GENESIS


Invisible Touch

(1986)



1. Invisible Touch 3'30
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Lyricist: Phil Collins
2. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight 8'53
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Lyricist: Phil Collins
3. Land Of Confusion 4'47
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Lyricist: Mike Rutherford
4. In Too Deep 5'02
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Lyricist: Phil Collins
5. Anything She Does 4'09
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Lyricist: Tony Banks
6. Domino 10'45
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Lyricist: Tony Banks
7. Throwing It All Away 3'52
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Lyricist: Mike Rutherford
8. The Brazilian 4'51
(Tony Banks / Phil Collins / Mike Rutherford)
Main Composer: Tony Banks

Total Time: 45:49


  • Tony Banks - Keyboards, Vocals, Synth Bass
  • Phil Collins - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
  • Mike Rutherford - Guitars, Bass

    Produced by GENESIS and Hugh Padgham
    Engineered by Hugh Padgham
    Technical Assistance - Geoff Callingham
    Assisted by Paul Gomersall
    John Swannell - Photography
    Sleeve Produced at
    ASSORTED iMaGes by Baker Dave

    All Tracks Composed and Arranged by GENESIS

    The Without Whom Department:

    Dale Newman, Geoff Banks, Steve Jones, Tony Smith, Caroll Willis, Andy MacKrill, Monty Wynne, Vicky Andrews, Everyone at HIT And RUN and G.A.S.

    Many Thanks To Angela and Tracey for feeding us

    Written, Recorded and Mixed at The FARM, Surrey, 85 / 86
    Mastered by Bob Ludwig at
    MASTERDISC N.Y.C.





    1. Invisible Touch

      Well I've been waiting, waiting here so long
      But thinking nothing, nothing could go wrong, ooh now I know
      She has a built in ability
      To take everything she sees
      And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her.

      She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
      She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart
      She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
      It takes control and slowly tears you apart.

      Well I don't really know her, I only know her name
      But she crawls under your skin, you're never quite the same, and now I
      know
      She's got something you just can't trust
      It's something mysterious
      And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her.

      She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
      She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart
      She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
      It takes control and slowly tears you apart.

      She don't like losing, to her it's still a game
      And though she will mess up your life,
      You'll want her just the same, and now I know
      She has a built in ability
      To take everything she sees
      And now it seems I've fallen, fallen for her.

      She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
      She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart
      She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
      It takes control and slowly tears you apart.

      She seems to have an invisible touch ...

    2. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

      I'm coming down, coming down like a monkey, but it's alright
      Like a load on your back that you can't see, ooh but it's alright
      Try to shake it loose, cut it free, just let it go, get it away from me.

      Cos tonight, tonight, tonight - oh, I'm gonna make it right
      Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.

      I'm going down, going down, like a monkey, ooh but it's alright
      Try to pick yourself up, carry that weight that you can't see,
      Don't you know it's alright
      It's like a helter skelter, going down and down, round and round
      But just get it away from me - oh.

      Because tonight, tonight, tonight - oh
      We're gonna make it right
      Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.

      I got some money in my pocket, about ready to burn
      I don't remember where I got it, I gotta get it to you
      So please answer the phone, cos I keep calling, but you're never home
      What am I gonna do
      Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh
      I'm gonna make it right
      Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.

      You keep telling me I've got everything,
      You say I've got everything I want
      You keep telling me you're gonna help me,
      You're gonna help me, but you don't
      But now I'm in too deep
      You see it's got me so that I just can't sleep
      Oh get me out of here, please get me out of here
      Just help me I'll do anything, anything
      If you'll just help me get out of here.

      I'm coming down, coming down like a monkey, ooh but it's alright
      It's like a load on your back that you can't see,
      Ooh don't you know that it's alright
      Just try to shake it loose, cut it free, let it go
      But just get it away from me
      Cos tonight, tonight, tonight - oh
      Maybe we'll make it right
      Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.

      Please get me out of here
      Someone get me out of here
      Just help me I'll do anything, anything
      If you'll just help get me out of here
      Tonight - oh, I'm gonna make it right
      Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.

