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[sonicboomer]

What is the song 'In The Air Tonight' By Phil Collins about?

[kags]

Something in the back of my mind tells me it is about a friend of Phil's who drowned, and Phil had survivior's guilt about it.

[jenstar]

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/someair.htm

[kags]

aha, methinks I have placed too much faith in Mr Mathers!

[sft42]

I thought it was about masturbation....."I can feel it comin' in the air tonight"

[Tat]

dirty boy!

[Nelli]

Im sure that I remember watching a documentary on Phil Collins and he said that the song wasn't about anything! he said the lyrics he came up with were scratch lyrics, meaning to re-write them, but in the end stuck with his original draft!

[procolharum]

It�s just an angry love song...