Keep It Dark Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Euthymia 

Cover art for Keep It Dark lyrics by Genesis

Yes, I acknowledge that it's a pretty straightforward account of an alien abduction and the abductee's need to cover it up lest people think he's nuts.

However, it can be taken in a more general sense of someone who has had a spiritual vision, possibly enhanced by psychedelics. This song came out not long after my first psychedelic experience and meant a lot to me. I felt that I had seen that "world full of people, their hearts full of joy," but there was no way I could communicate it to people who hadn't already had a similar experience (few and far between).

I felt that I had been shown another world, but any attempt to describe it to people just resulted in funny looks and "drugs will do that to you."

My Interpretation