PHIL COLLINS - IN THE AIR TONIGHT

IN THE AIR TONIGHT

PHIL COLLINS

SONGWRITER: PHIL COLLINS

COUNTRY: UK

ALBUM: FACE VALUE

LABEL: VIRGIN

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1981

In the Air Tonight é uma canção do cantor britânico Phil Collins, que foi lançada pela primeira vez em 1981 no seu álbum Face Value. Foi o primeiro single de Collins em carreira solo, e continua a ser um dos seus mais conhecidos hits.

Trata-se de uma música sombria e obscura, composta por Collins logo após o fim de seu primeiro casamento.

Há uma famosa lenda urbana envolvendo a canção. A lenda diz que Phil viu um homem observar o outro se afogando sem socorrÊ-lo e que era disso que a letra da música se tratava. Collins já negou diversas vezes a história.

O cantor Eminem citou essa lenda urbana na letra da música Stan:

Você conhece aquela música do Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight?"

Sobre aquele cara que podia ter salvo de se afogar?

Mas não fez isso. Aí Phil viu tudo, e num show ele o achou?

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

Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand

I've seen your face before my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am

Well I was there and I saw what you did, I saw it with my own two eyes

So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been

It's all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord

Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord

Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well I remember, I remember, don't worry, how could I ever forget

It's the first time, the last time we ever met

But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, oh no you don't fool me

Well the hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows

It's no stranger to you and me

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord

Well been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord

I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord

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

I can feel it in the air tonight, 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, oh Lord

Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord