch it (oh, no, ay)

Remind me why we're taking a break

It's obviously insane

'Cause we both know what we want

So why don't we fall in love?

Baby, let's be in love

'Cause every time I'm with you, I go into a zone

And I remember all the places you wanna go

Take me all the way (ooh-ooh)

Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

'Cause every time I see you, I don't wanna behave

I'm tired of being patient, so let's pick up the pace

Take me all the way (ooh-ooh)

Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it

Baby, ain't nobody gonna

Baby, ain't nobody gonna

Baby, ain't nobody gonna

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - To come into or be in contact with
behave /bɪˈheɪv/ B1	verb - To act or conduct oneself in a specified way
patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/ A2	adjective - Able to accept or tolerate delays or problems
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B2	adjective - In a state of mind which prevents normal perception or social interaction
danger /ˈdeɪndʒər/ A2	noun - The possibility of suffering harm or injury
pace /peɪs/ B1	noun - A single step taken when walking or running
breathe /briːð/ B1	verb - To take air into the lungs
zone /zoʊn/ B1	noun - An area distinguished from adjacent parts
obviously /ˈɒbviəsli/ B2	adverb - In a way that is easily perceived or understood
remember /rɪˈmembər/ A1	verb - To have in or be able to bring to one's mind

Key Grammar Structures

• How are you all around me when you're not really there?

  ➔ Adverb of place/Prepositional phrase

  ➔ "All around me" functions as an adverbial phrase describing proximity and presence in a metaphorical sense.

• How do I feel you on me when you're not on my skin?

  ➔ Present Simple for states / Zero conditional implication

  ➔ "Do I feel" uses the auxiliary 'do' to form a question about a persistent mental or physical state.

• Ain't nobody gonna touch it

  ➔ Double negative / Future 'going to' in colloquial speech

  ➔ "Ain't nobody" is a colloquial double negative emphasis, and "gonna" is the reduced form of "going to".

• I'm tired of being patient

  ➔ Adjective + Preposition + Gerund

  ➔ The structure "tired of" is followed by the gerund "being" to express a state of weariness regarding an action.

• Why don't we face the danger?

  ➔ Wh- question with negative auxiliary for suggestion

  ➔ "Why don't we" is a common idiomatic structure used to propose an action to someone.

• Remind me why we're taking a break

  ➔ Imperative + Embedded question

  ➔ "Why we're taking a break" acts as a noun clause (embedded question) following the imperative "remind me".

• 'Cause we both know what we want

  ➔ Conjunction (causal) / Quantifier 'both'

  ➔ 'Cause (Because) introduces a reason, and "both" emphasizes the inclusion of two subjects.

• It's obviously insane

  ➔ Adverb modifying an adjective

  ➔ The adverb "obviously" intensifies the adjective "insane", indicating the speaker's strong opinion.