Genesis — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 142 songs across 15 albums by Genesis. They use 3,496 unique words out of 15,530 (lexical richness MATTR 0.77), with an average of 109 content words per song. Emotional tone: 61% of songs positive, 1% neutral, 37% negative.
Most used words by Genesis
- know (307)
- see (175)
- one (144)
- time (140)
- way (103)
- away (94)
- man (89)
- love (88)
- world (87)
- right (86)
- life (85)
- say (84)
- feel (78)
- day (77)
- take (76)
- heart (75)
- long (75)
- come (74)
- tell (72)
- another (71)
Signature phrases
- “fun illegal alien” (16)
- “take away” (14)
- “one day” (13)
- “seems invisible touch” (12)
- “done wrong old” (12)
- “wrong old song” (12)
- “small talk” (10)
- “jesus knows” (10)
- “come join” (10)
- “beyond silver rainbow” (9)
Colors in the lyrics
- gold (17)
- blue (15)
- red (13)
- silver (13)
- green (10)
- white (8)
- black (7)
- grey (5)
Albums analyzed
- From Genesis to Revelation (1969)
- Trespass (1970)
- Nursery Cryme (1971)
- Foxtrot (1972)
- Selling England by the Pound (1973)
- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
- A Trick of the Tail (1976)
- Wind & Wuthering (1976)
- …And Then There Were Three… (1978)
- Duke (1980)
- Abacab (1981)
- Genesis (1983)
- Invisible Touch (1986)
- We Can’t Dance (1991)
- …Calling All Stations… (1997)