Wednesday, February 19, 2014

`Demons, by Imagine Dragons


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 
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
Demons, by Imagine Dragons.

As you see, this week's posts on Art Intersections are about songs that have meaningful, deft lyrics, and are couched in music that make them very popular.  Deft, in that the lyricist knew how to write in iambic meter and deploy rhymes that make natural sense.

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