Heap, Imogen - The Listening Chair Lyrics

A heap of creativity unbounded
Again Immi leaves me astounded

Truly talented I love her!

Phenomenal! Like all of Walk off the Earth in one person.

Instant subscribe for making the video 2x speed of the tempo as to accentuate the phrasing and poetry. Even more so interesting the way you almost make it look natural. Honestly, the only way this could improve is if you had recorded it at 60 frames, then made the video 120fps at true speed; and of course re-rendering the music at 32Bits, and at least 192khz frequency BW and high bit-rate... With about 75+% requiring at most 24 Bits audio and/or 80% also requiring video at 60fps tops, I would estimated 85+% of people who wouldn't have sufficient enough hardware to experience it at such fidelity. But soon we may all have 120Hz monitors and audio at 32 Bit can only become standard if we make it so.

I don't know what I did to make them hate me

So Intelligently Emotionally BRILLIANT!
Oh my gosh -- what she pulls together here...
What a song - what a trip through life that she tells. Almost EVERYONE can relate to at least SOMETHING that she mentions in this song!

Its a Cover Up! Wow...
Yes - this is the ONE that has kept me SPINNING for over 18 1/2 years - dealing with questioning 9/11!
Oh my Gosh!

She barely mentions it towards the end, but this encapsulates what I'm trying to do with my own writing - in telling parts of my own story -and addressing the major parts that I have found through over 18 1/2 years of researching 9/11... and BEYOND!

Hide and Seek is such a great piece of music... but this here is something different and also.... well..... I am speechless how nice this is with the video and music. I just love the movements, your expressions and.... just all!!! Fell in love....Soooo great.... and sounds also fantastic!!!.. You are such a creative talent and extraordinary songwriter and musician. Just fantastic!!!
Watching your Hide and Seek and this here over and over atm.... every now and then a day.... Thank you for doing this and give expressions and feelings to me .. through the music you do...!
Keep up that stuff, so so sooo great!

what kind of house is this?

I put on my headphones and closed my eyes... It's like a wonderful adventure... Wow

your gift,is our pleasure.thanks

I know it has been 5 years since the last update to this video and I hope to see a new update to it sometime. I feel it is a pretty good video of the transition person has gone through since the late 80s. this video is a great representation of the common feedback Imogen has received over the years as she has had this "Listening Chair". She honestly does listen to people as she does an excellent job of incorporating their feelings and viewpoints throughout our modern history. Most telling is the last phrase, "Who am now?". This is her callout to people around now as she develops the next chapter of the song. I have love watching it develop over the years and I feel it is an excellent representation of how people think/feel in this generation.

Does she live in a bunker?

Just two more years for the next minute! Can't wait!

I just remembered you and explored what you've been doing for the past few years. I'm seriously impressed. Keep it up! ❤

If you guys haven't listened to the commentary about this song, I highly recommend you do, and the entire album while you're at it!

This is just so amazing! What a talent!!!

4:10 - 4:50

too good too sweet. so refreshing. love u!!!!!

Imogen’s enchanted basement cave of her mind, lovely!

I'm in love with this song and I listen to it every day.

2 more years and we get an addition, at least I hope!

Can't wait for 2021.

i don't know why but i knew this song's ending right when it start.

So gorgeous.

i wanted to write something smart here, but this song has all questions and all answers in it. So i remain still and admire this level of awesomeness.

Best artist since David Byrne.

this is such a beautiful song... i love all the different parts and they all sound so amazing and unique... especially the last part...

What an incredibly creative tune. I don't remember how I discovered this artist as I was buying music, but I was awestruck. As she sings "I'll never live it down!!" I am sure she was inspired by Laurie Anderson and Brian Eno because she is an inspired combination of them both, along with so many other artists--and her own voice as well. This is not just derivative stuff! I have all her albums and will continue to enjoy as long as she intends to create!

New discovery!! LOVE HER!

she is so talented- sing dances acts play s so well......quirky cute nymphette..

Good but... the whole video looks like a musicly

What a wonderful piece. I always find myself in tears at the 5/4 section.

this song and me the machine are just pure energy and exultation..just wondrous and electric.

Till today i never understood how someone can have a crush on a musician.... well till today.
Cant stop listening to that bautiful voice.

Like si viste la planta de marihuana en el video c:

I love Imogen! I still remember when she high fived my brother at a Seattle boys choir performance! She is AMAZING LIVE!!!

I really love how Honest she is. this is the most genuine music and video I have seen. I find her to be the one of the greatest musicians to walk the earth. blooming with creativity . I am in Love.

Am I the only person who gets to the end of this song who can't the tune at the start?

This speaks to me on so many levels.

So good. So very good. Cheers.

Imogen, could I live in your room?

3:25 marijuana

imogen heap invented musical.ly

Imogeniously heaping it! :)

MAGICAL SONG

Found this song completely at random while listening to Imogen's other songs. Completely. Blown. Away. So it's clear it goes through toddler/pre-school > middle school > high school > college/independence, and then... a mid life crisis? Wow. Just whoa wow.

She is so beautiful and creatiive lol madd ADHD lol 40 year old sti looks great 😜 those ideas....were do they come from ? Maybe she from mars ?? Lol very uniqe artist ans ideas i love to see her perform with Enya i think an albulm with Ennya would be so cool

wow - I watched this video many times - amazing, same like the song - Love.

who else is excited for the next part of the song?!?!?!

