Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek Meaning

Hide and Seek Lyrics

where are we? what the hell is going on?
the dust has only just began to fall
crop circles in the carpet, sinking, feeling
spin me around again and rub my eyes
this can't be happening
when busy streets a mess with people would stop to...

1. anonymous

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   Oct 22nd 2006 !⃝

   I so thought this was about god and the artist's confusion and frustration with him.

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2. anonymous

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   Sep 21st 2006 !⃝

   Could it be 911?

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3. anonymous

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   Sep 6th 2006 !⃝

   To me this song is about dealing, wether it be with a death, war or a breakup in your family.
4. anonymous

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   Aug 10th 2006 !⃝

   Couldnt this song be about the holocaust? I mean the nazis forced the jews to travel on trains and use sowing machines... It may also talk about the constant attacks on jews. They were here first... The jews have been constantly attacked for "all those years". It could be considered that the nazis only meant well. Or another thing I have been thinking that each stanza could represent a different happening. Or it is also possible that the song could be a ballad against the war in iraq. Thats all I got.
5. anonymous

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   Aug 3rd 2006 !⃝

   I think that "hide and seek" is about tragedy and the aftermath. I think it is about the emotions that people go through when they are grieving a tragic loss. I think it is about feeling lost in the rush of emotion and activity that occur after a tragedy. It is beautiful and eerie all at the same time. "hide and seek" is raw yet guarded all at the same time - a true contradiction.
6. hustlerose

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   Jul 30th 2006 !⃝

   This song is about what happens after the 'big fight'. The dust is settling, and she's realizing the only things that are stable are physical things, that don't have feelings. It's about being lied to and manipulated- "ransom notes keep falling out your mouth". Mortality is not the issue, but rather the issue is the everchanging human, and how sometimes that is for the worst when it comes to love.
7. anonymous

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   Jun 30th 2006 !⃝

   I think this song is about 9/11, I don't know why I thought that, but the one line really got me that said, "When busy streets, a mess with people would stop to hold their heads heavy." Let me know if you agree or not.
8. anonymous

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   May 22nd 2006 !⃝

   Well, many people know Imogen Heap from hearing her on The O.C on Thursday nights. I thought when they played "Hide and Seek" on the season finale of season 2 that it was about people either dying and how crazy it is or people killing each other. The "what you say" part of the song was played when Marissa shot Trey. The beginning of it was played at Calebs funeral.

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9. anonymous

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   May 20th 2006 !⃝

   I think it's about mortality; and the trains and the sewing machines are representing immortality, or the lasting remnants of the person that has gone; the refrain 'hide and seek' I think refers to the constant change of things, and that when the answers are laid out in front of you, they disappear, like the people who eventually die. I think frou frou also uses this term to describe the 'childlike' state of awe that still grips people when events like these collide with them; its so surreal, and leaves you continually in this state of wonder. The lyrics and the song were great. 5/5
10. Ssheska77

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    Apr 21st 2006 !⃝

    This song is beautiful and creepy at the same time. My opinion is the song is about the elderly, "they were here first" Hide and seek meaning the elderly are dying and we keep searching for answers in history. What also lead me to my conclusion is when she speaks of trains and sowing machines, these items aren't used much anymore because of technology.

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