SHOTS

GOLD
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
I’M 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 I’M SO SORRY I BET MY LIFE
I’m sorry for everything first comes the blessing of all that you’ve dreamed this is my word about time for anyone telling you off for all I know I took the path that you would
oh everything I’ve done but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings this is my way your deeds never want for me
only at first did it have its appeal show me a sign no sign the roaring thunder stopped in cold I know I let you down, didn’t I
am I out of touch but now you can’t tell the false from the real sweep me away to read so many sleepless nights where you were
am I out of my place who can you trust, who can you trust no time waiting up on me
when I keep saying that I’m looking for an this is my word get mine and make no excuses waste of well I’m just a slave unto the night
empty space when everything, everything, everything you heartbreaker, gatekeeper precious breath
oh I’m wishing you’re here touch turns to gold, gold, gold I’m feeling far away, I’m feeling right there no time now remember when I told you that’s the
but I’m wishing you’re gone everything, everything, everything you touch the sun shines on everyone, everyone last you’ll see of me
I can’t have you and I’m only gonna do you turns to gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold deep in my heart, deep in my mind love yourself to death remember when I broke you down to tears
wrong take me away, take me away I know I took the path that you would never
statues and empires are all at your hands this is my word so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go want for me
oh I’m going to mess this up water to wine and the finest of sands dream maker, life taker you’ll never be loved till you’ve made your own I gave you hell through all the years
oh this is just my luck when all that you have is turning stale and it’s cold open up my mind you gotta face up, you gotta get yours
over and over and over again oh you no longer feel when your heart’s you never know the top till you get too low so I, I bet my life
turned to gold all I believe I bet my life
I’m sorry for everything who can you trust, who can you trust is it a dream a son of a stepfather I bet my life on you
oh everything I’ve done that comes crashing down on me a son of a I, I bet my life, I bet my life
from the second that I was born [repeat chorus] all that I hope I’m so sorry I bet my life on you
it seems I had a loaded gun is it just smoke and mirrors a son of a stepfather
and then I shot, shot, shot a hole through I’m dying to feel again I want to believe a son of a I’ve been around the world
everything I loved oh anything at all but all that I know I’m so sorry and never in my wildest dreams
oh I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single but oh I feel nothing, nothing, nothing is it just smoke and mirrors would I come runnin’ home to you
thing that I loved no lies and no deceiving, man is what he loves I’ve told a million lies but now I’ll tell a
[repeat chorus] all that I’ve known I keep tryin’ to conceive that death is from above single truth
am I out of luck buildings of stone no time there’s you in everything I do
am I waiting to break fall to the ground get mine and make no excuses waste of
when I keep saying that I’m looking for a way without a sound precious breath [pre-chorus]
to escape this is my word no time [repeat chorus]
oh I’m wishing I had what I’d taken for granted heartbreaker, gatekeeper the sun shines on everyone, everyone
I can’t help you when I’m only gonna do you I’m feeling far away, I’m feeling right there love yourself to death don’t tell me that I’m wrong
wrong I’ve walked that road before
I’m starting to cave so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go and left you on your own
[repeat pre-chorus] I’m losing my flame you’ll never be loved till you’ve made your own please believe them when they say
[repeat chorus] I wanted your truth you gotta face up, you gotta get yours that it’s left for yesterday
but I wanted the pain you never know the top till you get too low in the records that I play
in the meantime can we let it go to disappear please forgive me for all I’ve done
at the roadside that dream maker, life taker [repeat chorus]
we used to know open up my mind [repeat chorus]
we can let this drift away life isn’t always what you think it’d be
oh we let this drift away [repeat chorus] turn your head for one second and the tables turn
at the bayside and I know, I know that I did you wrong
where you used to show believe but will you trust me when I say that I’ll
in the moonlight I want to believe make it up to you somehow, somehow
where we let it go
we can let this drift away [repeat chorus] so you gotta fire up, you gotta let go
oh we let this drift away you’ll never be loved till you’ve made your own
you gotta face up, you gotta get yours
