The artist is too hard on themself.Ĭhances are, they are wiser now than they were 10 years ago. It could also be a sense of self-depreciating. Because doesn't age correspond with wisdom? That it has so many grey areas which cannot be defined.Ĭould be the artist feels like they're losing their sense of right and wrong, the lines between them are blurring.įeels helpless. The acknowledgement of how its not a black and white world. Who knows what's right? The lines keep getting thinner/ They make the subject start to believe them and give in. In other words, those bad thoughts keep invading his mind. In this case, they keep the artist up at night due to those thoughts never ceasing. 'Shadows' could mean dark thoughts or inner demons. The overall feel of the song is dark and because of that I must include a trigger warning. I find it masterful how these lyrics convey such melancholy, but ID manages to keep the surface-impression fun and catchy. Because in this case, the title fits it perfectly. If you look at the song itself, it's interesting how Imagine Dragons placed it last.

((Later, when they exploded into popularity, they added more songs to the album, such as Working Man and Fallen.)) According to the band, they wanted Nothing Left to Say to have a happy ending, given the dark nature of the song. On the original album, the record label only allowed them 11 songs, so that's the reason they tacked on Rocks.

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