Lyric discussion by raffishtenant2 

Cover art for Darkness lyrics by Peter Gabriel

Now THAT'S how you open an album. Whatever might have been ambiguous in the lyrics is cast into focus by the arrangement, which turns on a dime between industrial dissonance and exquisite tenderness. The rest of the album continues to play with this tension, both musically and lyrically, and then "Signal To Noise" brings it all full circle.

The man is a genius. There can no longer be the slightest question.