Genesis
Land of Confusion

Genesis Land of Confusion is a rock song written for their 1986 album Invisible Touch and was the third track on the album and was the fourth track from the album to become a single, which reached #4 in the US and no.14 in the UK in 1987.

The lyrics, further emphasized by the music video discuss the greed and uncertainty of the Cold War-era 1980s, but evoke a sense of hope for the future.

The song is widely remembered for its music video, which had heavy airplay on MTV.

The Genesis video drew controversy for its portrayal of Ronald Reagan as being physically and cognitively inept.

The video features bizarre puppets by the British television show Spitting Image.

After Phil Collins saw a caricatured version of himself on the show, he commissioned the show's creators to create puppets of Genesis, as well as all the characters in the video.

Genesis Land of Confusion Lyrics

I must've dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
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
Burning into the night

Too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is the 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 is a place worth living in

Oh Superman where are you now
Everything's gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, 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 is a place worth living in

I remember long ago -
When the sun was shining
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
Too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is a land of confusion

This is the world we live in
These are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make is 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



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