Friday, 18 September 2015

Research: Lyric Analysis: Imagine Dragons, Demons

I analysed the lyrics to song called Demons by the band Imagine Dragons, this song is about what some people experience in their minds and can't get rid off them, these being demons, some people may be having horrible thoughts and they just can't get rid of these demons. This is an emotionally mixed song because it starts off slow just like a sad song but then it kicks in and then becomes a song that a lot of people would like.



The first verse has some sad references and I picked out some lyrics which are "when your dreams all fail and the ones we hail are the worst of all", these lyrics mean that when someones dreams fail, they just give up on them and are unsure what to do in the future.

In the pre chorus, all of the lines have sad references in them such as "i want to hide the truth, i want to shelter you, but with the beast inside theres nowhere we can hide", these lyrics mean that the truth hurts a lot of people and they want to shelter their feelings as well as it is impossible to hide from the beasts.



The lyrics in the chorus are " when you feel my heat, look into my eyes, its where my demons hide, don't get to close, its dark inside", these lyrics are a metaphor of just how close someone needs to be to feel someones heat, as well as a persons eyes are known to be the windows to the soul so people are able to see these demons.



The second verse of the song is "at the curtains call, is the last of all, when the light fade out, all the sinner crawl" this is saying about how when a person closes their curtains, all bad things get revealed.  The last few lyrics are "so they dug your grave and the masquerade will come calling out at the mess you made", this is saying that everyone is waiting for you to fail.

The second pre chorus is "don't want to let you down, but I am hell bound, though this is all for you don't want to hide the truth", this is about no one wants to be let down but however there is a dark side to it all.



Finally the lyrics to the bridge are "they say its what you make, I say its up to fate, its woven in my soul, I need to let you go" this is someone being blamed for their wrong doings and that they are trying to be good.



I then went over to a website called worditout and then used the lyrics from Demons to create a mood board from. The 2 most popular words are demons and hide, Demons would be one of the most popular words because it is the name of the song therefore it would get a mention. Hide would be another popular word because it is a song about demons and how people are trying to hide from them.