Digital Booklet - Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe)

SHOTS
GOLD
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
IM SO SORRY
I BET MY LIFE
POLAROID
FRICTION
IT COMES BACK TO YOU
DREAM
TROUBLE
SUMMER
HOPELESS OPUS
THE FALL
BONUS TRACKS
THIEF
THE UNKNOWN
SECOND CHANCES
RELEASE
WARRIORS
BATTLE CRY
MONSTER
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Original Paintings by Tim Cantor
SHOTS
GOLD
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
IM SO SORRY
I BET MY LIFE
Im sorry for everything

oh everything Ive done
first comes the blessing of all that youve dreamed

but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings
only at first did it have its appeal
but now you cant tell the false from the real
who can you trust, who can you trust
this is my word
this is my way
show me a sign
sweep me away
about time for anyone telling you off for all

your deeds
no sign the roaring thunder stopped in cold
to read
no time
get mine and make no excuses waste of
precious breath
no time
the sun shines on everyone, everyone
love yourself to death
I know I took the path that you would

never want for me
I know I let you down, didnt I
so many sleepless nights where you were
waiting up on me
well Im just a slave unto the night
am I out of touch
am I out of my place
when I keep saying that Im looking for an
empty space
oh Im wishing youre here
but Im wishing youre gone
I cant have you and Im only gonna do you
wrong
oh Im going to mess this up
oh this is just my luck
over and over and over again
Im sorry for everything
oh everything Ive done
from the second that I was born
it seems I had a loaded gun
and then I shot, shot, shot a hole through
everything I loved
oh I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single
thing that I loved
am I out of luck
am I waiting to break
when I keep saying that Im looking for a way
to escape
oh Im wishing I had what Id taken for granted
I cant help you when Im only gonna do you
wrong
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
in the meantime can we let it go
at the roadside that
we used to know
we can let this drift away
oh we let this drift away
at the bayside
where you used to show
in the moonlight
where we let it go
we can let this drift away
oh we let this drift away
and theres always time to change your mind
oh theres always time to change your mind
oh love, can you hear me
oh let it drift away
[repeat chorus]
[repeat bridge]
when everything, everything, everything you

touch turns to gold, gold, gold
everything, everything, everything you touch
turns to gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold
statues and empires are all at your hands
water to wine and the finest of sands
when all that you have is turning stale and its cold
oh you no longer feel when your hearts
turned to gold
who can you trust, who can you trust
[repeat chorus]
Im dying to feel again
oh anything at all
but oh I feel nothing, nothing, nothing
[repeat chorus]
this is my word
heartbreaker, gatekeeper
Im feeling far away, Im 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
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
but all that I know
is it just smoke and mirrors
all that Ive known
buildings of stone
fall to the ground
without a sound
this is my word
heartbreaker, gatekeeper
Im feeling far away, Im feeling right there
Im starting to cave
Im losing my flame
I wanted your truth
but I wanted the pain
to disappear
dream maker, life taker
open up my mind
[repeat chorus]
believe
I want to believe
[repeat chorus]
so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go

youll never be loved till youve made your own
you gotta face up, you gotta get yours
you never know the top till you get too low
a son of a stepfather
a son of a
Im so sorry
a son of a stepfather
a son of a
Im so sorry
no lies and no deceiving, man is what he loves
I keep tryin to conceive that death is from above
no time
get mine and make no excuses waste of
precious breath
no time
the sun shines on everyone, everyone
love yourself to death
[repeat chorus]
life isnt always what you think itd be
turn your head for one second and the tables turn
and I know, I know that I did you wrong
but will you trust me when I say that Ill
make it up to you somehow, somehow
[repeat chorus]
Im so sorry (x3)
now remember when I told you thats the

last youll see of me
remember when I broke you down to tears
I know I took the path that you would never
want for me
I gave you hell through all the years
so I, I bet my life
I bet my life
I bet my life on you
I, I bet my life, I bet my life
I bet my life on you
Ive been around the world
and never in my wildest dreams
would I come runnin home to you
Ive told a million lies but now Ill tell a
single truth
theres you in everything I do
[pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
dont tell me that Im wrong
Ive walked that road before
and left you on your own
please believe them when they say
that its left for yesterday
in the records that I play
please forgive me for all Ive done
[repeat chorus]
POLAROID
FRICTION
Im a reckless mistake
Im a cold nights intake
Im a one night too long
Im a come on too strong
get down with the victim

we both know you need them
youre 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
all my life Ive been living in the fast lane

cant slow down
Im a rollin freight train
one more time
gotta start all over
cant slow down
Im a lone red rover
Im a hold my cards close
Im a wreck what I love most
Im a first class let down
Im a shut up sit down
I am a head case
I am the color of boom
thats never arriving
at you are the pay raise
always a touch out of view
and I am the color of boom
cant slow down
one more time
cant slow down
Im a lone red rover
oh
how did it come to this
oh
love is a polaroid
better in picture
but never can fill the void
Im a midnight talker
oh Im an alley walker
Im a day late two face
Im a burn out quick pace
I am a head case
I am the color of boom
thats never arriving
at you are the opera
always on time and in tune
and I am the color of boom
cant slow down
one more time
cant slow down
Im a lone red rover
oh
how did it come to this
oh
love is a polaroid
better in picture
but never can fill the void
Im gonna get ready
for the rain to pour heavy
let it fall, fall
let it fall upon my head
[repeat chorus]
love is a polaroid (x4)
when youve made it

wont ya tell me what to do
cause Im playin it all wrong
when you made it, when you made it
wont ya tell me what to do
cause Im playin it all wrong
you cant fight the friction
so ease it off
you cant take the pressure
so ease it off
dont tell me to be strong
ease it off
you cant 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
IT COMES BACK
TO YOU
4am beside myself
and what I think of mental health
all the things that worry me
all the things you dont believe
Ive 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
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 cowardice
but leave me to my studied bliss
cause you know that you gotta

get out of the middle
and rise to the top now
am I just a shadow you drew
[pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
it comes to back you oh oh (x3)

it comes back to you
ohhh why cant you let go

like a bird in the snow
this is no place to build your home
[repeat chorus]
[repeat chorus]
DREAM
TROUBLE
in the dark
and Im right on the middle mark
Im just in the tier of everything that rides below the
surface
and I watch from a distance seventeen
and Im short of the others dreams of being golden
and on top
its not what you painted in my head
theres so much there instead of all the colors that I saw
oh quiet down, Ive had enough

I guess its now or never
Ive been around, Ive settled up
Ill bolt soon or later
we all are living in a dream

but life aint what it seems
oh everythings a mess
and all these sorrows I have seen
they lead me to believe
that everythings a mess
so pray for me brother

I need redemption
Im 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)
but I wanna dream

I wanna dream
leave me to dream
I took a photograph of me
when I was only nineteen
I looked a little lost at sea
I keep trying to find me
in the eyes
of a teenage crystallized
oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the
home
and the cries from the strangers out at night
they dont keep us up at night
we have the curtains drawn and closed
oh pack it up and hit the road

and only take my lighter
Ive seen the glitz, Ive seen the glam
but I prefer the pay dirt

maybe you could save my soul

from all the things that I dont know
maybe you could save my soul
from all the things that I dont know
but I wanna dream

I wanna dream
leave me to dream
I know all your reasons
to keep me from seeing
everything is actually a mess
but now I am leaving
all of us were only dreaming
everything is actually a mess
but I wanna dream
I wanna dream
leave me to dream
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat chorus]
SUMMER
HOPELESS OPUS
THE FALL
THIEF
THE UNKNOWN
if only for a second

let me have you
tell me all your secrets
let me know you
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
Ive been wrong, go long
throwing me a sharp right
maybe Im broken
maybe Im wrong
I couldve spoken sooner than I should have
only the good die old
thats what they told me
but I dont know
if only you
you could see
the darkest place that you could be
oh maybe then youd understand
woman help me
you turn my head in circles
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 line with what youre meant to be
(x2)
a fire burns into you
purifying all
and what I saw was opulence
and thats not for me (x3)
only in summertime
only in summertime
things will change with time
only in summertime
open up your eyes
open up your mind
fall in line with what youre meant to be
(x2)
only in summertime
only in summertime
things will change with time
only in summertime
its not a picture perfect life

