"Demons"
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
At the curtain’s call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made
Don't wanna let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't wanna hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I wanna save that light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Lyrics from: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/imaginedragons/demons.html
The song above "Demons" by Imagine Dragons is structured with 13 stanzas where the 5th, 10th and 13th are the refrain where 5-5-6-6-4-4-6-6 meter that includes 8 lines within the stanza. The rhyme scheme for stanza 1, has A-A-B-A and the same goes for stanza 2 and stanza 6. The rhyme scheme changes in stanzas 4, 9 and 12 where the rhyme scheme is A-A-B-B. There is diction within this piece of writing. In stanza 2 when it begins with "When your dreams all fail" the stanza continues on the topic of dreams. There is a debate with the speaker them-self as well in stanza 3 where they speak about wanting to shelter somebody they wish to protect but come back to the realization that it is not possible to hide or to be protected and that it becomes inevitable. There is metonymy as well. In stanza 12 when the writer says "Your eyes, they shine so bright" which generally represents a sense of hopes and dreams within this person whose "eyes shine so bright"
The speaker in this song is clearly the artist addressing how he wants to be around somebody specific so much but with all of their past and all the mistakes is afraid to have such a person close to the point that they may hurt them, for example in the refrain where they write "Don't get too close, It's dark inside. It's where my demons hide". The tone in "Demons" would have to be fearful. The speaker is afraid of hurting someone that they love dearly and wish to do no harm upon them. They want to protect this person from all the evil that surrounds them-self (the speaker) but knows the the outcome can not be avoided and that it will not be safe. An example of paradox would be within the refrain where in the beginning they're saying "Look into m eyes" and then follow up with "Don't get too close". They are saying that they want the person in which they're talking to to be close enough to be able to stare into their soul but to not get too close for the evil within in this case are referred to as "demons" .
Finally, I believe that this song is ultimately about wanting to protect the one you love from the person you are or were. It is clear that this is the case during stanza 8; "Don't wanna let you down, But I am hell bound, Though this is all for you, Don't wanna hide the truth" as well as in the lines of "I need to let you go" and "I can't escape this now". Personally what I can gather from this song is that there will be people that will cross your path and you want to open up to them and let them know about your life, but know that in doing so will result in them running away or not being able to keep the same relationship anymore, that it is important to put up walls about yourself so that you may be able to continue living around the ones you love without living in the fear of being accepted. I enjoy this song for the reason being its message, that in order to protect the ones you love that sometimes the best thing you can do is push them away to not only save yourself but set person as well.
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