Imagine

"**Imagine**" is the first single on Ben Platt's upcoming second album *Reverie*, and the twelfth track overall. It was released on April 23, 2021. An acoustic version was released on June 11, 2021.

## Background

In writing "Imagine", Platt mentioned that he was inspired by his boyfriend Noah Galvin. The music video was filmed a few weeks before its release in a cul-de-sac outside Los Angeles.

## Lyrics

* Studio version
* Acoustic version

**[Verse 1]**

Your eyes give life a new meaning

It's like I found the North Lights

I never knew what I needed

Until I felt your hand holding mine, yeah

**[Pre-chorus]**

You say I'm your hero

But you are the one that saved me

If I ever lost you

I'd fall to my knees

**[Chorus]**

I can't imagine my life without you

I can't imagine one night without you

If something happened, don't know what I'd do

I can't imagine

I can't imagine my life without you

**[Verse 2]**

Your eyes give life a new meaning (Your eyes give life)

It's like I found the North Lights (It's like I found)

Oh, I never knew what I needed

Until I felt your hand holding mine, yeah

**[Pre-chorus]**

You say I'm your hero (You say I'm your hero)

But you are the one that saved me

If I ever lost you

I'd fall to my knees

**[Chorus]**

I can't imagine my life without you

I can't imagine one night without you

If something happened, don't know what I'd do

I can't imagine (I can't imagine)

I can't imagine my life without you

**[Bridge]**

Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-eah

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

My life without you

Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-eah

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

**[Chorus]**

I can't imagine my life without you

I can't imagine one night without you

If something happened, don't know what I would do

I can't imagine (I can't imagine)

I can't imagine my life without you

**[Outro]**

(My life, my life, my life, my life)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

My life without you

Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-eah (My life, my life, my life, my life)

I can't imagine (I can't imagine)

I can't imagine my life without you

**[Verse 1]**

Your eyes give life a new meaning

It's like I found the North Lights

I never knew what I needed

Until I felt your hand holding mine

**[Pre-chorus]**

You say I'm your hero

But you are the one that saved me

If I ever lost you

I'd fall to my knee

**[Chorus]**

I can't imagine my life without you

I can't imagine one night without you

If something happened, don't know what I'd do

I can't imagine

I can't imagine my life without you

**[Verse 2]**

Your eyes give life a new meaning

It's like I found the North Lights

Oh, I never knew what I needed

Until I felt your hand holding mine, yeah

**[Pre-chorus]**

You say I'm your hero (You say I'm your hero)

But you are the one that saved me

If I ever lost you

I'd fall to my knee

**[Chorus]**

I can't imagine my life without you

I can't imagine one night without you

If something happened, don't know what I'd do

I can't imagine

I can't imagine my life without you

**[Bridge]**

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

My life without you

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

**[Chorus]**

I can't imagine my life without you

I can't imagine one night without you

If something happened, don't know what I'd do

I can't imagine

I can't imagine my life without you

**[Outro]**

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

My life without you

I can't imagine

I can't imagine my life without you

## Music video

The music video for "Imagine" was released on April 23, 2021, alongside the release of the single. It was directed by Matty Peacock.

The video features Platt singing about an individual from his bedroom, walking around and examining objects. It cuts to him doing the same in the back of a pickup truck, before he gets up and begins to jump around, occasionally being lifted into the sky, with the surrounding lights intermittently changing from white to purple. At the end, he wakes up back in his bed, with the lights still flickering outside.

## Gallery

### Videos

Ben Platt - "Imagine" -Live Premiere + Q&A-Live premiere and Q&ABen Platt - Imagine (Acoustic) -Official Audio-Acoustic versionBen Platt - Imagine (Fan Edition)
## References

1. ↑ "Ben Platt - "Imagine" [Live Premiere + Q&A]" - YouTube