In The Air Tonight Lyrics

Lyric discussion by joossens 

Cover art for In The Air Tonight lyrics by Phil Collins

Phil's own words regarding the meaning of these lyrics:

"I had the chords I liked and the drums sounding good and I just made up some lyrics that fit the music. I just made it up as I went along. I don't know what it means."

So there you have it. All the stories people have made up revolving around these lyrics is a bunch of BS.

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He also admits that he feels there's "something going on", but he doesn't know what is going on.

This is just amazing. One of the greatest, most timeless and most haunting songs of all time was "99.9% improvised" (according to Phil himself.)

That is astounding. I love this song.