| Imagine Dragons – Gold Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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The song is referring to King Midas in its chorus. As the myth goes, Midas wished for everything he touched to be turned to gold. For a while, this was good, until it got bad, and he turned everything he loved to gold. In the song, it is a similar situation. The band has recently become popular due to smash hits such as "Radioactive" and "I Bet My Life". By comparing Midas' life to his own, the artist is telling how becoming famous wasn't all he thought it would be. "First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed But then comes the curses of diamonds and rings," The first verse is referring to how when first becoming famous, he was over the moon. However, after a while, things took a turn for the worst. "Only at first did it have its appeal But now you can't tell the false from the real," Only at first was being famous fun, but now, people are using him for their own personal gain, and it is difficult to tell who genuinely cares about him and who doesn't. "Who can you trust, When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold?" The chorus tells that the artist cannot trust anyone, or feels this way, because everyone wants to be associated with him. This is where the reference to King Midas comes in. Everything Midas touched turned to gold, and he hated it. This is how the writer feels. Even though being famous is supposed to be amusing, it turns out to be awful. "Statues and empires are all at your hands, Water to wine and the finest of sands," When Midas was king, he had everything he wanted. While the singer is famous, he also gets everything he wants. "When all that you have's turnin' stale and its cold, Oh you'll no longer fear when your heart's turned to gold," This is where the artist starts telling us that because of his new found fame, he has turned in someone he doesn't want to be-a heartless man. All he had before the fame was his emotions, and all that has turned cold. So he tried re spark them, but in the process "turned his heart to gold, just like everything else. "I'm dying to feel again, Oh anything at all, But oh I feel nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin'," Finally, the bridge is him telling us he doesn't want to be like this any longer, and he wants to feel anything, even bad emotions like sadness, anger, or confusion. But even those are beyond his reach. In the end, this song is comparing King Midas the the singer, and how they both lost touch with themselves over something they both deeply wanted. These obsessions turned them into heartless creatures incapable of emotion. And in the end, they both regretted their decision, but could do nothing about it, and lived the rest of their lives in sorrow. |
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