not what I had in mind
let me write my own line
Ive got this place
that Ive filled with empty space
oh Im trying not to face what Ive done
my hopeless opus
Im in this race and Im hoping just to place
oh Im trying not to face whats 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
Ive been low hit the floor looking just to make
broke
its not a picture perfect life
not what I had in mind
let me write my own line
[repeat chorus]
hey Mr.
hey Mr.
hey Mr. cage man
cherry bomb
let me get
cherry bomb
cherry bomb
[repeat chorus]
maybe Im breaking up with myself

maybe Im thinking I should just keep
to the things that Ive been told
wait for the colors to turn to gold
do you know
do you know
youre all I know
youre all I know
when everything
comes crashing down
youre all I know
youre all I know
Im ready for the fall
Im 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 Im 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 Im breaking up with myself
maybe Im thinking I should just keep
to the things that Ive been told
wait for the colors to turn to gold
[repeat pre-chorus x2]
[repeat chorus]
you were the one (x3)
who helped me see
you were the one (x2)
oh you gave it all to me
[repeat bridge x6]
Im ready for the fall
ready for the leaves
ready for the colors to
burn to gold and crumble away
from desert heat to cobbled streets

from broken home to the city beat
theres so much more than you could know
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 Id get it right
the more I see
the more I know
that everyone just wants a show
no we dont want to see the truth
[repeat chorus]
when the stars look down on me
what do they see
(x5)
[repeat chorus]
mama blessed me
with magnet eyes for purple
oh so let me show you something good
Pastor, Preacher
I want to say Im 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
SECOND CHANCES
RELEASE
older than water

stubborn as stone
therell be no forgiveness for all that youve known
oh these days oh these days get heavy
hotter than friction subtle as sound
therell be no forgiveness for you to come around
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)
Ive let me down down down down (x2)

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 wont break you
I will not let you down
quicker than lightning
whiter than bone
if you can erase it then I can atone
I get older and life fades but you remain
I wont break you I will not let you down
forgive me
forgive me
I wont break you I will not let you down
goodnight (x8)
petty lies to everyone

