Lyric discussion by AngelXFlowers 

Cover art for Natural lyrics by Imagine Dragons

Have you ever heard a song and fell in love with someone’s voice? Yeah, that’s what happened to me here. I love how this song has such a catchy tune and when the beat drops – forget about it – it’s almost impossible to sit still and not sing along. What I love so much about this song is that it shows off the pure vocals and talent from lead-singer Dan Reynolds. I like how throughout the song his voice really fluctuates, the beginning of the song is him singing very naturally and as the chorus builds you can really hear the emotion grow in his voice and then the chorus crushes it and his voice is amazing.

When you first listen to this song, you don’t really pay much attention to the lyrics because the sound itself is very catchy but when you actually pay attention to the lyrics you realize that this song actually has a very strong meaning. Part of the chorus is “A beating heart so stone, you gotta be so cold to make it in this world. Yeah, you’re a natural.” To me, this song stands for the fact that we live in such a dog-eat-dog world and to survive and make it in this world you have to be a little stone cold. Life throws a lot of crazy things at us that we don’t necessarily expect so to be able to build a thick skin in this world is important. We can only guess that Dan Reynolds has gone through a lot of hardships in his life and this song is a reflection on how he feels about the world.