and there’s always time to change your mind you never know the top till you get too low
oh there’s always time to change your mind
oh love, can you hear me [repeat chorus]
oh let it drift away
I’m so sorry (x3)
[repeat chorus]
[repeat bridge]
POLAROID FRICTION IT COMES BACK DREAM TROUBLE
I’m a reckless mistake get down with the victim TO YOU in the dark oh quiet down, I’ve had enough
I’m a cold night’s intake we both know you need them and I’m right on the middle mark I guess it’s now or never
I’m a one night too long you’re stuck in the middle 4am beside myself I’m just in the tier of everything that rides below the I’ve been around, I’ve settled up
I’m a come on too strong of all irrelevance and what I think of mental health surface I’ll bolt soon or later
and your heart is beating all the things that worry me and I watch from a distance seventeen
all my life I’ve been living in the fast lane cause you know that you gotta all the things you don’t believe and I’m short of the others dreams of being golden I took a photograph of me
can’t slow down get out of the middle I’ve been told just what to do and on top when I was only nineteen
I’m a rollin’ freight train and rise to the top now where to look and point my view it’s not what you painted in my head I looked a little lost at sea
one more time all the things that I could be there’s so much there instead of all the colors that I saw I keep trying to find me
gotta start all over when you’ve made it I think I learned in therapy
can’t slow down won’t ya tell me what to do we all are living in a dream so pray for me brother
I’m a lone red rover cause I’m playin’ it all wrong am I just a shadow you drew I need redemption
but life ain’t what it seems
when you made it, when you made it oh everything’s a mess I’m just a man
I’m a hold my cards close it comes back to you, it comes back to you
I’m a wreck what I love most won’t ya tell me what to do and all these sorrows I have seen a man on a mission
cause I’m playin’ it all wrong all the things that you had lost will find their way to they lead me to believe I want no trouble (x4)
I’m a first class let down you
I’m a shut up sit down that everything’s a mess pray for me sister
you can’t fight the friction it comes back to you, it comes back to you give me a mention
so ease it off looking back into the past and I can but I wanna dream I got no faith
I am a head case
I am the color of boom you can’t take the pressure see it through I wanna dream and oh did I mention
that’s never arriving so ease it off leave me to dream I want no trouble (x4)
at you are the pay raise don’t tell me to be strong it comes to back you oh oh (x3)
always a touch out of view ease it off it comes back to you in the eyes oh pack it up and hit the road
and I am the color of boom you can’t fight the friction of a teenage crystallized and only take my lighter
so mocking birds and diamond rings oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the I’ve seen the glitz, I’ve seen the glam
all my life I’ve been living in the fast lane ease it off oh I have thought of greater things home but I prefer the pay dirt
can’t slow down all the things that fly by me and the cries from the strangers out at night
I’m a rollin’ freight train and get into the system all the lives that I could lead they don’t keep us up at night [repeat pre-chorus]
one more time we both know you need one maybe I was born for that we have the curtains drawn and closed [repeat chorus]
gotta start all over the tip of the needle or maybe I was first to last
can’t slow down is taking over you you could call it cowardice maybe you could save my soul
I’m a lone red rover but leave me to my studied bliss we all are living in a dream
and your heart is beating but life ain’t what it seems from all the things that I don’t know
oh everything’s a mess maybe you could save my soul
oh cause you know that you gotta am I just a shadow you drew from all the things that I don’t know
how did it come to this and all these sorrows I have seen
get out of the middle they lead me to believe
oh [repeat chorus] [repeat chorus]
love is a polaroid and rise to the top now that everything’s a mess
better in picture it comes to back you oh oh (x3)
but never can fill the void [pre-chorus] but I wanna dream
[repeat chorus] it comes back to you
I wanna dream
I’m a midnight talker leave me to dream
oh I’m an alley walker ohhh why can’t you let go
I’m a day late two face like a bird in the snow I know all your reasons
I’m a burn out quick pace this is no place to build your home to keep me from seeing
everything is actually a mess
I am a head case [repeat chorus] but now I am leaving
I am the color of boom all of us were only dreaming
that’s never arriving everything is actually a mess
at you are the opera
always on time and in tune
and I am the color of boom we all are living in a dream
but life ain’t what it seems
all my life I’ve been living in the fast lane oh everything’s a mess
