He’s still driving that 1970 hand-me-down truck
And he’s still wearing that red and black jersey
Waiting for the band to start up
He’s still showing up twenty late, finding hearts and rules …
You know I’m gonna hit it on the radio
You know I’m gonna put it on my video
I know you gon’ be turning up the volume
I know you wanna split me …
I’d rather go blind, blind, blind
Than to see you with her tonight
I’m done with your lies
But I can’t say goodbye
So, I’d rather go blind
[Verse 1]
See I remember, I remember that …
Gona open my heart, out of the scars and listen up
Gonna do what I’m told, go where im told and listen up
Take a shot in the rain, one for the …
[Hook]
She live in Fort Lauderdale and I’m closer to South Beach
I told her to come over, she said, “okay, don’t fall asleep”
She say she can be my housewife and keep …
About time1 for anyone telling you off for all your deeds2
No sign the roaring thunder stopped in cold to read3
No time
Get mine and make no excuses waste of precious breath4
No time
The sun shines on everyone, everyone love yourself to death5
So you gotta fire up, you gotta let go6
You’ll never be loved till you’ve made your own7
You gotta face up, you gotta get yours8
You never know the top till you get too low9
A son of a stepfather
A son of a
I’m so sorry10
A son of a stepfather
A son of a
I’m so sorry
No lies and no deceiving, man is what he loves11
I keep tryin’ to conceive that death is from above12
No time
Get mine and make no excuses waste of precious breath
No time
The sun shines on everyone, everyone love yourself to death
So you gotta fire up, you gotta let go
You’ll never be loved till you’ve 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
I’m so sorry
A son of a stepfather
A son of a
I’m so sorry
Life isn’t always what you think it’d be13
Turn your head for one second and the tables turn14
And I know, I know that I did you wrong15
But will you trust me when I say that I’ll
Make it up to you somehow, somehow16
So you gotta fire up, you gotta let go
You’ll never be loved till you’ve 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
I’m so sorry
A son of a stepfather
A son of a
I’m so sorry
I’m so sorry [x3]17
5“About time” means “long overdue.”
A boy from whose perspective Imagine Dragons sings wants to tell off his stepfather for his wrongdoings.
This lyric means that Imagine Dragons does not anticipate that life will become easier any time in the near future.
The boy doesn’t waste his energy on his stepfather, because his stepfather doesn’t deserve even his slightest bit of effort.
This is a sarcastic lyric about how self-infatuated some people are.
“You gotta let go” means that it is advisable not to hold grudges for the sake of self-care.
That is, made your own love.
What Imagine Dragons means here is that people have to take hold of the choices and outcomes in their lives.
“You never know the top till you get too low” means “only sadness can allow you to understand the true value of joy.”
The boy is upset about the lot given to him in life, over which he had no power or control. Still, he succumbs to the reality of it all by apologizing even to people that don’t deserve his grace.
Imagine Dragons describes the idea that men cannot hide what they love.
“Death is from above” means that there is a divine purpose even to suffering.
“Life isn’t always what you think it’d be” means “there are no promises in this world.”
“The tables turn” means “your circumstances change.”
The boy claims ownership over his own actions.
The boy reveals his desire to make amends for his own wrongdoings, even if other people have wronged him even more.
This song is about withholding one’s wrath, even if people have committed serious offenses. It is about taking ownership of only one’s own actions.
1 user explanation and meaning
Anonymous
This song repeatedly talks about self-reliance. Love yourself to death, get mine and make no excuses, you’ll never know love til you make your own.
Your first and biggest responsibility is to yourself. If that’s true, who could he have let down?
He is apologizing to himself.