| Imagine Dragons – Shots Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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The situation happened me continuously during these two years, so I am very familiar, perhaps too familiar, about the meaning of this song. This song is an apology from the singer to a friend he loved romantically and confessed his love to. Unfortunately, the women he displayed affection to does not feel the same way back; in this case, their previous relationship was destroyed. The first phrase is an apology: "I'm sorry for everything, oh everything I've done." The singer is apologizing to the women he loved for not being a good friend but instead risked the friendship between them for "romance." The second part of the story describes the current situation of the singer: although he still loves the women, there is a barrier between them now since he confessed his romantic attractions toward her. "Oh I'm wishing you're here // But I'm wishing you're gone" implies that he loves and is afraid of meeting the woman again. The chorus, "From the second that I was born I think that I have loaded a gun," implies that the singer acknowledges that he had hurt the woman since he broke the friendship between them by confessing his love for her. Skipping over the repeat of the melody, the bridge of the song is, in my opinion, the darkest and most expressive part of the song. "In the meantime, let it go // At the roadside // We used to know // ... // At the bay side // Used to show" evokes the pleasant times that the singer had with the woman he loved when he did not confess his love to her; when they were still close friends. The next part of the bridge, "And there's always time to change your mind // Oh there's always time to change your mind // Oh love, can you hear me" implies that although the woman rejected the singer for his love, the singer still hopes openly for her to accept him; for her to change the mind and accept his love. Overall, I feel that this is a very depressing song, especially since the exact scenario happened to me two years ago. |
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