Best Alternative Rock Albums - Imagine Dragons's album, Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe Edition), including covers, lyrics, songs audios / videos and Imagine Dragons Profile.
Artist: Imagine Dragons
Album: Smoke + Mirrors - Deluxe Edition (2015)
A Grammy Award-winning alt-rock outfit with a knack for crafting stylish stadium-ready anthems that are as emotionally charged as they are radio-friendly, Las Vegas-based Imagine Dragons had their genesis in Provo, Utah, where vocalist Dan Reynolds met drummer Andrew Tolman while the two attended Brigham Young University.
In 2009 the group, which by this time included guitarist Daniel Wayne Sermon, bass player Ben McKee, and Tolman's wife Brittany Tolman on keys and backing vocals, had made a name for itself regionally and relocated to Reynolds' hometown of Las Vegas to record a pair of well-received EPs (Imagine Dragons and Hell and Silence) at the Killers' Battle Born Studios. A third EP, It's Time, arrived the following year and helped land the group a record deal with Interscope. The Tolmans parted ways with the group prior to the Interscope deal, and Daniel Platzman took over on drums.
In 2012 Imagine Dragons hit it big with the Continued Silence EP and their debut long-player, Night Visions, the latter of which debuted at the number two spot on the Billboard 200 and landed the group multiple awards -- it has since gone double platinum, largely on the smash success of "Radioactive," which became the biggest-ever digital rock track in America. Two other hits followed -- "Demons" in the U.S. and "On Top of the World", elsewhere.
In 2013, then the group spent the bulk of 2014 finishing its second album. Co-produced by Alex da Kid, Smoke + Mirrors, the band's sophomore long-player, was released in February 2015, preceded by the singles "I Bet My Life" and "Shots".
Source: Billboard.com
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I'm sorry for everything
oh everything I've done
am I out of touch
am I out of my place
when I keep saying that I'm looking for an
empty space
oh I'm wishing you're here
but I'm wishing you're gone
I can't have you and I'm only gonna do you
wrong
oh I'm going to mess this up
oh this is just my luck
over and over and over again
I'm sorry for everything
oh everything I've done
from the second that I was born
it seems I had a loaded gun
and then I shot, shot, shot a hole through
everything I loved
oh I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single
thing that I loved
am I out of luck
am I waiting to break
when I keep saying that I'm looking for a
way to escape
oh I'm wishing I had what I'd taken for granted
I can't help you when I'm only gonna do
you wrong
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
in the meantime can we let it go
at the roadside that
we used to know
we can let this drift away
oh we let this drift away
at the bayside
where you used to show
in the moonlight
where we let it go
we can let this drift away
oh we let this drift away
and there's always time to change your mind
oh there's always time to change your mind
oh love, can you hear me
oh let it drift away
[repeat chorus]
[repeat bridge]
First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed
but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings
only at first did it have its appeal
but now you can't tell the false from the real
who can you trust, who can you trust
when everything, everything, everything you
touch turns to gold, gold, gold
everything, everything, everything you touch
turns to gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold
statues and empires are all at your hands
water to wine and the finest of sands
when all that you have is turning stale and it's cold
oh you no longer feel when your heart's
turned to gold
who can you trust, who can you trust
[repeat chorus]
I'm dying to feel again
oh anything at all
but oh I feel nothing, nothing, nothing
[repeat chorus]
This is my word, this is my way
Show me a sign, sweep me away
This is my word; heartbreaker, gatekeeper
I'm feeling far away, I'm feeling right there
Deep in my heart, deep in my mind
Take me away, take me away
This is my word; dream maker, life taker
Open up my mind
All I believe, Is it a dream?
That comes crashing down on me?
All that I own
Is it just smoke and mirrors?
I want to believe
But all that I own
Is it just smoke and mirrors?
All that I've known, buildings of stone
Fall to the ground without a sound
This is my word; heartbreaker, gatekeeper
I'm feeling far away, I'm feeling right there
I'm starting to cave, I'm losing my flame
I wanted your truth, but I wanted the pain to
Disappear dream maker, life taker
Open up my mind
All I believe, Is it a dream?
