[Verse 1]
I've got an aching head
Echoes and buzzing noises
I know the words we said
But wish I could've turned our voices down
This is not black and white
Only organized confusion
I'm just trying to get it right
And in spite of all I should've done

 [bad word] 
I was not mad at you
I was not trying to tear you down
The words that I could've used
I was too scared to say out loud
If I cannot break your fall
I'll pick you up right off the ground
If you felt invisible, I won't let you feel that now

 [bad word] 
Invisible, invisible
Invisible, invisible

[Verse 2]
You didn't get your way
And it's an empty feeling
You've got a lot to say
And you just want to know you're being heard
But this is not black and white
There are no clear solutions
I'm just trying to get it right
And in spite of all I should've done

 [bad word] 
I was not mad at you
I was not trying to tear you down
The words that I could've used
I was too scared to say out loud
If I cannot break your fall
I'll pick you up right off the ground
If you felt invisible, I won't let you feel that now

 [bad word] 
Invisible, invisible
Invisible, invisible

[Bridge]
This is not black and white
There are no clear solutions
I'm just trying to get it right
And in spite of all I should've done

 [bad word] 
I was not mad at you
I was not trying to tear you down
The words that I could've used
I was too scared to say out loud
If I cannot break your fall
I'll pick you up right off the ground
If you felt invisible, I won't let you feel that now

 [bad word] 
Invisible, invisible
Invisible, invisible
Invisible, invisible
Invisible, invisible

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The song was written about Mike’s kids and the thought that when they get older and [bad word] teenagers, it will be harder to discipline them. According to him, “Invisible” sends the listener to that moment when, in a parental or mentoring situation, you have to tell your kids something they don’t want to hear. While you as a parent are doing this because you love them, the children will inevitably feel you are simply being an overbearing parent.

As Mike Shinoda puts it,

I have kids, they’re all very little and I realize they’re all very strong willed. If they want something a certain way or don’t want to put their socks on or they don’t want to [bad word] their teeth, they’ll make life so difficult over that one little thing. I thought, ‘Oh my God, when these kids are 16, we’re going to have the full-on God, I hate you, you don’t understand me…’ Slam the door, put on the headphones, and not listening to the parents. So I thought how cool would it be to make a song and theoretically put it in a time capsule to send it to that moment in time, when they put the headphones on.
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