      Yes tonight, tonight, tonight - oh,
      Yes I'm gonna make it right, tonight, tonight, tonight - oh ...

    3. Land Of Confusion

      I must've dreamed a thousand dreams
      Been haunted by a million screams
      But I can hear the marching feet
      They're moving into the street.

      Now did you read the news today
      They say the danger's gone away
      But I can see the fire's still alight
      There burning into the night.

      There's too many men
      Too many people
      Making too many problems
      And not much love to go round
      Can't you see
      This is a land of confusion.

      This is the world we live in
      And these are the hands we're given
      Use them and let's start trying
      To make it a place worth living in.

      Ooh Superman where are you now
      When everything's gone wrong somehow
      The men of steel, the men of power
      Are losing control by the hour.

      This is the time
      This is the place
      So we look for the future
      But there's not much love to go round
      Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.

      This is the world we live in
      And these are the hands we're given
      Use them and let's start trying
      To make it a place worth living in.

      I remember long ago -
      Ooh when the sun was shining
      Yes and the stars were bright
      All through the night
      And the sound of your laughter
      As I held you tight
      So long ago -

      I won't be coming home tonight
      My generation will put it right
      We're not just making promises
      That we know, we'll never keep.

      Too many men
      There's too many people
      Making too many problems
      And not much love to go round
      Can't you see
      This is a land of confusion.

      Now this is the world we live in
      And these are the hands we're given
      Use them and let's start trying
      To make it a place worth fighting for.

      This is the world we live in
      And these are the names we're given
      Stand up and let's start showing
      Just where our lives are going to.

    4. In Too Deep

      All that time I was searching, nowhere to run to, it started me
      thinking,
      Wondering what I could make of my life, and who'd be waiting,
      Asking all kinds of questions, to myself, but never finding the answers,
      Crying at the top of my voice, and no one listening,
      All this time, I still remember everything you said
      There's so much you promised, how could I ever forget.

      Listen, you know I love you, but I just can't take this,
      You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,
      Although I need you, I'm not gonna make this,
      You know I want to, but I'm in too deep.

      So listen, listen to me,
      Ooh you must believe me,
      I can feel your eyes go thru me,
      But I don't know why.

      Ooh I know you're going, but I can't believe
      It's the way that you're leaving,
      It's like we never knew each other at all, it may be my fault,
      I gave you too many reasons, being alone, when I didn't want to
      I thought you'd always be there, I almost believed you,
      All this time, I still remember everything you said, oh
      There's so much you promised, how could I ever forget.

      Listen, you know I love you, but I just can't take this,
      You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,
      Although I need you, I'm not gonna make this,
      You know I want to, but I'm in too deep.

      So listen, listen to me,
      I can feel your eyes go thru me

      It seems I've spent too long
      Only thinking about myself - oh
      Now I want to spend my life
      Just caring bout somebody else.

      Listen, you know I love you, but I just can't take this,
      You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,
      Although I need you, I'm not gonna make this,
      You know I want to, but I'm in too deep.

      You know I love you, but I just can't take this,
      You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,
      Although I need you, I'm not gonna make this,
      You know I want to, but I'm in too deep ...

    5. Anything She Does

      You know,
      You decorate the garage walls,
      Hang in people's halls,
      Live in secret drawers,
      If you could look around you,
      Wonder what you'd see.

      Fiction.
      That's all you really are I know,
      Editorial dreams.
      They can't make you real,
      Tell me where you came from,
      And where you're going to.

      I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
      Or be the cause of anything she does.
      I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
      Do you think this aching could be love?

      Oh you know,
      You've figured in some fantasies.
      You would not believe,
      What you've had to do,
      Life goes on around you and all because of you.

      No I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
      Or be the cause of anything she does.
      I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
      Do you think this aching could be love?

      I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
      Or be the cause of anything she does.
      I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
      Do you think this aching could be love?

      You know,
      That in twenty years or more,
      You'll still look the same
      As you do today.
      You'll still be a young girl,
      When I'm old and grey.

      No - I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
      Or be the cause of anything she does.
      I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
      Do you think this aching could be love ?

