# song's meaning

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-meaning/262406>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-meaning/262406 "2004-08-31T13:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stellamaris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@stellamaris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stellamaris)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-meaning/262406/1 "2004-08-31T13:34:11Z")

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Maybe I just keep missing the one line that’d clarify it for me, or maybe just because I’m a youngin, I don’t know what “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins is actually talking about… like what the person he’s talking about actually did. --Katy

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**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-meaning/262406/2 "2004-08-31T13:41:06Z")

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[Here’s](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=1198) a songfacts page on the meaning of the song.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-meaning/262406/3 "2004-08-31T13:44:56Z")

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[Here](http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/someair.htm)’s a Snopes article about some of the rumours that have arisen concerning the song.