 Genius Meanings
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Phil Collins – If Leaving Me Is Easy
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[Verse 1] / I read all the letters / I read each word that you've sent to me / And though it's past now / And the words start to fade / All the memories I have still remain / [
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Phil Collins – If Leaving Me Is Easy (Demo)
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I read all the letters / I read each word that you've sent to me / And though it's past now and the words start to fade / All the memories I have still remain / I've kept all the
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Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
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“In the Air Tonight” remains one of Phil Collins‘ best known hits. Its music video was directed by Stuart Orme and played on MTV shortly after the channel launched in 1981.
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Phil Collins – I Like the Way
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[Verse 1] / I look out the window every day, i see the world go by / Watching i sit and wait for you / Just hoping you'll catch my eye / You see me stare but i don't care / I like
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Phil Collins – You Know What I Mean
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[Verse 1] / Just as I thought I'd make it / You walk back into my life / Just like you never left / Just as I'd learned to be lonely / You call up to tell me / You're not sure if
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Phil Collins – Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
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Taking place in the aftermath of a breakup, “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)” is a power ballad about asking for another chance.
The song details the narrator’s feelings
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Phil Collins – Homeless
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She calls out to the man on the street / 'Sir, can you help me? / It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep / Is there somewhere you can tell me?' / He walks on, doesn't look back / He
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Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover
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Released in 1984 on Bailey’s album Chinese Wall, “Easy Lover” is a collaboration between Phil Collins and Bailey. The song was a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic (#2 in
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Phil Collins – Both Sides of the Demo
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There we are, on the side of the gutter on the street / Oh son of mine, why, gotta know why oh why oh? / I don't know Son, tell me why / All the lights stay on all night / In our
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Phil Collins – Tears of a Clown
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Now if there's a smile on my face / It's only there trying to fool the public / But when it comes down to fooling you / Now honey that's quite a different subject / But don't let
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Phil Collins – I Missed Again
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A man seems to be confused. Receiving mixed messages from a girl who has other people interested in her as well.
Like many of the songs on Face Value, “I Missed Again” is about
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Phil Collins – It's Everywhere
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It can be in the way you're walking / When you don't know where you're going too / It's in the way you make love to your lady friend / Some people can sit still, and you can tell
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Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight (Demo)
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I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord / And I've been waiting for this moment, for all my life, oh lord / Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord
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Phil Collins – No Way Out
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Everywhere I turn, I hurt someone / But there's nothing I can say to change / The things I've done / Of all the things I hid from you / I cannot hide the shame / And I pray someone
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Phil Collins – I'm Not Moving
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[Verse 1] / If you feel it do it / You don't need a reason / For all you know it could be good for you / To show your feelings / Don't just leave them / Do the things you believe
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Genesis – That's All
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“That’s All” was the band’s first of many top ten songs in the US, peaking at #6 in early 1984. It also reached the top 40 in five countries overseas including the UK.
Its genesis
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Phil Collins – Behind the Lines
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[Verse 1] / I held the book so tightly in my hands / I saw your picture, heard you call my name / It was strange, I could not look away / I had to be there, I wanted to go / You
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Phil Collins – Everyday (Early demo)
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I got lost, couldn't find my way / And I guess there's nothing more to say / Love can make you blind, make you act so strange / But I'm here and here I will stay / So everyday I
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Phil Collins – The Roof Is Leaking
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[Verse 1] / The roof is leaking, and the wind is howling / Kids are crying 'cause the sheets are so cold / I woke this morning found my hands were frozen / I've tried to fix the
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Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise
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A protest song released as the 7th track of 4th album But Seriously in October 1989.
Interestingly, the song was the last #1 of the 1980’s and the first of the 1990’s.
Collins
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Phil Collins – Don't Lose My Number
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“Don’t Lose My Number” is a song about a young man named Billy whom the singer is hoping to find, and also hoping that Billy still has the singer’s number. The song describes Billy
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Phil Collins – The Man with the Horn
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[Verse 1] / They come from miles around just to hear him play / He's on the same street corner almost every day / And there's always a crowd wherever he goes / And when he blows
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Phil Collins – My Girl (Live)
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I've got sunshine on a cloudy day / And when it's cold outside / I've got the month of May / I guess you'll say / What can make me feel this way / My girl, I'm Talking about my
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Phil Collins – Two Hearts
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“Two Hearts” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song alongside the Carly Simon song Let the River Run from Working Girl (with the latter having beaten the former for the
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