can’t slow down and all these sorrows I have seen
I’m a rollin’ freight train they lead me to believe
one more time that everything’s a mess
gotta start all over
can’t slow down but I wanna dream
I’m a lone red rover I wanna dream
leave me to dream
oh
how did it come to this
oh
love is a polaroid
better in picture
but never can fill the void

I’m 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)

SUMMER HOPELESS OPUS THE FALL THIEF THE UNKNOWN
if only for a second hey Mr. cage man let me get a fresh breath maybe I’m broken if only you woman help me
let me have you cherry bomb head strong I could fake my own death maybe I’m wrong you could see you turn my head in circles
tell me all your secrets hey Mr. fate man shuffle me a ninth life I could’ve spoken sooner than I should have the darkest place that you could be
let me know you I’ve been wrong, go long only the good die old oh maybe then you’d understand mama blessed me
throwing me a sharp right that’s what they told me with magnet eyes for purple
paint me all your pictures but I don’t know from desert heat to cobbled streets oh so let me show you something good
hang them on my wall it’s not a picture perfect life from broken home to the city beat
show me all your colors not what I had in mind maybe I’m breaking up with myself there’s so much more than you could know Pastor, Preacher
show me all let me write my own line maybe I’m thinking I should just keep I want to say I’m sorry
to the things that I’ve been told so take me back nice to meet ya
open up your eyes I’ve got this place wait for the colors to turn to gold when I believed I think my eyes are starry
open up your mind that I’ve filled with empty space back when I was unafraid pledge allegiance to my only
fall in line with what you’re meant to be oh I’m trying not to face what I’ve done do you know just like a thief
(x2) my hopeless opus do you know and all the heights sooner or later it all comes around
I’m in this race and I’m hoping just to place you’re all I know that I could reach hopefully then I will see
a fire burns into you oh I’m trying not to face what’s become of me you’re all I know back when I was unafraid after the people and places are gone
purifying all my hopeless opus when everything just like a thief you will come back, you will
and what I saw was opulence comes crashing down come back to me, to me, to me
and that’s not for me (x3) hey Mr. safe man hustle me an okay you’re all I know if I could live a thousand times you will come back to me, to me, to me
I could slide take a dive take it for the home team you’re all I know if I could make a thousand tries
only in summertime hey Mr. postman slip me one more green note maybe then I’d get it right auntie Mara I think you know my reasons
only in summertime I’ve been low hit the floor looking just to make I’m ready for the fall the more I see I was a product of everything in season
things will change with time broke I’m ready for everything that I believed in to drift the more I know oh so heavy
only in summertime away that everyone just wants a show set me free again
it’s not a picture perfect life ready for the leaves no we don’t want to see the truth
open up your eyes not what I had in mind ready for the colors to burn to gold oh my papa
open up your mind let me write my own line and crumble away [repeat chorus] if all the world could know you
fall in line with what you’re meant to be you could stop a thousand wars
(x2) [repeat chorus] maybe I’m destined to be distraught when the stars look down on me across the globe
always a reason what do they see oh I miss ya
only in summertime hey Mr. breaking me down to my knees in the (x5) show them something good
only in summertime hey Mr. dead of night
things will change with time hey Mr. cage man I keep on praying to see the light [repeat chorus] sooner or later it all comes around
only in summertime cherry bomb maybe I’m breaking up with myself hopefully then I will see
let me get maybe I’m thinking I should just keep after the people and places are gone
cherry bomb to the things that I’ve been told you will come back, you
cherry bomb wait for the colors to turn to gold will come back to me,
to me, to me
[repeat chorus] [repeat pre-chorus x2] you will come back to me, to me, to me
[repeat chorus] to me, to me

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
SECOND CHANCES
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)
RELEASE Imagine Dragons
Vox: Dan Reynolds
twenty miles from anyone Guitar: Wayne Sermon
set my sights on the setting sun Bass: Ben McKee
heaven talks but not to me Drums: Daniel Platzman
cause heaven knows that nothing good comes free
Album Executive Producer:
desolation tragedy
Alex Da Kid for KIDinaKORNER
is there nothing good in me (x4)
I’ve let me down down down down (x2)
Original Paintings by Tim Cantor
Photography by Eliot Lee Hazel
petty lies to everyone Designed in Graphic Therapy, NYC
in the hopes that I could be someone