      I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
      Or be the cause of anything she does.
      I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
      Do you think this aching could be love ? ( no you'll never ...

    6. Domino

    In The Glow Of The Night
      The grey of evening fills the room,
      There's no need to look outside,
      To see or feel the rain.
      Then I reach across to touch her,
      But I know that she's not there.
      Rain keeps running down the window pane.
      Time is running out for me.

      Can't you see what you are doing to me ?
      Can't you see what you have done ?
      As I try to pass another long and sleepless night,
      A hundred crazy voices call my name,
      As I try to pass them by,
      I almost can believe that she is here,
      Here in the glow of the night.

      Do you know what you have done ?
      Do you know what you've begun ?
      Do you see we shall never be together again ?
      All of my life.

      Lonely people, empty rooms,
      Pointless violence, silent tombs.
      Could it be that we shall be together again ?

      Sheets of double glazing help to keep outside the night,
      Only foreign city sirens can cut through,
      Nylon sheets and blankets help to minimize the cold.
      But they can't keep out the chilling sounds.
      Will the nightmare soon give way to dreaming
      That she is here with me ?
      Here in the glow of the night.

      Do you know what you have done ?
      Do you know what you've begun ?
      Do you see we shall never be together again ?
      All of my life.

      Lonely people, empty rooms,
      Pointless violence, silent tombs.
      Could it be that we shall be together again ?
      Could it be that we shall be together again ?

      In silence and darkness
      We held each other near that night
      We prayed it would last forever.

    The Last Domino
      Blood on the windows
      Millions of ordinary people are there
      They gaze at the scenery
      They act as if it is perfectly clear
      Take a look at the mountains
      Take a look at the beautiful river of blood.

      The liquid surrounds me
      I fight to rise from this river of hell
      I stare round about me
      Children are swimming and playing with boats
      Their features are changing
      Their bodies dissolve and I am alone.

      Now see what you've gone and done.
      Now see what you've gone and done.

      Well now you never did see such a terrible thing
      As was seen last night on T.V.
      Maybe if we're lucky, they will show it again
      Such a terrible thing to see - oh
      But there's nothing you can do when you're next in line
      You've got to go domino.

      Now I'm one with the living and I'm feeling just fine
      I know just what I gotta do
      Play the game of happiness and never let on
      That it only lives on in a song - oh
      Well there's nothing you can do when you're next in line
      You've got to go domino.

      Do you know what you have done ?
      Do you know what you've begun ?

      In silence and darkness
      Hold each other near tonight
      For will it last forever ?
      Will it last forever - forever ...

      There's nothing you can do when you're the next in line
      You've got to go domino.

      Do you know, do you know, do you know what you have done
      Do you see what you've begun ?
      Cos there's nothing, nothing, nothing
      There's nothing you can do, there's nothing you can do
      Do you see, do you see what you have done ?

    7. Throwing It All Away

      Need I say I love you
      Need I say I care
      Need I say that emotion's,
      Something we don't share
      I don't want to be sitting here
      Trying to deceive you
      Cos you know I know baby
      That I don't wanna go.

      We cannot live together
      We cannot live apart
      That's the situation
      I've known it from the start
      Every time that I look at you
      I can see the future
      Cos you know I know babe
      That I don't wanna go.

      Throwing it all away
      Throwing it all away
      Is there nothing that I can say
      To make you change your mind
      I watch the world go round and round
      And see mine turning upside down
      You're throwing it all away.

      Now who will light up the darkness
      Who will hold your hand
      Who will find you the answers
      When you don't understand
      Why should I have to be the one
      Who has to convince you
      Cos you know I know baby
      That I don't wanna go.

      Someday you'll be sorry
      Someday when you're free
      Memories will remind you
      That our love was meant to be
      Late at night when you call my name
      The only sound you'll hear
      Is the sound of your voice calling
      Calling after me.

      Just throwing it all away
      Throwing it all away
      There's nothing I can say
      We're throwing it all away
      Yes we're throwing it all away ...

    8. The Brazilian

      ( Instrumental )