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By Pages:   Previous 10 Pages    11    12    13    14    15    16    17    18    19    20   Next 10 Pages Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Hide And Seek (page 17/ 85) ------ performed by Imogen Heap Interpretation | Reviewer: Shirley | 9/8/08 Everyone can no doubt make interpretations as they like, but for me it seems clear that the lyric speaks about the clash between the Indians and white Americans, who brought with them "trains and sewing machines". The Indians were there first, but were given no respect or human value. I think this lyric is a magnificient way of presenting how it must have felt for them. A real and bitter game of hide and seek. The music supports the lyric beautifully. It's still hard for me not to start crying when I hear it. I think this song has made me a more respectful person. Hide and Seek-Tibet? | Reviewer: John | 9/8/08 I believe it has to do with Tibet. It was featured on the album 'Songs for Tibet' and repeatedly uses the phrase 'all those years, they were here first'. Also, in India, Tibetan protesters have been known to play 'hide and seek' with policemen who are trying to capture them. The trains and sewing machines might have to do with the cultural imperialism that the Chinese are using, as just last year a highly controversial train was constructed in Tibet to move foriegn Chinese into the region. Amazing | Reviewer: erin | 9/6/08 this song is amazing. i love the fact that you can interperate itt whatever way you want and it will still blow you away. i think that discovering the meaning to it may take away the magical part of the song. Wow. | Reviewer: Shelby | 9/3/08 I listen to this song and touches me. i don't know exactly what it's about, but i think that everybody interprets it in such different ways, all personal to their own lives, that that's what makes it so amazing. The fact that there's no music - woah that just blows my mind. Such a simple theory that turns out so amazing. Just wow. Ending of a relationship | Reviewer: Stormyeyez | 8/31/08 Parts of it seem like it could be a commentary on society, but overall it has vibes of a relationship ending abruptly. "where are we? what the hell is going on? the dust has only just begun to form crop circles in the carpet sinking feeling" Immediately after...you don't know what is going on. As the dust settles and the numbness starts to wear off you get that sinking feeling. "spin me round again and rub my eyes, this can't be happening when busy streets a mess with people would stop to hold their heads - heavy" This too seems to be about disorientation, disbelief. "hide and seek trains and sewing machines all those years they were here first" this part kind of throws me, but a relationship can be like hide and seek. "oily marks appear on walls where pleasure moments hung before the takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this still life" Where pictures conveying happy moments are, now are painful reminders of what was lost. The takeover could be reference to another woman taking over her place. *skip chorus* "Mmmm whacha say, Mmmm that you only meant well? well of course you did Mmmm whacha say, Mmmm that its all for the best? Because it is Mmmm whacha say? Mmmm that it's just what we need you decided this whacha say? Mmmm what did she say?" All common lines used when leaving someone. "it's for the best" "this is what we need" Again a reference to another woman. "ransom notes keep falling out your mouth mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs speak no feeling no i don't believe you you don't care a bit, you don't care a bit" Meaningless words being said to smooth things over and her disbelief of anything he says. I can't say how many times I have listened to this song in the past few days. trains and sewing machines | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/30/08 I disagree with some of the interpretations about what trains and swewing machines symbolize... for me... I was thinking along the lines that life is full of train wrecks and we are always trying to sew our lives back together... much more metophorical than standing for her mother or father's roles.... Aliens | Reviewer: LC | 8/31/08 Hi Im leah just wondering if anyone elce thinks this song is about aliens just putting that out their i've been trying to convince my friends just wondering what this song is acually about.n It's realy cool song hide and seek | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/25/08 the meaning hides and we seek it. just like any poetry, we can make our own interpretations. but really, the true meaning lies within the author. we can appreciate it, that's the much we could do. we percieve the art, we try to put meaning into it. the song is good, not just the lyrics, but the melody more importantly. America | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/15/08 I think this song is very deep, and could reflect a number of things, her childhood memories, her being left foranotherwman, but I think it most reflects Americans and how cruel we can be. Americans are very judgemental. You see a bigger person standing on thre street, we automatically assume they are a fast-food junkie, you see a super-skinny girl walking down the street, you assume she's annorexic or bulemic. America and the next generation of kids have a lot to deal with, and parents have no idea of how to prepare their kids, because they had no preperation themselves. Hide and Seek | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/11/08 I think this song could mean any of the things the reviewers before me have spectated. I think that's the beauty of it. It ables you to interperate the meaning your own way so you feel the most out of it. It is a truly beautiful song and I find it a shame that it mostly known for the "Dear Sister" parody from SNL. It deserves a better legacy than that. :) Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   Previous 10 Pages    11    12    13    14    15    16    17    18    19    20   Next 10 Pages