Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors Album Lyrics

Am I out of touch?
Am I out of my place?
When I keep saying that I'm looking for an empty space
Oh I'm wishing you're here
But I'm wishing you're gone
I can't have you and I'm only gonna do you wrong

Oh I'm going to mess this up
Oh this is just my luck
Over and over and over again

In the meantime, let it go
At the roadside
We used to know
We can let this drift away
Oh we let this drift away
And there's always time to change your mind
Oh there's always time to change your mind
And there's always time to change your mind
Oh love, can you hear me?

I'm sorry for everything
Oh everything I've done
From the second that I was born
I think I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole through
Everything I love
Oh I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single
Thing that I love

Am I out of luck?
Am I waiting to break?
When I keep saying that I'm looking for a
Way to escape
Oh I'm wishing I had what I've taken for granted
I can't help you when I'm only gonna do
You wrong

Oh I'm going to mess this up
Oh this is just my luck
Over and over and over again

In the meantime, let it go
At the roadside
We used to know
We can let this drift away
Oh we let this drift away
And there's always time to change your mind
Oh there's always time to change your mind
And there's always time to change your mind
Oh love, can you hear me?

I'm sorry for everything
Oh everything I've done
From the second that I was born
I think I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole through
Everything I love
Oh I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single
Thing that I love

First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed,
but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.
Only at first did it have its appeal, but now you can't tell the false from the real.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

Statues and empires are all at your hands,
Water to wine and the finest of sands.
When all you have's turnin stale and its cold,
Oh you'll no longer fear when your heart's turned to gold.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

I'm dyin to feel again,
Oh anything at all,
But I don't feel nothin, nothin, nothin, nothin

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

This is my word
This is my way
Show me a sign
Sweep me away

This is my word,
Heartbreaker, gatekeeper
I'm feeling far away, I'm feeling right there

Deep in my heart, deep in my mind
Take me away, take me away
This is my word
Dream maker, life taker
Open up my mind

[Chorus:]
All I believe
is it a dream
that comes crashing down on me
All that I hope
is it just smoke and mirrors
I want to believe ohh oh oh oh oh oh oh
But all that I hope
is it just smoke and mirrors

All that I've known
buildings of stone
Fall to the ground
without a sound
This is my word
Heart breaker, gatekeeper
I'm feeling far away, I'm feeling right there

I'm starting to cave
I'm losing my flame
I wanted your truth
but I wanted the pain
to disappear
Dream maker, life taker
Open up my mind

[Chorus]

Believe
I want to believe...

[Chorus]

First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed,
but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.
Only at first did it have its appeal, but now you can't tell the false from the real.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

Statues and empires are all at your hands,
Water to wine and the finest of sands.
When all you have's turnin stale and its cold,
Oh you'll no longer fear when your heart's turned to gold.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

I'm dyin to feel again,
Oh anything at all,
But I don't feel nothin, nothin, nothin, nothin

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed,
but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.
Only at first did it have its appeal, but now you can't tell the false from the real.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

Statues and empires are all at your hands,
Water to wine and the finest of sands.
When all you have's turnin stale and its cold,
Oh you'll no longer fear when your heart's turned to gold.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

I'm dyin to feel again,
Oh anything at all,
But I don't feel nothin, nothin, nothin, nothin

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed,
but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.
Only at first did it have its appeal, but now you can't tell the false from the real.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

Statues and empires are all at your hands,
Water to wine and the finest of sands.
When all you have's turnin stale and its cold,
Oh you'll no longer fear when your heart's turned to gold.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

I'm dyin to feel again,
Oh anything at all,
But I don't feel nothin, nothin, nothin, nothin

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

Get down with the victim
We both know you need them
You're stuck in the middle
Of all irrelevance
And your heart is beating
'Cause you know that you gotta
Get out of the middle
And rise to the top now

When you've made it
Won't ya tell me what to do
'Cause I'm playin' it all wrong
When you made it, when you made it
Won't ya tell me what to do
'Cause I'm playin' it all wrong

You can't fight the friction
So ease it off
Can't take the pressure
So ease it off
Don't tell me to be strong
Ease it off
You can't fight the friction
So ease it off

And get into the system
We both know you need one
The tip of the needle
Is taking over you
And your heart is beating

'Cause you know that you gotta
Get out of the middle
And rise to the top now

When you've made it
Won't ya tell me what to do
'Cause I'm playin' it all wrong
When you made it, when you made it
Won't ya tell me what to do
'Cause I'm playin' it all wrong