That comes crashing down on me?
All that I own
Is it just smoke and mirrors?
I want to believe
But all that I own
Is it just smoke and mirrors?
All I believe, Is it a dream?
That comes crashing down on me?
All that I own
Is it just smoke and mirrors?
I want to believe
But all that I own
Is it just smoke and mirrors?
About time for anyone telling you off for all
your deeds
no sign the roaring thunder stopped in cold
to read
no time
get mine and make no excuses waste of
precious breath
no time
the sun shines on everyone, everyone
love yourself to death
so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go
you'll never be loved till you've made your own
you gotta face up, you gotta get yours
you never know the top till you get too low
a son of a stepfather
a son of a
I'm so sorry
a son of a stepfather
a son of a
I'm so sorry
no lies and no deceiving, man is what he loves
I keep tryin' to conceive that death is from above
no time
get mine and make no excuses waste of
precious breath
no time
the sun shines on everyone, everyone
love yourself to death
so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go
you'll never be loved till you've made your own
you gotta face up, you gotta get yours
you never know the top till you get too low
[repeat chorus]
life isn't always what you think it'd be
turn your head for one second and the tables turn
and I know, I know that I did you wrong
but will you trust me when I say that I'll
make it up to you somehow, somehow
so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go
you'll never be loved till you've made your own
you gotta face up, you gotta get yours
you never know the top till you get too low
[repeat chorus]
I'm so sorry (x3)
I know I took the path that you would
never want for me
I know I let you down, didn't I
so many sleepless nights where you were
waiting up on me
well I'm just a slave unto the night
now remember when I told you that's the
last you'll see of me
remember when I broke you down to tears
I know I took the path that you would never
want for me
I gave you hell through all the years
so I, I bet my life
I bet my life
I bet my life on you
I, I bet my life, I bet my life
I bet my life on you
I've been around the world
and never in my wildest dreams
would I come runnin' home to you
I've told a million lies but now I'll tell a
single truth
there's you in everything I do
[pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
don't tell me that I'm wrong
I've walked that road before
and left you on your own
please believe them when they say
that it's left for yesterday
in the records that I play
please forgive me for all I've done
[repeat chorus]
I'm a reckless mistake
I'm a cold night's intake
I'm a one night too long
I'm a come on too strong
all my life I've been living in the fast lane
can't slow down
I'm a rollin' freight train
one more time
gotta start all over
can't slow down
I'm a lone red rover
I'm a hold my cards close
I'm a wreck what I love most
I'm a first class let down
I'm a shut up sit down
I am a head case
I am the color of boom
that's never arriving
at you are the pay raise
always a touch out of view
and I am the color of boom
all my life I've been living in the fast lane
can't slow down
I'm a rollin' freight train
one more time
gotta start all over
can't slow down
I'm a lone red rover
oh
how did it come to this
oh
love is a polaroid
better in picture
but never can fill the void
I'm a midnight talker
oh I'm an alley walker
I'm a day late two face
I'm a burn out quick pace
I am a head case
I am the color of boom
that's never arriving
at you are the opera
always on time and in tune
and I am the color of boom
Get down with the victim
we both know you need them
you're stuck in the middle
of all irrelevance
and your heart is beating
cause you know that you gotta
get out of the middle
and rise to the top now
when you've made it
won't ya tell me what to do
cause I'm playin' it all wrong
when you made it, when you made it
won't ya tell me what to do
cause I'm playin' it all wrong
you can't fight the friction
so ease it off
you can't take the pressure
so ease it off
don't tell me to be strong