in the hopes that I could be someone
heaven talks but not to me
and now I wonder if its meant to be
desolation tragedy
is there nothing good in me (x4)
but Ill take your word
cause after all youve 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
Imagine Dragons
Vox: Dan Reynolds
Guitar: Wayne Sermon
Bass: Ben McKee
Drums: Daniel Platzman
Album Executive Producer:
Alex Da Kid for KIDinaKORNER
Original Paintings by Tim Cantor
Photography by Eliot Lee Hazel
Designed in Graphic Therapy, NYC
Management: Mac Reynolds, Reynolds Management
Legal: Robert Reynolds, Reynolds & Associates
Business Manager: Jeff Schwartz, Tribeca Management
Booking: Corrie Christopher, Paradigm Agency
U.K./Europe Booking: James Whitting, Coda
Press: Hillary Siskind, Interscope
Marketing: Matt Laser LaMotte, Interscope
Special Thanks To: Alex Da Kid, Matt LaMotte, Aja, Julie,
the Reynolds Family, Alex Da Wife, Jeff, Debbie, the Sermon Family,
the McKee Family, the Muldoon Family, all the Forestvillains,
Mark White, Billy Degnats, Jackie Santos, the Platzman Family,
Tim and Amy Cantor, DaLyn Bauman, Turner Pope, Jordan DeVard,
David Calderley, Phil Liddiard, Jeff Schwartz, Corrie Christopher,
James Whitting, Adam Brill, Angie Warner, Matt Miley, Scott Eisenberg,
Ryan Wolf Walker, Jared Swetnam, Eric Kane, Shane Johnson,
Sarah Landau, Cameron Whaley, John Featherstone, Nook Schoenfeld,
Corlene Byrd, Alissa Kelly, Tommy Marolda, Brad Wosik, Rich Dixon,
Hal Crook, Bobby Reynolds, Brian Saliba, Patrick Genovese,
Steve Young, Rachel Smith, The Las Vegas Mass Choir,
Brandon Beck and the team at Riot Games, Marc Jordan,
Jamie DArcangelo, John Janick, Brenda Romano, Steve Berman,
Gary Kelly, Jurgen Grebner, Tony Seyler, Kerry Hickey, Mark Flaherty,
Nick Miller, Jen Zeller, Dennis Dennehy, Hillary Siskind, Jeff Stacey,
James Evans, Michelle An, Stephanie Hsu, Justine Massa,
Chris Mortimer, Gretchen Anderson, Daniel Sena, Tomoko Itoki,
and the rest of the Interscope team, James Lambkin.
SHOTS
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Adorning
Images Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
GOLD
Written by Imagine Dragons and Alex Da Kid for
KIDinaKORNER
Produced by Alex Da Kid for KIDinaKORNER
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal, Songs
of Universal, Inc. (BMI) o/b/o Alexander Grant
Recorded by Robert Root at Ragged Minions Studio
SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Recorded by Robert Root at Damaging
Senior Studio
IM SO SORRY
Recorded by Robert Root at Indigo Managers
Studio
I BET MY LIFE
Recorded by Robert Root at Raging
Inside Me Studio
Vocal performance by The Las Vegas Mass Choir
POLAROID
Recorded by Robert Root at Amigos in Danger Studio
FRICTION
Recorded by Robert Root at Gained Organism Studio
IT COMES BACK TO YOU
Published by lat
A Gingers Domain Studio
DREAM
Written by Imagine Dragons and Alex Da Kid for
KIDinaKORNER
Recorded by Robert Root at God is in a
Manger Studio
Additional engineering by Phil Liddiard
TROUBLE
Recorded by Robert Root at A Mean
Rigid Song Studio
Trumpet performance by Pete Bresciani
SUMMER
Recorded by Robert Root at Ego and a Grim Sin
Studio
HOPELESS OPUS
Recorded by Robert Root at Gonad Migraines Studio

THE FALL
Recorded by Robert Root at No Dream
Is Aging Studio
THIEF
Recorded and Mixed by Robert Root at Omega and
Rising Studio
THE UNKNOWN
Recorded by Robert Root at Domain Greasing
Studio
SECOND CHANCES
Recorded by Robert Root at Angie Digs Romans
Studio
RELEASE
Recorded by Imagine Dragons on the road
WARRIORS
Written by Imagine Dragons, Alex Da Kid for

KIDinaKORNER and Josh Mosser
Arrangement and Orchestration by Sebastien Najand
(Riot Games)
Additional Strings by Christian Linke (Riot Games)
and JMosser Music (BMI)
Recorded by Christian Linke (Riot Games) and Josh
Mosser
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios
BATTLE CRY
MONSTER
Written by Imagine Dragons, Alex Da Kid for
KIDinaKORNER and Josh Mosser
and JMosser Music (BMI)

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SHOTS

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Im sorry for everything

first comes the blessing of all that youve dreamed

about time for anyone telling you off for all

I know I took the path that you would

when everything, everything, everything you

so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go

now remember when I told you thats the

get down with the victim

all my life Ive been living in the fast lane

when youve made it

cause you know that you gotta

am I just a shadow you drew

it comes to back you oh oh (x3)

ohhh why cant you let go

oh quiet down, Ive had enough

we all are living in a dream

so pray for me brother

but I wanna dream

oh pack it up and hit the road

we all are living in a dream

maybe you could save my soul

but I wanna dream

if only for a second

hey Mr. cage man let me get a fresh breath

paint me all your pictures

its not a picture perfect life

maybe Im breaking up with myself

from desert heat to cobbled streets

older than water

twenty miles from anyone

oh these days oh these days get heavy

petty lies to everyone

Performed by Imagine Dragons

assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz

Performed by Imagine Dragons

Written by Imagine Dragons, Alex Da Kid for

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