| Imagine Dragons – Mouth of the River Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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The ‘mouth of the river’ is where a river ends and joins the ocean. It is a passage from one body of water into another, a point of transformation. The ‘mouth of the river’ is also called a ‘delta’. Delta literally means ‘change’. The singer is ON the mouth of the river and thus at a turning point in his life. Analyzing the rest of the song he is probably at the end of his life and is about to face judgement by God. In the first verse he talks about how in order to have everything he says he ‘wants’ (life of the faithful one, be someone etc.) he must sacrifice much more (too much) of what makes him who he is. Living just to please is a curse because you never develop your own individuality. In a sense, you would never have truly lived. In the second verse he talks about having extreme opposite personality traits. It seems he deems these qualities to be ‘bad’. These are probably some of the traits that causes him not to achieve what he ‘wanted’ in the first verse. He nervously awaits God to confirm what he already suspects. The chorus sets the scene: it’s judgement time (mouth of the river), God is extremely angry (wrath of the giver) and he is the one God is angry at (hands of a sinner). At the end of the song we see that he receives judgement and is going to hell (‘And I’m going under’). In short, this is a song about feeling inadequate and ashamed for not being able to live up to the expectations of others, God and probably himself. The writer expects punishment from God and ultimately receives it. |
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