I don't want to take the mystery or the personal meaning out of it for anyone. This can be an emotional song, as it surely was for Dan Reynolds. So stop reading if you want it to be special for you.
I'll just leave it at this for now: Imagine you're raised Mormon and you believe it deeply, so much that you honorably serve two years as a missionary in Nebraska, you come back to major in music at BYU, and it isn't working out the way you want it to, or the way you think it should. Your interest in it is waning. Now you've started a band and you're going to drop out of your church's most renowned school to pursue your career (Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check). A lot of emotions probably go with that. And some of those emotions are in this song. People might even call your decision-making ability into question (I don't ever want to let you down). And you might wonder if they're right.
@abravar2 Hang in there. I'm pretty sensitive to how tough that can be. I don't think I can really understand how tough it is though. People who try to navigate being gay and Mormon are heroic to me.
@abravar2 Hang in there. I'm pretty sensitive to how tough that can be. I don't think I can really understand how tough it is though. People who try to navigate being gay and Mormon are heroic to me.
@Yzermaneely I do totally understand this. I don't know if anyone here has read Orson Scott Card's books but at first they just seem like really creative stories about different things. Ender with his space adventures, Alvin Maker with his creating a city where everyone can live in peace. But I looked up the author and he said that pretty much all of his stories are all inspired by different people from Mormon history. Alvin Maker was about Joseph Smith and so on...Once you understand that and go back and read more of his books you totally...
@Yzermaneely I do totally understand this. I don't know if anyone here has read Orson Scott Card's books but at first they just seem like really creative stories about different things. Ender with his space adventures, Alvin Maker with his creating a city where everyone can live in peace. But I looked up the author and he said that pretty much all of his stories are all inspired by different people from Mormon history. Alvin Maker was about Joseph Smith and so on...Once you understand that and go back and read more of his books you totally understand what he is doing. It's very good.
I don't want to take the mystery or the personal meaning out of it for anyone. This can be an emotional song, as it surely was for Dan Reynolds. So stop reading if you want it to be special for you.
I'll just leave it at this for now: Imagine you're raised Mormon and you believe it deeply, so much that you honorably serve two years as a missionary in Nebraska, you come back to major in music at BYU, and it isn't working out the way you want it to, or the way you think it should. Your interest in it is waning. Now you've started a band and you're going to drop out of your church's most renowned school to pursue your career (Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check). A lot of emotions probably go with that. And some of those emotions are in this song. People might even call your decision-making ability into question (I don't ever want to let you down). And you might wonder if they're right.
Reference: http://www.purevolume.com/news/Imagine-Dragons-Dan-Reynolds-PureVolume-Exclusive-Interview-Night-Visions
Perfect!
Perfect!
Great Summary.
Great Summary.
@Yzermaneely I'm gay and Mormon and coming to grips with it....So I have somewhat similar feelings with this song
@Yzermaneely I'm gay and Mormon and coming to grips with it....So I have somewhat similar feelings with this song
@abravar2 Hang in there. I'm pretty sensitive to how tough that can be. I don't think I can really understand how tough it is though. People who try to navigate being gay and Mormon are heroic to me.
@abravar2 Hang in there. I'm pretty sensitive to how tough that can be. I don't think I can really understand how tough it is though. People who try to navigate being gay and Mormon are heroic to me.
@Yzermaneely I do totally understand this. I don't know if anyone here has read Orson Scott Card's books but at first they just seem like really creative stories about different things. Ender with his space adventures, Alvin Maker with his creating a city where everyone can live in peace. But I looked up the author and he said that pretty much all of his stories are all inspired by different people from Mormon history. Alvin Maker was about Joseph Smith and so on...Once you understand that and go back and read more of his books you totally...
@Yzermaneely I do totally understand this. I don't know if anyone here has read Orson Scott Card's books but at first they just seem like really creative stories about different things. Ender with his space adventures, Alvin Maker with his creating a city where everyone can live in peace. But I looked up the author and he said that pretty much all of his stories are all inspired by different people from Mormon history. Alvin Maker was about Joseph Smith and so on...Once you understand that and go back and read more of his books you totally understand what he is doing. It's very good.