| Imagine Dragons – The Fall Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| It is interesting reading other people\'s thoughts on the meaning behind this song but I feel like people are ignoring a key part of this song. When he states he is ready for the leaves to turn to gold and burn away, he is making a comment on death. It is often said something is the most beautiful during that last burst of life at the end. When leaves turn gold it is because the leaf is dying. It has one last beautiful farewell before it falls off and crumbles away.\n\nWhat this song is getting at is that feeling once you accomplish something great and then you are ready for the fall that comes afterward. The band has experienced such great success and in so much of their music you can hear commentary about the impact that success has had on them, for good and bad. It’s a mediation on if they can keep this going, when will the end come and being ready for it. The song is about appreciating the greatness and success they have obtained but also expecting and accepting fall from grace that all celebrity eventually face.\n\nThe song also has a rather dark alternate feeling to it though. This song plays heavily with the feelings of a person in the grips of the death instinct, someone wishing and needing their own destruction. This is not a feeling that is often expressed openly in song or even in conversation. The imagery of the song paints the destruction in a beautiful light. In our society these things are taboo to discuss but are a familiar thing for those who have experience with depression. Dan himself has been known to deal with depression. It is very clear that he stating that he is ready for a death of some sort and there is even a sense of joy with the way the lyrics are sung at the end. There is a freeing sense of joy when one accepts and even welcomes their own destruction. It comes from letting go of all of the things we cling to and knowing there is an end to the pain. | |
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