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Believer Lyrics
[Verse 1]\r\nFirst things first, I'ma say all the words inside my head\r\nI'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh\r\nThe way that things have been, oh-ooh\r\nSecond things second, don't you tell me what you think that I could be\r\nI'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh-ooh\r\nThe master of my sea, oh-ooh\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\nI was broken from a young age, taking my sulkin' to the masses\r\nWriting my poems for the few that look at me, took to me, shook at me, feelin' me\r\nSinging from heartache from the pain, taking my message from the veins\r\nSpeaking my lesson from the brain, seeing the beauty through the\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nPain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer\r\nPain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer\r\nPain, oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain\r\nMy life, my love, my drive, it came from\r\nPain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nThird things third, send a prayer to the ones up above\r\nAll the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove, oh-ooh\r\nYour spirit up above, oh-ooh\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\nI was chokin' in the crowd, building my rain up in the cloud\r\nFalling like ashes to the ground, hoping my feelings, they would drown\r\nBut they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin'\r\nInhibited, limited 'til it broke open and rained down\r\nIt rained down like\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nPain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer\r\nPain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer\r\nPain, oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain\r\nMy life, my love, my drive, it came from\r\nPain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\nLast things last, by the grace of the fire and the flames\r\nYou're the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh\r\nThe blood in my veins, oh-ooh\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\nBut they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin'\r\nInhibited, limited 'til it broke open and rained down\r\nIt rained down like\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nPain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer\r\nPain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer\r\nPain, oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain\r\nMy life, my love, my drive, it came from\r\nPain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer
Daniel Wayne Sermon, Daniel Coulter Reynolds, Benjamin Arthur Mckee, Daniel James Platzman, Robin Lennart Fredriksson, Mattias Per Larsson, Justin Drew Tranter
Duration
3:23
Producer
Mattman & Robin, Imagine Dragons
Release date
Feb 01, 2017
Sentiment
Positive
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nintendofancs On Mar 13, 2017
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this is a song about how someone has gone through a lot of pain in his life, and sees good things through it, and how it made him who he is. it's a really powerful song.
It's about how pain has created the writer and how the pain in their life has made them who they are.
"My life, my love, my drive" Not "my luck, my live, my God"
It's actually my luck my love my god
It's actually my luck my love my god
@Stealthheart what do you mean
@Stealthheart what do you mean
@Stealthheart what do you mean
@Stealthheart what do you mean
@승주1017 this comment was from 2017. the lyrics have changed since then
@승주1017 this comment was from 2017. the lyrics have changed since then
@zachariahbaird Buddy, they have been the same for 7 years. They have not changed and they are my life, my love, my drive
@zachariahbaird Buddy, they have been the same for 7 years. They have not changed and they are my life, my love, my drive
As far as I agree with the meaning people give to this song. I want to add that, This song is about the journey of dan Reynolds trying to make a change inside the church. (At least from what he has said on some interviews)
He's been, for a long time, trying to make Mormon's accept the LGTB community.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted int o the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted int o the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
@lcjury and it will NEVER WORK. gay is UN NATURAL. NOT PART OF GODS PLAN. lbgt will NOT be accepted into the arms of christ. amen.
It means good life = sometimes bad
Song means good life is sometimes bad
I believe i saw in an article or magazine that this song was inspired by Dan Reynold’s experience of living with the pain of Ankylosing Spondylitis. It’s an inflammatory type of arthritis pain affecting the spine joints and ligaments, basically causing severe pain in any movement and walking. It about overcoming the pain and coming into terms with Pain having to be a part of one’s life and growing as a person and becoming stronger through that pain.
This is my interpretation First verse: I’m gonna say everything I’m thinking because I’ve kept it bottled up for so long don’t tell me what i should be peoples stereotypes and expectations don’t define me Pre chorus : I had a lot of problems when I was younger and I would take my problems to people. I would write for the few people that looked at me and cared about me Singing about my heart ache I’m taking my message from inside/my heart talking about what’ve learned and seeing the best things from the worse Chorus:pain made me see the good things even in the worst of times somethings that break me down such as pain still build me up my love my life and my drive all came from pain Verse 2: send a pray to the people in heaven that are no longer with us and thank them for the impact the have had in your life and try to avoid all the hate you have heard and be peaceful like a dove (states in the about doves being the sign of peace Pre chorus:I was a regular person dreaming about a different life and I started falling down I was hoping my feeling would go away but the didn’t and then it caused me pain because I kept them bottled up Bridge: last thing the grace of the Holy Spirit (in the church they consider fire and flames a sign of the Holy Spirit) is the future and the thing that keeps me alive and my feelings being bottled up finally effected me
This is very motivating to other people that are maybe going through hard times. This has happened to me once too. It was very sad.
First things first: I'm pissed off and I'm going to tell you all about it. Second thing second: Don't be trying to restrain me with dogma or anything else. Third things third: I'm tired of LGBTQ people killing themselves. And I'm tired of the people who can't accept them causing it. Last things last: You who have suffered this are fueling my purpose in life now.
If you think I'm way off, try coming to the LoveLoud Festival with me next year.
@Yzermaneely maybe if they followed the path of the lord they wouldnt feel that urge 🤔
@Yzermaneely maybe if they followed the path of the lord they wouldnt feel that urge 🤔
@Yzermaneely maybe if they followed the path of the lord they wouldnt feel that urge 🤔
@Yzermaneely maybe if they followed the path of the lord they wouldnt feel that urge 🤔
@LIBSinmyPASTA I guess you're one of them he's tired of, eh?
@LIBSinmyPASTA I guess you're one of them he's tired of, eh?