ease it off
you can't fight the friction
so ease it off
and get into the system
we both know you need one
the tip of the needle
is taking over you
and your heart is beating
cause you know that you gotta
get out of the middle
and rise to the top now
[pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
ohhh why can't you let go
like a bird in the snow
this is no place to build your home
[repeat chorus]
4am beside myself
and what I think of mental health
all the things that worry me
all the things you don't believe
I've been told just what to do
where to look and point my view
all the things that I could be
I think I learned in therapy
am I just a shadow you drew
it comes back to you, it comes back to you
all the things that you had lost will find their
way to you
it comes back to you, it comes back to you
looking back into the past and I can
see it through
it comes to back you oh oh (x3)
it comes back to you
mocking birds and diamond rings
oh I have thought of greater things
all the things that fly by me
all the lives that I could lead
maybe I was born for that
or maybe I was first to last
you could call it cowardice
but leave me to my studied bliss
am I just a shadow you drew
[repeat chorus]
it comes to back you oh oh (x3)
it comes back to you
In the dark
and I'm right on the middle mark
I'm just in the tier of everything that rides below
the surface
and I watch from a distance seventeen
and I'm short of the others dreams of being golden
and on top
it's not what you painted in my head
there's so much there instead of all the colors
that I saw
we all are living in a dream
but life ain't what it seems
oh everything's a mess
and all these sorrows I have seen
they lead me to believe
that everything's a mess
but I wanna dream
I wanna dream
leave me to dream
in the eyes
of a teenage crystallized
oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways
of the home
and the cries from the strangers out at night
they don't keep us up at night
we have the curtains drawn and closed
Oh quiet down, I've had enough
I guess it's now or never
I've been around, I've settled up
I'll bolt soon or later
I took a photograph of me
when I was only nineteen
I looked a little lost at sea
I keep trying to find me
so pray for me brother
I need redemption
I'm just a man
a man on a mission
I want no trouble (x4)
pray for me sister
give me a mention
I got no faith
and oh did I mention
I want no trouble (x4)
oh pack it up and hit the road
and only take my lighter
I've seen the glitz, I've seen the glam
but I prefer the pay dirt
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
maybe you could save my soul
from all the things that I don't know
maybe you could save my soul
from all the things that I don't know
[repeat chorus]
If only for a second
let me have you
tell me all your secrets
let me know you
paint me all your pictures
hang them on my wall
show me all your colors
show me all
open up your eyes
open up your mind
fall in line with what you're meant to be
(x2)
a fire burns into you
purifying all
and what I saw was opulence
and that's not for me (x3)
only in summertime
only in summertime
things will change with time
only in summertime
open up your eyes
open up your mind
fall in line with what you're meant to be
(x2)
only in summertime
only in summertime
things will change with time
only in summertime
Hey Mr. cage man let me get a fresh breath
cherry bomb head strong I could fake my own death
Hey Mr. fate man shuffle me a ninth life
I've been wrong, go long
throwing me a sharp right
it's not a picture perfect life
not what I had in mind
let me write my own line
I've got this place
that I've filled with empty space
oh I'm trying not to face what I've done
my hopeless opus
I'm in this race and I'm hoping just to place
oh I'm trying not to face what's become of me
my hopeless opus
hey Mr. safe man hustle me an okay
I could slide take a dive take it for the home team
hey Mr. postman slip me one more green note
I've been low hit the floor looking just to make
broke
it's not a picture perfect life
not what I had in mind
let me write my own line
[repeat chorus]
hey Mr.
hey Mr.
