Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
Rina Sawayama
This is a song about gaslighting, and the confusion that comes with it. Rina Sawayama describes it as a “sensory overload” where you don’t quite know what’s going on.
[Intro]
Could we be imagining?
Could we be imagining?
Could we be—
[Verse 1]
Wide awake
Didn't mean to lose my precious mind today (Mind today)
Sick and tired of waking up so far away (So far away)
I don't know if Mercury's in retrograde
Am I okay? Nah
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna get too close, shit gets complicated (Ah)
I don't wanna take it off, emotionally naked (Ah)
Really don't feel too good, fake it till you make it (Ah)
I don't wanna talk right now, got me agitated
[Chorus]
I'm imagining
So tell me, what the fuck is up? What's happening?
Right now, my sanity is gone, it's vanishing
I know I do this to myself, it's damaging
I-I-I-I-I, I'm imagining
So tell me, what the fuck is up? What's happening?
Right now, my sanity is gone, it's vanishing
I know I do this to myself, it's damaging
I-I-I-I-I (Oh)
[Post-Chorus]
Could we be imagining?
I-I-I-I-I
[Verse 2]
B-bellyachеs, lidocaine
Suddenly, I find it hard to concentratе, yeah
Struggling to recognize the sight of me, ooh
I just wanna short-circuit the night away
Am I okay? Nah
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna get too close, shit gets complicated (Ah)
I don't wanna take it off, emotionally naked (Ah)
Really don't feel too good, fake it till you make it (Ah)
I don't wanna talk right now, got me agitated
[Chorus]
I-I-I-I-I-I-I'm imagining
So tell me, what the fuck is up? What's happening?
Right now, my sanity is gone, it's vanishing
I know I do this to myself, it's damaging
I-I-I-I-I, I'm imagining
So tell me, what the fuck is up? What's happening?
Right now, my sanity is gone, it's vanishing
I know I do this to myself, it's damaging
I-I-I-I-I, I'm imagining
So tell me, what the fuck is up? What's happening?
Right now, my sanity is gone, it's vanishing
I know I do this to myself, it's damaging
[Outro]
Could we be imagining? (Could I be imagining?)
Could we be imagining? (Could I be imagining? I-I-I-I)
Could we be imagining? (Could I be imagining?)
Could we be imagining? (Could I be imagining?)
Could we be imagining? (Could I be imagining? Yeah)
Could we be imagining? (Could I be imagining? Yeah)
Could we be imagining?
Could we be imagining?
–ing, –ing, –ing, –ing (Could I be imagining? Yeah)
(Could I be imagining? Yeah)
(Could I be imagining? Yeah)
Imagining was written by Rina Sawayama & Lauren Aquilina & Clarence Clarity & Vic Jamieson.
Imagining was produced by Rina Sawayama & Stuart Price & Clarence Clarity.
Rina Sawayama released Imagining on Fri Sep 16 2022.
This song is about gaslighting. About the spiral when you realize that the version of the truth you believed was totally not the truth. This was inspired by “Katy On a Mission,” an absolute banger. I love the mix of UK beat with US inspired blink 182 inspired guitar riffs. Its such an incredible mis...