Soft Touch / Raw Nerve

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Soft Touch / Raw Nerve
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Song Soft Touch / Raw Nerve
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by Ben Hillier
Recorded at Sound Design (Santa Barbara)
Jungle City (New York)
Length (mm:ss) 3:26
Tempo 125 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key B Major
Programmed by Christoffer Berg
Engineered by Ferg Peterkin
Engineering assistance Tomas del Toro-Diaz
Will Loomis
Dan Tobiason
Mixed by Flood
Mix engineering Rob Kirwan
Mixing assistance Drew Smith
Vocal recording Kurt Uenala
Mastered by Bunt Stafford-Clark
Design Anton Corbijn
Photography Anton Corbijn
Backprojection images Anja Grabert
Recorded March–October 2012
Originally released 22 March 2013
Live performances as Depeche Mode 7 times *
Total live performances 7 times *

"Soft Touch / Raw Nerve" is a song from the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode.

Lyrics


Soft Touch / Raw Nerve

Have I got a soft touch

Have I got a soft touch

Is my radar that off

Is my radar that off


I'm thinking if you're sinking

Then I'll drown

I've got a confession

Your depression will take me down


Am I on the right track

Am I on the right track

Have I picked a bad time

Have I picked a bad time


It's seeming that you're dreaming through my eyes

Why protest when your success is my prize

Oh brother, give me a helping hand

Oh brother, tell me you understand


Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I got a soft touch

Have I got a soft touch


I'm thinking if you're sinking

Then I'll drown

I've got a suspicion that your position is unsound

Oh brother, give me a helping hand


Oh brother, tell me you understand

Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I got a soft touch


Have I got a soft touch


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©2013 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. o/b/o itself and / Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. (BMI). All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Soft Touch / Raw Nerve"
Main article: List of dates where "Soft Touch / Raw Nerve" was played