Jenny Hval：Meaning of Secret Touch Songmeaning

The song "Secret Touch" by Jenny Hval tells a story of forbidden love and infidelity. The narrator describes waiting for someone, secretly and without anyone's knowledge, and feeling like the only person able to comfort her now is someone who is dead. When the person she was waiting for arrives, they have a violent and passionate encounter, but it is short-lived and ultimately regretted. The narrator speaks of the desire to be bad and exchange the good things in life just to feel alive. The song explores the complex emotions and contradictions that come with human desire and the ways in which we navigate them.