Domino - Genesis, Phil Collins, Tony Banks

The grey of evening fills the room

No need to look outside

Oh to see or feel the rain

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 can almost believe that she is here

She’s 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

Oh the lonely people, the 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 minimise 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 She’s 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

Oh the lonely people, the empty rooms

Pointless violence, silent tombs

Could it be that we shall be together again

Yes, 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

Forever

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

I am alone

Now see what you’ve gone and done

Now see what you’ve gone and done

Now you never did see such a terrible thing

As was seen last night on TV

Maybe if we’re lucky, they will show it again

Such a terrible thing to see

There’s nothing you can do when you’re the 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 must do Play the game of happiness and never let on That it only lives on in a song

No there’s nothing you can do when you’re the next in line

You’ve got to go Domino

Do you know —

— What you have done

Do you know —

Do you know what you’ve begun

In silence and darkness

Hold each other near tonight

And pray it will last forever

Forever

Will last forever

Forever

No there’s nothing you can do when you’re the next in line

You’ve got to go Domino

Do you know —

— What you have done

Do you know —

Do you know what you’ve begun