Demons, by Imagine Dragons

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For my next song, I want to take it back to some personal stuff. The next song is Demons, by Imagine Dragons. Why it’s personal to me is for many reasons. The first one is because it’s the song that is for the book I’m writing with my close friends. We’ve started this book a year ago, and it’s grown and grown, becoming a big part of our lives.   I’ve just grown attached to this song, I guess.

The next reason why it’s personal to me is because of the lyrics. I looked up some meanings, and there are many, but one struck me. I found that a lot of people relate this to their darkness inside them. The lyrics depict that maybe you’ve been hurt in the past, or maybe you’ve been thinking bad things. It talks about how the monster inside of you wants to be helped, but you’re afraid to burden yourself onto people, or you just are afraid to talk about it.

Don’t get too close

It’s dark inside

It’s where my demons hide

It’s where my demons hide

I like to think that it could also have to do with love. Maybe you love someone so much, but you’re afraid to be with them because you don’t want to be hurt, or maybe you don’t want to be hurt. So, you let them go.

Don't wanna let you down

But I am hell bound

Though this is all for you

Don't wanna hide the truth

Anyway, you can interpret this song in so many ways. Or maybe, you don’t even have to. The music and song itself is a beautiful song, and it can give you chills from the first time you listen to it. If you want to know more about this band’s music and other songs, you can go to Imagine Dragons’s website. Thanks for tuning in guys!

Icarus, By Bastille

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To start off on my blog, I want to talk about my current favorite song, Icarus. I just recently started listening to Bastille, really. I'm only listening to a few songs of theirs, off of one of their popular albums, Bad Blood. Ah, I'm being sidetracked. ANYWAY.

The song always spiked my interest with the familiar title, and when I looked it up, I remembered that Icarus is actually a Greek legend. The legend was that Icarus and his father, Daedalus, were stuck on Crete. Crete is the island off of Greece. Anyway, so the story is that the father made wings out of wax, and the two escaped the island. Icarus, on the other hand, was so excited, so elated, he flew closer and closer to the sun, and his wings melted. Icarus plummeted to the Earth below, and was never found. It was clear that he had died though.

You may be wondering, what the heck does this have to do with the song?! Well, lemme tell you. The song doesn't have to do with Icarus at all, really. If you look at the lyrics, you would agree.

I interpret this song in a way that some might not. I think that really, this song is talking about just how short our lives are. Although, this isn't a You Only Live Once (YOLO) case. No, this is quite the opposite.

Look who's digging their own grave

That is what they all say

You'll drink yourself to death

In this, it's saying that while you continue to drink and drink, you'll eventually just die, not doing anything with your life but drinking. This song is telling you about how if you're a party animal all your life, being stupid and losing your innocence (Your hands protect the flames / From the wild winds around you), you won't get anything done; you'll always be a party animal. Everything about this song is talking about how bad the YOLO saying is, and how just wasting your life will bring an early grave; not a grave for your life, but for your soul, and personality.

Icarus is flying too close to the sun

Icarus's life, it has only just begun

This is how it feels to take a fall

Icarus is flying towards an early grave