Lifeline

Imogen Heap * Track #6 On Sparks

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Album Sparks

ALBUM

Imogen Heap

2014

Lifeline by Imogen Heap

Release Date

Fri Mar 25 2011

About

Originally known as “#heapsong1”, “Lifeline” was the first song to be written for the Sparks project.

Describing the process as “handing over the baton to her community”, it marked the start of a new way of working for Heap, one that broke the traditional album cycle. Commencing with a new mini-sit...

Lifeline Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Freeze frame on me
Mmm, can you read it on my face?
Data mining from old memories
Sunflowers and a smile catching
Mmm, welcoming a heartbeat to the family
Light Thai lanterns, wish bound in the night

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Who? What? When?
All in one stir of a teaspoon
I'm shaken and gasping for air

[Chorus 1]
Lifeline, before and after
In an instant of great white gravity
Hold tight, cause all is against me
Every cell in my body, brace

[Post-Chorus 1]
And keep breathing
Keep breathing

[Verse 2]
Gracious future
Mmm, won't you lend a hand to pull me through?
Cause me and you've got some things we need to see to
Let's get to work! Let's get to work!
Adventures in the multiverse
Effervescent candlelit closeness
Plus, I feel like I've just got the hang of this living thing

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Who? What? When?
All in one stir of a teaspoon
I'm shaken and gasping for air, air, air, air

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I will, on one day
And sometime, in some place
I've still got some go in me yet

[Chorus 1]
Lifeline, before and after
In an instant of great white gravity
Hold tight, cause all is against me
Every cell in my body, brace
In my body brace

[Chorus 2]
Rise high, cling to the laughters
For that moment of broken tragedy
Bright-eyed, the world is against me
Every cell in my body, brace

[Post-Chorus 2]
And keep breathing
Check breathing
I'm still breathing

[Bridge]
My bones stay strong
My days still long
My heart has many heartbeats
And home is where love is

[Chorus 3]
Lifeline, before and after
The moment that makes me
In an instant of great white gravity
Hold tight - all is against me
Hold tight, cause all is against me
Well I've still my eye on tomorrow
Every cell in my body, brace

[Chorus 4]
Rise high, cling to the laughters
The moment that makes me, I'm in it deep
For that moment of broken tragedy
Bright-eyed, the world is against me
Yeah, every cell in my body, brace
Every cell in my body, brace

[Outro]
And keep breathing
And keep breathing
And keep breathing
And keep breathing
And keep breathing
Keep...

Lifeline Q&A

Who wrote Lifeline's ?

Lifeline was written by Imogen Heap.

Who produced Lifeline's ?

Lifeline was produced by Imogen Heap.

When did Imogen Heap release Lifeline?

Imogen Heap released Lifeline on Fri Mar 25 2011.

Why did Imogen want to break the traditional album cycle?

Despite her voicing her opinion during the Ellipse campaign, Heap more recently spoke about her disliking of the cycle with Laurence Day of The Line of Best Fit:

Previous records were me going into studio, either my own or with some other people. Usually, if it was a solo record, I’d do takes on my...

What did Imogen Heap say about "Lifeline"?

Heap told Laurence Day of The Line of Best Fit about how certain samples seemed to “click” together, and the experience of songwriting publicly:

Someone sent me a good one of a slinky going down the staircase which had this perfect beat, which I used with my brother’s – no wait, hang on… within fou...

Why did Imogen want words as well as sounds for the song?

I like the idea that you’re on the pulse of what people are talking about all around the world, aggregated into this kind of word cloud.

Heap describing the reasoning behind the word cloud submission idea in the making-of documentary.

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