Believer

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"

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.

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.