You can't fight the friction
So ease it off
Can't take the pressure
So ease it off
Don't tell me to be strong
Ease it off
You can't fight the friction
So ease it off

Oh why can't you let go
Like a bird in the snow
This is no place to build your home

You can't fight the friction
So ease it off
Can't take the pressure
So ease it off
Don't tell me to be strong
Ease it off
You can't fight the friction
So yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah

4am beside myself
And what I think of mental health
All the things that worry me
All the things you don't believe
I've been told just what to do
Where to look and point my view
All the things that I could be
I think I learned in therapy
Am I just a shadow you drew?

[Chorus:]
It comes back to you, it comes back to you
All the things that you had lost will find their way to you
It comes back to you, it comes back to you
Looking back into the past and I can see it through
It comes to back you oh oh [x3]

It comes back to you
Mocking birds and diamond rings
Oh I have thought of greater things
All the things that fly by me
All the lives that I could lead
Maybe I was born for that
Or maybe I was first to last
You could call it cowardess
But leave me to my studied bliss
Am I just a shadow you drew?

[Chorus]

It comes to back you oh oh [x3]
It comes back to you

First comes the blessing of all that you've dreamed,
but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.
Only at first did it have its appeal, but now you can't tell the false from the real.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

Statues and empires are all at your hands,
Water to wine and the finest of sands.
When all you have's turnin stale and its cold,
Oh you'll no longer fear when your heart's turned to gold.
Who can you trust
(Who can you trust)

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

I'm dyin to feel again,
Oh anything at all,
But I don't feel nothin, nothin, nothin, nothin

When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold, gold.
When everything, everything, everything you touch turns to gold, gold
(Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah
Ooh, gold, woah)

Oh quiet down, I've had enough
I guess it's now or never
Iv been around, I've settled up
I'll bolt soon or later

[Pre-Chorus:]
I took a photograph of me
When I was only nineteen
I looked a little lost at sea
I keep trying to find me

[Chorus:]
So pray for me brother
I need redemption
I'm just a man
A man on a mission
I want no trouble [x4]
Pray for me sister
Give me a mention
I got no faith
And oh did I mention
I want no trouble [x4]

Oh pack it up and hit the road
And only take my lighter
I've seen glitz, I've seen the glam
but I prefer the pay dirt

[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]

Maybe you could save my soul
Cause of all the things that I don't know
Maybe you could save my soul
Cause of all the things that I don't know

[Chorus]

If only for a second
Let me have you
Tell me all your secrets
Let me know you

Paint me all your pictures
Hang them on my wall
Show me all your colors
Show me all

Open up your eyes
Open up your mind
Fall in love with what you mean to me [x2]

A fire burns into you purifying gold
But what I saw was opulence
And that's not for me
That's not for me
No, that's not for me

Only in summertime
Only in summertime
Things will change with time
But only in summertime

Open up your eyes
Open up your mind
Fall in love with what you mean to me [x2]

Only in summertime
Only in summertime
Things will change with time
But only in summertime

Hey Mr. cage man let me get a fresh breath
Cherry bomb head strong I could fake my own death
Hey Mr. fate man shuffle me a ninth life
I've been wrong, go long
throwing me a sharp right
It's not a picture perfect life
Not what I had in mind
Let me write my own line

[Chorus:]
I've got this place
That I've filled with empty space
Oh I'm trying not to face what I've done
My hopeless opus
I'm in this race and I'm hoping just to place
Oh I'm trying not to face what's become of me
My hopeless opus

Hey Mr. safe man hustle me an okay
I could slide take a dive take it for the home team
Hey Mr. postman slip me one more green note
I've been low hit the floor looking just to make broke
It's not a picture perfect life
Not what I had in mind
Let me write my own line

[Chorus]

Hey Mr.
Hey Mr.
Hey Mr. cage man
Cherry bomb
Let me get
Cherry bomb
Cherry bomb

[Chorus]

Maybe I'm broken
Maybe I'm wrong
I could've spoken sooner than I should have
Only the good die old
That's what they told me
But I don't know

Maybe I'm breaking up with myself
Maybe I'm thinking I should just keep to the things that I've been told
Wait for the colors to turn to gold

[Pre-Chorus:]
Do you know?
Do you know?
You're all I know
You're all I know
When everything
Comes crashing down
You're all I know
You're all I know

