Imogen Heap — Leave Me to Love Live iTunes Festival: London 2007

[Intro] "Just have to drink my nice tea. So I've got, kind of, 3 b-sidey things which, um, which I used to play when I was- the reason why I'm doing it like this, 'cause when I... well (a) 'cause I couldn't be bothered to get all my stuff out, basically, and I thought it would sound nice to- 'cause I've never done iMegaphone like this in the UK. I used to have a band - which I loved, I loved my band - in fact, Leo's here. Is Leo's here? Yes! Leo's here. Leo's my guitarist. He's so nice, he's nice. And he introduced me to James, actually. Aw, full circles. And, anyway, we had this great band and then my crappy record company said 'You can't take your band to America, it's too expensive' and so I had to go on my own on the piano and I'd never done that before and I was absolutely kakking myself 'cause I had to suddenly, like, rearrange things and I wasn't used to being on stage in front of, you know, people hearing- having heard a record of mine, and so I was a bit scared. But I tried my best and so basically the way I'm playing it now is pretty much the way I used to play it, I haven't updated it. Well, I have a little bit. I've got slightly better at playing, I'd like to think. But it's pretty much the same, because I wanted it to feel authentic, you see. So was is a song I wrote around this time, and it's called 'Leave Me to Love' and I always really, really enjoyed playing it, and I... I think I recorded it... yeah, I did. Anyway, here it is. It's quite difficult, so... if I get it wrong..." [Verse 1] Complications, more so I can say Promises and deadlines make it hard to stay away All these strings are attaching to me And I can't find the scissors, yeah [Verse 2] All in the tanker then, we're back in a knot I can't remember where I was, I've forgotten Knitting it all, these holes I don't need To crawl through a brick wall, it's hard to say the least [Pre-Chorus] Where's that thought, that thought uncomplicated things? Where's that peace of mind, that peace that made it easy? Where's that simple day, that simply made it nice to be in Where did it go? Where did it go? Where did it go? [Chorus] Leave me to love Gotta leave me here to love Leave me here to love Leave me here to love [Verse 3] Natural micro light, tell me, what can you see? A huge cloud of shit, hanging over me Can you blow it somewhere else? It making it hell to distinguish myself [Verse 4] Tired of the tyrants who only think they're bee's knee's Pissed with their patience who constantly agree Yes sir, yes sir, three hundred bags full It easier to say yeah than to say no to a fool [Pre-Chorus] Where's that thought, that thought uncomplicated things? Where's that peace of mind, that peace that made it easy? Where's that simple day, that simply made it nice to be in Where did it go? Where did it go? Where did it go? [Chorus] Leave me to love Leave me here to love Leave me here to love Leave me here to love [Bridge] Cover me in cyanide, cover me in ink Cover me in formaldehyde then leave me here to think Cover me in carpet, cover me in tile Cover me in everything and put me in a file Strip me bare bone, let me breathe, strip me to my skin Strip me so you can watch me bleed off all these things I've been in Strip me naked of these walls, strip me of my rules Strip me poor and see how small I am without the jewels Inseminate the natural, inseminate the dirt Inseminate the in-factual and leave me here to love Inseminate the natural, inseminate the dirt Inseminate the in-factual and leave me here to love [Chorus] Leave me to love Leave me here to love Leave me here to love Leave me here to love [Pre-Chorus] Where's that thought, that thought uncomplicated things? Where's that peace of mind, that peace that made it easy? Where's that simple day, that simply made it nice to be in Where did it go? Where did it go? Where did it go? [Interlude] [Outro] Just leave me here to love