Imagine Dragons
"Demons"
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
At the curtain’s call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you've made
Don't wanna let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't wanna hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I wanna save that light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
News:chicago Tribune
Imagine Dragons wear their influences at Allstate Arena
Imagine Dragons offered something for every mainstream taste Thursday at a packed Allstate Arena. Channeling commercial trends from the past five years, the Las Vegas band's innocuous 95-minute concert came across like a hits-formatted radio station shuffling between Britpop, dance, roots rock, new wave and time-filling ads. Padding its set with random instrumentals and extended arrangements, the group displayed the look of an act unprepared to headline large venues.
The quartet had a meteoric rise. Shortly after releasing its debut album in 2012, Imagine Dragons went from relative unknowns to becoming one of the few artists in the digital-download era to sell millions of records. Multiple publications trumpeted the group's breakout status, a claim bolstered by international smashes such as "Radioactive." The single recently won a Grammy, which spurred Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme to publicly insult the band, further contributing to a divide between fans and detractors.
Currently, in the case of Imagine Dragons, such criticism is no match for rafter-reaching anthems and sticky choruses. Supported by the crowd's mass sing-a-longs, the group could've gotten away with almost anything Thursday. In many ways, it did. Multiple drum solos, a middling guitar interlude and an overwrought bass solo evoked 70s prog-rock excess. A flaccid cover of Rush's "Tom Sawyer" witnessed singer Dan Reynolds' voice squeak and a rhythm section sound on par with video gamers trying to follow along to Rock Band. Click tracks became audible when the band failed to maintain the proper tempo.
None of the shortcomings seemed to matter. Neither did Reynolds' awkward attempts at dancing. Wearing a shirt that exposed his midriff if he lifted his arms or punched the air, the front man turned vague lyrical refrains into grand proclamations of optimism ("Reach, it's not as bad as it seems"), anxiety ("I cannot breathe") and struggle ("I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust") that were embraced as empowering truths. While catchy in spots, Imagine Dragons' music subscribed to a similarly indistinct formula.
Many songs merely replicated their influences. The synthesized pulse and rushing hook of "Hear Me" mirrored any number of Killers tunes. Exaggerated drama on "Amsterdam" duplicated Coldplay's go-to template. "It's Time" mimicked Mumford & Sons' revivalist folk-rock. The self-importance and soaring nature of "Nothing Left to Say" simulated modern U2.
"They say we're crazy," Reynolds repeated on "Who We Are." But the statement—and danger it implied—rang hollow. As evidenced by its performance, Imagine Dragons remain in search of an identity.
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