Imogen Heap – Bad Body Double

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  My Interpretation:I think it's either about a chronic illness (ibs, hypoglycemia, fibro, fatique, etc) or anxiety issues. "Sometimes I just want to lose her, shake her at a bar or gym for five minutes. It feels so good to be back in my own self again" definitely makes me think about my intestinal issues, like dang just let me do this thing I want to do. I often think about my intestines as this other system that just plagues and controls and takes time out of the life of mine, because I'll just be standing there and my gut'll be like "lol" and next I know I'm laying in bed for 12 hours and then just as I get better its bedtime. I have out of body experiences like "I wish I was elsewhere right now" while I'm bound to a bed. Oh yeah, this def makes me think of a chronic physical illness, the kind that just plagues your body all the time and you're in the back of your head going PLEEEEASE, JUST GO AWAAY.
  I have no idea what the "We look very similar except she's got some grays and a little extra weight on the side; dimply thighs, I hear that stuff's a bitch to get rid off" part is about, its weird that she makes it sound like SHE herself doesn't have these things but this double of her DOES??

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  General Comment:When I first listened to this song I seriously thought she was talking about her period (Menstrual cycle). It made the song 10x more funnier for me. I enjoy Imogen Heap's music and respect her as an artist but my mind keeps on thinking about women's menstrual cycles when I listen to this song. It doesn't help that that about 2 minutes into the song, she kinda screams. Lol!

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  My Interpretation:I think the "bad body double" is a feeling of inadequacy, especially in regards to self-image. :) So the song's lyrics talk about, like, a personification of that feeling and how it hinders one's ability to feel at peace and whatever.

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  General Comment:This is a hilarious song in my eyes. It's so true for SO many people. They use commercial products to keep their "beauty" even though everyone is beautiful. ANYWAYS this bad body double is the person that everyone has. She is who we are when we're home alone in our sweat pants not caring about what we look like. Of course she disappears as soon as someone else comes into the room. She is aging when you're supposed to, you can tell from her "greys" and she's putting on more weight as you. No matter what, you deny that that's you. This is because she isn't you in a sense. She is the plain, wonderful, beautiful you. You just don't realize it.

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  Song Meaning:I just saw her in concert last night. Before she performed this song, she talked about how as she's getting older, she's unsatisfied with how her appearance is gradually changing.
  
  "No! That's not me! That's someone who looks a whole lot like me, but that's not me!"

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  General Comment:I agree that it's about a part of yourself that you don't like and want to get rid of. Gemini's get a bad rap for having multiple personalities and yes - we do - and yes, we do want to get rid of some of our more self-destructive personalities. Everyone has a side of themselves that they don't like and want to get rid of however...

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  General Comment:The song is clearly about insecurity and self esteem issues. She personifies these qualities as if they are another person trying to steal her identity trying to weasel their way into her life at the most inopportune times.

  Flag kiwisoupon September 21, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:I grinned when I heard this - I thought I was the only nutter who had an "image" of themselves that was slightly off from the real thing. It doesn't matter if I'm barely over a foot, my legs are really much longer... and of course I'm at least 15 pounds lighter than that person. Really, really...
  
  At the end you resign to yourself that it really might just be you in the mirror. So you plan on setting it right -- tomorrow. You're only human after all ;)
  
  And the line is,
  
  "Sometimes I manage to lose her, shake her,
  At a bar, in the gym for five minutes..."
  
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  "We look face similar, except she's got some greys..."
  
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  "Say hi there
  To my bad bad bad bad body double
  She's trouble, mm...
  I can't shake her
  And I hate her, I hate her I'm a hater, I'm a hater, I'm a hater.
  She's everywhere I go!!!"
  
  And the end:
  
  "I'm gonna get rid you once and for all
  Gonna roll you out oh a pilates rubber ball
  Sweat and step up the pace and the gradient. Starting tomorrrow -
  I am your nemesis!"
  
  

  Flag lrkrmo15on September 05, 2009   Link

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    Barely over 5 foot... sorry, I was tired.

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  General Comment:I love the way this song explores the idea of having a side of yourself that you hate. I also love the resolve she has to do away with it! Inspiring and relatable! Love her new album xo

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  General Comment:I also think that this song is about a side of yourself that you don't like, possibly hate or despise.
  
  I love the way she describes it all. I think we all have a 'bad body double' of sorts, or at least had one at some point.
  
  My favorite part is when she describes what her double looks like. It's so specific.

  Flag ImogenSallyon August 27, 2009   Link

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