heaven talks but not to me Management: Mac Reynolds, Reynolds Management
and now I wonder if it’s meant to be Legal: Robert Reynolds, Reynolds & Associates
desolation tragedy Business Manager: Jeff Schwartz, Tribeca Management
is there nothing good in me (x4) Booking: Corrie Christopher, Paradigm Agency
I’ve let me down down down down (x4) U.K./Europe Booking: James Whitting, Coda
Press: Hillary Siskind, Interscope
Marketing: Matt “Laser” LaMotte, Interscope
but I’ll take your word
cause after all you’ve never lied Special Thanks To: Alex Da Kid, Matt LaMotte, Aja, Julie,
oh not at all the Reynolds Family, Alex Da Wife, Jeff, Debbie, the Sermon Family,
but look at me the McKee Family, the Muldoon Family, all the Forestvillains,
oh what a mess Mark White, Billy Degnats, Jackie Santos, the Platzman Family,
I get caught up in the things that matter the least Tim and Amy Cantor, Da’Lyn Bauman, Turner Pope, Jordan DeVard,
oh let me have release David Calderley, Phil Liddiard, Jeff Schwartz, Corrie Christopher,
I’ve let me down down down down (x4) 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 D’Arcangelo, 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
Performed by Imagine Dragons
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 Minion’s Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Damaging
Senior Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
I’M SO SORRY
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Indigo Managers
Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
I BET MY LIFE
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Raging
Inside Me Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Vocal performance by The Las Vegas Mass Choir
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
POLAROID
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Amigos in Danger Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
FRICTION
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Gained Organism Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
IT COMES BACK TO YOU
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by lat
A Ginger’s Domain Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
DREAM
Performed by Imagine Dragons
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 God is in a
Manger Studio
Additional engineering by Phil Liddiard
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
TROUBLE
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at A Mean
Rigid Song Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Trumpet performance by Pete Bresciani
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
SUMMER
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Ego and a Grim Sin
Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
HOPELESS OPUS
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Gonad Migraines Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz Written by Imagine Dragons, Alex Da Kid for
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound KIDinaKORNER and Josh Mosser
Arrangement and Orchestration by Sebastien Najand
THE FALL (Riot Games)
Performed by Imagine Dragons Additional Strings by Christian Linke (Riot Games)
Written by Imagine Dragons Produced by Alex Da Kid for KIDinaKORNER
Produced by Imagine Dragons Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal, Songs
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal of Universal, Inc. (BMI) o/b/o Alexander Grant
Recorded by Robert Root at No Dream and JMosser Music (BMI)
Is Aging Studio Recorded by Christian Linke (Riot Games) and Josh
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios, Mosser
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
THIEF BATTLE CRY
Performed by Imagine Dragons Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded and Mixed by Robert Root at Omega and Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios
Rising Studio Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
MONSTER
THE UNKNOWN Performed by Imagine Dragons
Performed by Imagine Dragons Written by Imagine Dragons, Alex Da Kid for
Written by Imagine Dragons KIDinaKORNER and Josh Mosser
Produced by Imagine Dragons Produced by Alex Da Kid for KIDinaKORNER
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal, Songs
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
of Universal, Inc. (BMI) o/b/o Alexander Grant
Recorded by Robert Root at Domain Greasing
and JMosser Music (BMI)
Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
SECOND CHANCES
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Robert Root at Angie Digs Romans
Studio
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios,
assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
RELEASE
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Written by Imagine Dragons
Produced by Imagine Dragons
Published by KIDinaKORNER / Universal
Recorded by Imagine Dragons on the road
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
WARRIORS
Performed by Imagine Dragons