[Chorus:]
I'm ready for the fall
I'm ready for everything that I believed in to drift away
Ready for the leaves
Ready for the colors to burn to gold and crumble away

Maybe I'm destined to be distraught
Always a reason
Breaking me down to my knees in the dead of night
I keep on praying to see the light
Maybe I'm breaking up with myself
Maybe I'm thinking I should just keep to the things that I've been told
Wait for the colors to turn to gold

[Pre-Chorus x2]
[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
You were the one [x3]
Who helped me see

You were the one [x2]
Oh you gave it all to me

[Repeat Bridge x6]

I'm ready for the fall
Ready for the leaves

Ready for the colors to burn to gold and crumble away

If only you
You could see
The darkest place that you could be
Oh maybe then you'd understand
From desert heat to cobbled streets
From broken home to the city beat
There's so much more than you could know

[Chorus:]
So take me back
When I believed
Back when I was unafraid
Just like a thief
And all the heights
That I could reach
Back when I was unafraid
Just like a thief

If I could live a thousand times
If I could make a thousand tries
Maybe then I'd get it right
The more I see, the more I know
That everyone just wants a show
No we don't want to see the truth

[Chorus]

When the stars look down on me
What do they see
[x5]

[Chorus]

Woman, help me
You turn my head in circles
Mama, blessed me
With magnet eyes for purple
Oh, so let me show you something good

Pastor, preacher
I want to say I'm sorry
Nice to meet ya
I think my eyes are starry
Pledge allegiance to my only

Sooner or later it all comes around
Hopefully then I will see
After the people and places are gone
You will come back,
You will come back to me, to me, to me
You will come back to me, to me, to me

Auntie Mara,
I think you know my reasons
I was a product
Of everything in season
Oh, so heavy. Set me free again

Oh, my papa,
If all the world could know you,
You could stop a thousand wars across the globe
Oh, I miss ya
Show them something good

Sooner or later it all comes around
Hopefully then I will see
After the people and places are gone
You will come back,
You will come back to me, to me, to me
You will come back to me, to me, to me

To me
To me

Older than water, stubborn as stone
There'll be no forgiveness for all that you've known
Oh these days oh these days get heavy
Hotter than friction subtle as sound
There'll be no forgiveness for you to come around

Oh these days oh these days get heavy

I get older and life fades but you remain
Open up again I believe in second chances
Please let me in oh I believe in second chances
I won't break you
I will not let you down
Open up again I believe in second chances

Quicker than lightning, whiter than bone
If you can erase it then I can atone

Oh these days oh these days get heavy

I get older and life fades but you remain
Open up again I believe in second chances
Please let me in oh I believe in second chances
I won't break you I will not let you down
Open up again I believe in second chances

Forgive me
Forgive me

Open up again I believe in second chances
Please let me in oh I believe in second chances
I won't break you I will not let you down
Open up again I believe in second chances

Goodnight [x8]

Twenty miles from anyone
Set my sights on the setting sun
Heaven talks but not to me
Cause heaven knows that nothing good comes free
Desolation tragedy
Is there nothing good in me [x4]
I've let me down down down down [x2]

Petty lies to everyone
In the hopes that I could be someone
Heaven talks but not to me
And now I wonder if it's meant to be
Desolation tragedy
Is there nothing good in me [x4]
I've let me down down down down [x4]

But I'll take your word
Cause after all you've never lied
Oh not at all
But look at me
Oh what a mess
I get caught up in the things that matter the least
Oh let me have release
I've let me down down down down [x4]

As a child, you would wait and watch from far away


But you always knew that you'd be the one


That work while they all play





In youth, you'd lay awake at night and scheme


Of all the things that you would change


But it was just a dream





Here we are, don't turn away now (don't turn away)


We are the warriors that built this town


Here we are, don't turn away now (don't turn away)


We are the warriors that built this town


From dust





Will come


When you will have to rise


Above the best and prove yourself


Your spirit never dies





Farewell, I've gone to take my throne above


But don't weep for me


'Cause this will be the labor of my love





Here we are, don't turn away now (don't turn away)


We are the warriors that built this town


Here we are, don't turn away now (don't turn away)


We are the warriors that built this town


From dust





Here we are, don't turn away now (don't turn away)


We are the warriors that built this town


Here we are, don't turn away now (don't turn away)


We are the warriors that built this town


From dust