#Something in the air tonight lyrics Pc

'No Son Of Mine' (with lyrics by Collins) was the song that made me a fan when it was released in 1991. Maybe 'Find A Way To My Heart', which is really beautiful - musically and lyrically. At the time I could totally relate to (most of) the lyrics to 'Sussudio', for instance: 'Ah if she called me I'd be there, I'd come running anywhere.' Now one month after my last (unanswered) SMS I'm sure there's another Collins song for me. *There's another lovely song about a man's relationship with his dad, it's Peter Gabriel's Father Son.Īt the moment I'm recovering from an experience of one-sided love I had this winter and spring. So, are there any other fans for whom a specific lyric hits home? Phil's strength has always been to say it how it is when it comes to his lyrics. As a grown man I can relate much more easily to Phil's timeless lyrics, whether they concern ex-girlfriends (many of the songs on Both Sides) or - in particular - thoughts of my dad (All Of My Life*) and my own son (Father To Son). And I do have skeletons in the closet and bridges that, apparently, refuse to burn.

Well, many years later I still haven't been divorced but I am married and I do have kids. In fact, as a typical Genesis fan, I probably didn't even have a girlfriend! At the age of eighteen I had not been divorced.

'What, so you can relate to lyrics about people getting divorced?' he said. I replied that I liked the directness of the lyrics and that they were so relatable.

#Something in the air tonight lyrics Pc

It's so frustrating, 'cos this is one song out of all the songs probably that I've ever written that I really don't know what it's about, you know.Back in the eighties (Phil Collins's so-called imperial period) I was a firm fan of PC's music and I remember being asked by someone who most definitely didn't like PC (I think he was into bands like Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Half Man Half Biscuit) why I liked his tunes so much. And then every time I go back to America the story gets Chinese whispers, it gets more and more elaborate. So what makes it even more comical is when I hear these stories which started many years ago, particularly in America, of someone come up to me and say, 'Did you really see someone drowning?' I said, 'No, wrong'. It's the angry side, or the bitter side of a separation. And the only thing I can say about it is that it's obviously in anger. When I was writing this I was going through a divorce. Years later, Collins commented on the legends about the song in a bbc World Service interview. Other versions of the story involve Collins discovering his wife having s** with (or being raped by) another man, often a close friend the man subsequently drowns while Collins himself watches.

Afterward, the man is arrested or, in some versions, is wracked with guilt and has a heart attack or commits suicide. A common ending is that Collins invites this man to a show and sings the song to him, often with a spotlight pointed at him. According to the legend, the lyrics are based on a tragic event Collins witnessed, usually a drowning (as in the song's lyrics), in which a man could have helped the victim, but did not do so (an alternate version of the legend has the onlooker a murderer, intentionally drowning the victim, rather than a bystander). 'An urban legend has arisen around 'In the Air Tonight'. Idk, after all Wikipedia is run by the Oompa Loompas. Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh lord, oh lord I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh lord Well been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord Well the hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows It's the first time, the last time we ever metīut I know the reason why you keep your silence up, oh no you don't fool me Well I remember, I remember, don't worry, how could I ever forget Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've beenĪnd I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord Well I was there and I saw what you did, I saw it with my own two eyes I've seen your face before my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh LordĪnd I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh LordĬan you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord