Reviews for Hide And Seek Lyrics

She has said it is about a divorce. Its about a relationship coming to an end. The lines "trains and sewing machines" refer to the gravy trains and sewing machines being disputed over, while still keeping up with the powerful desolate imagery of the song, alluding to ancient mystic worlds disappearing and industrial revolutions. the Or something like that. I get the eeriest feeling EVERYTIME i hear this song, that it is alluding some how to The Naming Of Names (also called Dark and Golden Eyed They Were) by Ray Bradbury. It gives me shivers everytime i think of that.

this reads, except for sewing machines and trains - I do not understand that metaphor, about a relationship coming to a close - about a dream ending. The dust is settling from the fall-out, the crop circles are the pacing in worry and hurt and confusion. Mmmmm reads about trying to cover the ending of the relationship versus doing the most difficult thing and that is to speak the truth. And... I didn't write it so I could be completely wrong but the ending of a dream, of a hope, of a promise - implied or spoken, seems clear.

I really don't think it has anything to do with religion per say... I think she's trying to describe how the times have changed (from trains and sewing machines) to a sort of alien world (crop circles in the carpet). She wants someone to spin her around and rub her eyes because she can't believe what she's seeing. That the past was full of pleasure and wonderful things and are being replaced with oily marks and evidence of a "sweeping insensitivity" meaning people have stopped caring for each other. And people are to busy to see it or to care, their heads to heavy with their own problems.

And the "Whatchya say" lines could be refering to our governments who are telling us "We know what's best" and she sees that their words are lies (ransom notes keep falling out your mouth and you don't care a bit.)

I don't know... that's just what I got out of it... religion is to much of a... large subject that I don't think many popular artists would dare touch it except for those who are professing their own faith...

I personally this song represents the confustion modern life has bought on us. The fact that everything is seen as a tool to make our world better but the fact we have all forotten is that it is actually US the humans that are the real tool to make this world a better place, and I personally feel quite sad when the verse "you only ment well" comes because it really makes me think of all the objects we now 'can't be without' and how to start with it really was just something to help us a little. (meanwhile I write this from my new iPod touch... Go figure) :)

The song is pretty straightforward. It's about her significant other moving out of their house/apartment. It would appear the relationship started off passionate, but stagnated (still life taking over). Basically, the song starts off with her seeing the apartment emptied. You get the idea.

Woops! I forgot the most important part... The title, Hide and Seek, perhaps may be referring to the fact where are values are in hiding right now from the world and many of us are seeking them again...

I can’t believe you guys are still discussing this, the real meaning is so obvious!

This song is soooo obviously about Imogen's relationship with McDonalds!

"Where are we? What the hell is going on?"
She wants to know where she is, where the nearest McDonalds is

"The dust has only just begun to form"
The dust (i.e. the time since her last meal)

"Crop circles in the carpet, sinking, feeling."
Crop circles in the carpet represents some bizzare analogy to previous burgers she hasn't ate on the carpet of her car. Sinking, feeling represents her hunger and longing for the next meal.

"Spin me round again and rub my eyes."
She wants to be spun around (shown the right direction) to the fast food outlet. She wants you to rub her eyes, to *show her* the way.

"This can't be happening"
She's really upset and stressed cause she's very hungry by now

"When busy streets a mess with people"
She thinks if there's so many people, there MUST be a McDonalds nearby, possibly.

"would stop to hold their heads heavy."
She notices everyone looks so miserable, but she doesn't understand why, when there must be a McDonalds nearby, she's REALLY confused by now.

"Hide and seek."
This is obvious, she is referring to the illusive food opportunity she seeks.

"Trains and sewing machines."
Well, trains can sometimes drive near McDonalds and sewing machines symbolise the McFlurry machine she wants to use when she finds her destination.


If by some amazing act of God I am wrong, then this song must be about Native Americans, The Holocaust, 9/11, The Moon Landings, The Dinosaur Extinction, The X-Files or last nights Eastenders.

It’s definitely not about anything more individual or personal than that!

Judaism is, in fact, the oldest religion, because judaism started with the word of God, which started with the first two people on earth, Adam and Eve. all those other polytheistic religions had to come after there were people on earth who had fallen away from judaism.

I think that it’s about a relationship ending as the song progresses. Hide and Seek is like avoiding someone. This would be from the point of view of the (for the lack of a better term) "Dump-ee". "They were here first" could refer to the "Dumper's" friends or family. And the "mmmm whatcha say" is like "the fight" afterwards it continues as it ends "you don't care a bit" and "hide and seek" you can kind of interpret the rest. But just my opinion/POV.

Amanda

I don't know what books you have been reading (if any!) but Judaism is a very old religion - admittedly, there are prehistoric religions that we know little/only a bit about from ancient civilisations, but of all the world religions around today Judaism is EASILY one of the oldest - therefore it IS one of the oldest around. I don't know whether you were just naming Buddhism and Hinduism as examples non-monotheistic religions (although technically Buddhism isn't actually a religion) but if you were there are some things you need to be aware of...

Historians agree that Judaism is at least 3500 years old.

Hinduism itself grew out of the Vedic religion, and Hinduism as a religion in it's own right has only been around since about 1200BC which makes it around 3200 years old.

Buddhism... Oh Buddhism... Buddha wasn't even born until at least 560, and didn't even leave the palace until he was 26, so at the very most, Buddhism 2543 years old.

Fact.

This song preaches to me of an ancient civilisation struggling to ceap up with constant . This could well preach about the Aborigionals or Native Americans when the Europeans invaded and stole land. The song says, "They were here first", and then goes on about how they said it was for the best, and how how they only mentioned well. This part could refer to such lies that early European settlers told natives upon taking land that was theirs, and how they decided their faith for them.

I've been known this song since it came out in the lesbian show the L word. So yeah, it's been around way before Jasons. I was suprised who would actually use her song as a sample. When my sister and i heard the Jason version we were like.... OH MY GOD - IMOGEN HEAP. So yeah

i initially thought the song might be about the holocaust as well, or maybe some like extremely tragic thing that devastated a community and now there's like nothing left or i dunno whatever but i mostly wanted to comment on the other person down there who said that judaism is one of the oldest religions around-thats not true at all actually. compared to other religions that are not monotheistc (believing in one god) like buddhism and hinduism, just to name two there are THOUSANDS literally THOUSANDS that existed way before judaism. WAY before judaism. dont just say stuff.

To all who are still confused. This song has been around for about 5 years, and the current hit on the radio is using a direct sample from the original, digitally manipulated a bit to speed it up. No mystery here. Also, the original is beautiful and full of meaning and Jason's song is a by the book pop song with meaningless lyrics, and words from this song in the sample don't even have anything to do with the rest of what he's singing about. It was clearly used because it's a hook and for no other reason.

these lyrics are so meaningful. i couldnt stop listening to it and still cant .

but to the comment below me
if this song was on before jasons song. dont you think its pretty OBVIOUS he took it from her?
i mean those lyrics and imogen's lyrics look very similar and sound exact...