The song was written about Mike’s children. Specifically, he writes of a common fear many new parents have: adolescence. 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,