hey Mr. cage man
cherry bomb
let me get
cherry bomb
cherry bomb
[repeat chorus]
Maybe I'm broken
maybe I'm wrong
I could've spoken sooner than I should have
only the good die old
that's what they told me
but I don't know
maybe I'm breaking up with myself
maybe I'm thinking I should just keep
to the things that I've been told
wait for the colors to turn to gold
do you know
do you know
you're all I know
you're all I know
when everything
comes crashing down
you're all I know
you're all I know
I'm ready for the fall
I'm ready for everything that I believed in to
drift away
ready for the leaves
ready for the colors to burn to gold
and crumble away
maybe I'm destined to be distraught
always a reason
breaking me down to my knees in the
dead of night
I keep on praying to see the light
maybe I'm breaking up with myself
maybe I'm thinking I should just keep
to the things that I've been told
wait for the colors to turn to gold
[repeat pre-chorus x2]
[repeat chorus]
you were the one (x3)
who helped me see
you were the one (x2)
oh you gave it all to me
[repeat bridge x6]
I'm ready for the fall
ready for the leaves
ready for the colors to
burn to gold and crumble away
If only you
you could see
the darkest place that you could be
oh maybe then you'd understand
from desert heat to cobbled streets
from broken home to the city beat
there's so much more than you could know
so take me back
when I believed
back when I was unafraid
just like a thief
and all the heights
that I could reach
back when I was unafraid
just like a thief
if I could live a thousand times
if I could make a thousand tries
maybe then I'd get it right
the more I see
the more I know
that everyone just wants a show
no we don't want to see the truth
[repeat chorus]
when the stars look down on me
what do they see
(x5)
[repeat chorus]
Woman help me
you turn my head in circles
mama blessed me
with magnet eyes for purple
oh so let me show you something good
Pastor, Preacher
I want to say I'm sorry
nice to meet ya
I think my eyes are starry
pledge allegiance to my only
sooner or later it all comes around
hopefully then I will see
after the people and places are gone
you will come back, you will come back to me, to me, to me
you will come back to me, to me, to me
auntie Mara I think you know my reasons
I was a product of everything in season
oh so heavy
set me free again
oh my papa
if all the world could know you
you could stop a thousand wars across the globe
oh I miss ya
show them something good
sooner or later it all comes around
hopefully then I will see
after the people and places are gone
you will come back, you will come back to me,
to me, to me
you will come back to me, to me, to me
to me, to me
we all are living in a dream
but life ain't what it seems
oh everything's a mess
and all these sorrows I have seen
they lead me to believe
that everything's a mess
but I wanna dream
I wanna dream
leave me to dream
I know all your reasons
to keep me from seeing
everything is actually a mess
but now I am leaving
all of us were only dreaming
everything is actually a mess
we all are living in a dream
but life ain't what it seems
oh everything's a mess
and all these sorrows I have seen
they lead me to believe
that everything's a mess
but I wanna dream
I wanna dream
leave me to dream
Older than water
stubborn as stone
there'll be no forgiveness for all that you've known
oh these days oh these days get heavy
hotter than friction subtle as sound
there'll be no forgiveness for you to come around
oh these days oh these days get heavy
I get older and life fades but you remain
open up again I believe in second chances
please let me in oh I believe in second chances
I won't break you
I will not let you down
open up again I believe in second chances
quicker than lightning
whiter than bone
if you can erase it then I can atone
oh these days oh these days get heavy
I get older and life fades but you remain
open up again I believe in second chances
please let me in oh I believe in second chances
I won't break you I will not let you down
open up again I believe in second chances
forgive me
forgive me
open up again I believe in second chances
please let me in oh I believe in second chances
I won't break you I will not let you down
open up again I believe in second chances
goodnight (x8)
Twenty miles from anyone
set my sights on the setting sun
heaven talks but not to me
cause heaven knows that nothing good comes free
desolation tragedy
is there nothing good in me (x4)
I've let me down down down down (x2)
petty lies to everyone
in the hopes that I could be someone
heaven talks but not to me
and now I wonder if it's meant to be
desolation tragedy
is there nothing good in me (x4)
I've let me down down down down (x4)
but I'll take your word
cause after all you've never lied
oh not at all
but look at me
oh what a mess
I get caught up in the things that matter the least
oh let me have release
I've let me down down down down (x4)
As a child you would wait
And watch from far away.
But you always knew that you'd be the one
That work while they all play.
In youth you'd lay
Awake at night and scheme
Of all the things that you would change,
But it was just a dream!
Here we are, don't turn away now,
We are the warriors that built this town.
Here we are, don't turn away now,
We are the warriors that built this town
From dust.
Will come
When you'll have to rise
Above the best and prove yourself,
Your spirit never dies!
Farewell, I've gone to take my throne above,
But don't weep for me
'Cause this will be
The labor of my love
Here we are, don't turn away now,
We are the warriors that built this town.
Here we are, don't turn away now,
We are the warriors that built this town
From dust.
Here we are, don't turn away now,
We are the warriors that built this town.
Here we are, don't turn away now,
We are the warriors that built this town
From dust.
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