IMI (In My Imagination)

IMI (In My Imagination)

Words and music by Penny Lewton Binek

Raised in a fairy tale of This is how life is:

Here is what you do, who you are, and how you be.

I followed its steps, its rules, the best that I knew how.

Safe, I thought I was, but I was bored beyond recall.

Parent-teacher-preacher tapes--they reel 'round in my mind.

Well-intentioned they may be, I just feel confined.

In desperation, I yank a single thread.

My world's unraveling, I'm falling from my bed!

I'm falling from my bed!

Chorus:

I'm divine

In my imagination

I breathe just fine

No more expectations

I'm alright

No needless condemnations

I-M-I

In my imagination

No more manipulation

A loopy hamster on its cagey wheel,

I race! I rage! I rant! All to no avail.

All my goals, my well-laid plans, they lead to Nowhere Street.

My mirrors, they say I'm wrong, they say I'm incomplete.

I color outside one line, turns out it was a wall.

My glass house--it shatters--and I began to fall.

Afraid of landing in a twisted, scrambled heap,

I beg some god out there, “Please! My soul to keep!”

"Please, my soul to keep!"

Chorus:

I am wise

In my imagination

I delight

In my soul's appreciation

For dark and light

In all its incarnations

I-M-I

In my imagination.

No need for reparation

Hypnotic slumber--a quake shakes me awake.

In this hopeless life of mine, I can't seem to catch a break.

Chasing a ticky-tock clock, a wonderland mad hatter,

My mind, in endless chatter, asks me, “Who am I, and do I matter?”

These clay feet—they crumble—so I stumble and I fall.

I tumble down and down through a dark and spinning maw.

"Trust yourself,” I cry! “Take a deep breath and let it slide.”

I close my eyes! I open wide!--Turns out that I can glide!

Turns out that I can fly hi-igh!

Chorus:

I can fly

In my imagination

I realize

This sensual fascination

So I dive inside

Exploring my creations

I-M-I

In my imagination

I feel no limitation

When I close my eyes

In my imagination

Deep inside

I feel this liberation

Far and wide

I have this revelation--

I am I--

In my imagination,

Through all my tribulation--

I'm alright!

Refrain:

Na-na-nah, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

Na-na-nah, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

Na-na-nan, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

I-M-I

I'm alright!

Na-na-nah, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

Na-na-nah, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

Na-na-nan, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

I-M-I

I'm alright!

In my imagination

Through all my tribulation.

In my imagination

When I close my eyes

I'm al-right!

In my imagination

I have this revelation.

In my imagination

When I close my eyes

I'm al-right!

Na-na-nah, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

In my imagination

Na-na-nah, Na-na-nah, Na-nah nah

I am I--

I'm alright!