This is such a happy song.

веселая))))))))))

I love how it sounds as she says "I'll never live it down" and "Stop it, you'll make me laugh"

I love how it sounds.





That’s all. Just all of it. I love it.

Verrrry interested video 👏👏👏👏🙂

A Magical Talent

This video is mesmerizing

Giving Dad the middle finger at :25.

and i oop-

Unique and wonderful!

She looks bugged out in this video.

Magnifique , quelle originalité !!! J'adore .

Is it just me or does 1:07 - 1:24 just make you really happy

The big "Who am I now?" from a crowd was a little on the nose

The worlds first musica.ly

Anyone know where to get those fuzzy bouncy lights at 2:44?

3:50 when she says make money she flips the middle finger to the microphone lol.

Brasillll

SHE'S LEFT HANDEDJDJDHDH

the effect of marijuana is incredible

2:42-2:48 That face,! <3 The lamp understands her, she understands the lamp. Beautiful moment. Had to point it out.

i go somewhere else entirely when i listen to her music, thank you imogen heap

The more I listen to Imogen Heap, the more confused I get.

genius <3

It's too bad, I think you would have made a good mum.

at 1:22 it's beautiful

This IS

KATE BUSH level genius kids💗🤘💗🙏😎😎😎😎😎💗

Saw her years before this around xmas 2006 & WOWZERS Imogen AND her band were F'ing mind blowing!

Before the gloves so...

Just brilliant, genius!!

I love this.

Brilliant.

WHO AM I NOW

The song doesn't have an ending because she'd have to be dead to write it.

OMG - Genius Creativity on display. This is one of my favorite videos by anybody, at anytime !

This woman is a genius!

This literally brings me to tears. It's ingenious and so wonderfully performed and executed.

It looks like it could be her house <3

I think it is.

At the thumbnail she does the nazi sign tho

Incomparable mastery of how music cam make a difference!! #mynum1fav

This is not a song, or a music video, or poetry, or a short film. This is something else; I feel this is one of the most important and representative pieces of art of our generation. I'm in awe.

IMOGENIUS

I'm in my 20's in University and I feel like how Imi feels in her 30's XD.

It's been a while since i last listened to Immy. Such a wasted time for me! She is so unique! I think, this is the best video i've seen the last 10 years or so. And what a great song this is!

this is great

BUT IF THAT'S THE CAMERA
WHO'S FILMING THE VIDEO????

watch this without the sound lol

pardon for the boring cis-hetero 'n' all, but i love imogen heap so much. i stare at pictures of her for hours and i don't feel creepy at all about it. i levitate just a little from the couch.
Goddesses just make me do that.

The "stop it, you'll make me laugh!" part is really adorable

Cat, blue, piano
Are just some of the things I like
So the more that I see of them in my day
The better I sleep at night

Mum, dad, Giles, Lizzie, Juliet, Uncle James
Are just some of the people I love
So the more of all them I can get in my day
The better I'll sleep at night

I can moonwalk, build castles
Play ping pong, talk to animals
Hold my breath for a really long time
And tell the future
Are just six of the things I can do
And the more I can fit of these things in my day
The better I sleep at night
Ahhh, the better I sleep at night

[7-14 Years]
Composer or maybe an astronaut
This is what I'm gonna be when I grow up
I know cause I sing out all through the day
I fly through space by night
The teasing, the fighting, the hospitals
I don't wanna go anymore
I put a brave face on, battle through the day
But I might cry myself to sleep
Pinch, pinch, punch, punch
Dancing 'round the car park after lunch
Copy cats, gold stars
Cola cubes for good marks
Shy type, show off
Your mum's got her masters, so what?
Swap stickers, best friends
Knight Rider watch tell the time again
Popular, blonde hair
All the pretty girls sit over there
Sister's in school, he’s cool
Our brother knows karate
What do I do to make you hate me so much?
Is it the clothes I wear? The way I speak?
Wonder bra thrown 'round the German classroom
You wouldn’t understand
I'll never live it down
Hiding in the bushes
Or tip-toeing down the corridor
Stop it, you’ll make me laugh
Why would I ever need to know this?
Somehow I'll get through
I never want this to end
This night, this music, with you in my arms
Switch in to the real world
No idea what I'm doing
But here it goes (there she goes)

[21-28 Years]
I've found the place, feels like home
But I caught you kissing her
So suddenly I'm on my own
There's just not enough hours in the day
Things are going great, I can't complain
When I stumble to bed, I sleep like a baby
Finding my feet
Make love, make money, make a difference
Finding my feet
Connect (connect)
Finding my feet
Make love, make money, make a difference
How'd you do that again?
Connect together
[28-35 Years]
I find myself gazing out of the window for no reason
When did I stop eating bread… and cheese? I love cheese
I want to have children
But I don't want to have children, you know?
Something nibbling, a feeling I can’t quite explain (A question)
Online, offline, like I'm not really here (The quiet)
Awake or sleeping, somehow can’t tell the difference (A question)
Bright light outside, dark deep down within

It’s a cover up, it was a cover up operation all along
Honing in, I'm honing in on the heart of it all
Toughen up, I've got to toughen up
Cause I'm breaking it all apart
What's at the heart
What's at the heart of it all?

Who am I now?
Who am I now?

About 10.000 of those views are mine

she is so stunningly beautiful and amazing