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All my life I've been sitting at the table
Watchin' them kids, they're living in a fable
Looks, luck, money and never left wishing
But now it's about time to raise up and petition
All my life I've been sitting at the table
Watching them kids, they're living in a fable
Looks, luck, money and never left wishing
Now it's about time to stand up and petition
Because I've been wondering
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
I'm not scared of what you're gonna tell me
No, I'm not scared of the beast in the belly
Fill my cup with endless ambition
And paint this town with my very own vision
I'm not scared of what you're gonna tell me
And I'm not scared of the beast in the belly
Fill my cup with endless ambition
And paint this town with my very own vision
Because I've been wondering
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
I am the machine
I am the machine
Because I've been wondering
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
Because I've been wondering
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
I am the machine
Watchin' them kids, they're living in a fable
Looks, luck, money and never left wishing
But now it's about time to raise up and petition
Watching them kids, they're living in a fable
Looks, luck, money and never left wishing
Now it's about time to stand up and petition
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
No, I'm not scared of the beast in the belly
Fill my cup with endless ambition
And paint this town with my very own vision
And I'm not scared of the beast in the belly
Fill my cup with endless ambition
And paint this town with my very own vision
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
I am the machine
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
Because I've been wondering
When you gonna see I'm not a seal
I've been questionin'
When you gonna see I'm not a part of your machine
Not a part of your machine
I am the machine
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Im excited to be the first one to comment on this song.
This song is about Record dealers asking Imagine Dragons to join them. For them to demand the band around and tell them what to do. But Imagine Dragons is telling them that “I’m not a part of your machine” basically telling them that they are not a part of their business and that they’re their own band.
“All my life I’ve been sitting at the table” is telling them that the people in the band have been following orders all they’re life. “Watching them kids. They’re living in a fable” means that the band has seen other people do things freely, “paint this town with my very own vision” means that they’ve made their songs by themselves and that they’ll continue to make songs by themselves. “When you gonna see I’m not for sale” this means that they will not sell themselves to the dealers and make them boss the band around. “I’m not scared of what your going to tell me and I’m not scared of the beast in the belly” means that they don’t care what the dealers say and that they don’t care about what they say to the dealers. Hope this helped
@BryclinThee7thDork You make way more sense then what I was thinking. I like what you got here.
@BryclinThee7thDork You make way more sense then what I was thinking. I like what you got here.
There was two lines that got stuck in my head and I could never focus in on the rest of the song:
There was two lines that got stuck in my head and I could never focus in on the rest of the song:
I'm not scared of what you're gonna tell me No, I'm not scared of the beast in the belly
I'm not scared of what you're gonna tell me No, I'm not scared of the beast in the belly
I just keep thinking this was like an ex girlfriend that wants to tell him something and he was not scared of it. With that in my head the next line makes me think she told him she was pregnant and...
I just keep thinking this was like an ex girlfriend that wants to tell him something and he was not scared of it. With that in my head the next line makes me think she told him she was pregnant and he knew it was not his.
So, yeah. I knew it didn't fit the song. I think you got it right so take my upvote :) (I just looked up this song, funny that you just posted a minutes ago.