The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
I'm the invisible man
Like a broke down engine
No skin on my bones at all
No skin on my bones at all
I got nothin'
You can't hit me
Yeah, you're looking at me
Like you know what you're talking about
Ain't nothing to see
Wave your hands in the dark woman
Yeah, you're looking at me
Like you know what you're talking about
Ain't nothing to see here, now nothin'
You can't hit me
I'm like a broke down engine
I'm the invisible man
No skin on my bones at all
You look like you know what you're talking about
Like you know what you're talking about
Like you know what you're talking about
There ain't nothing to see
There ain't nothing to see
You can't hit me
You can't hit me
I'm the invisible man
I'm like a newspaper
You can't read
There ain't nothing to see
Like you know what you're talking about
Like you
Like you know what you're talking about
Like you
Like
Like a broke down engine
No skin on my bones at all
No skin on my bones at all
I got nothin'
You can't hit me
Yeah, you're looking at me
Like you know what you're talking about
Ain't nothing to see
Wave your hands in the dark woman
Yeah, you're looking at me
Like you know what you're talking about
Ain't nothing to see here, now nothin'
You can't hit me
I'm like a broke down engine
I'm the invisible man
No skin on my bones at all
You look like you know what you're talking about
Like you know what you're talking about
Like you know what you're talking about
There ain't nothing to see
There ain't nothing to see
You can't hit me
You can't hit me
I'm the invisible man
I'm like a newspaper
You can't read
There ain't nothing to see
Like you know what you're talking about
Like you
Like you know what you're talking about
Like you
Like
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as the band said, the record is all about identity, masking your identity, social media and honesty.
I think what this song is saying is that when you're arguing with a person face 2 face you most likely know the other person, you can see him/her, you can see how s/he reacts, maybe how s/he feels, you can even physically attack him/her. But when arguing or just communicating through the Internet or texts or something like that, you can't tell if what you read is genuine. S/He is invisible in a sense, because you can't read his/her face. The other person may seem agitated or furious but is in fact calm. S/He is untouchable because there are no links between your lives and as much as you might think you know about this person, in the end it can all be fake. And if it's all fake, you can't hurt this person.