Imagine Dragons Its Time
Trudi Kuzyk
The music video was produced by Todd Makurath and directed by Anthony Leonardi III. Ian Clemmer, who created some of the visual effects, wrote on his website that he "was asked to create big, large scale smoke explosions in a short amount of time, these are the end shots of the video ...."[8]
I have always associated this song with moving and the journey.
So this is what you meant
When you said that you were spent
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit
Right to the top
Don't hold back
I think this means the person is realising how hard it was for other people to move and now has to do this for themself and are trying to be strong.
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain-check
this would be specifically for someone still in school or could be working. packing up and moving means getting a new job or school (academy)
I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
this is the person telling their friends and their family they are trying to be strong but leaving is just so hard for them.
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night
Meaning that while everyone is sleeping people are coming and going all the time.
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
this line explains itself .
So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain-check
Getting to that happy life you will have in a new place is like heaven, but the journey is awful.
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes
It's like saying " I never felt so alone" while watching your whole life and home burn down before you. A metaphor of saying how hard it is to leave.
This song is about the leader singer leavening college and going out into the real world. Giving the academy a rain check. College=academy. I don't ever wanna let you down, he is talking to his parents. He's afraid he will let his parents down. He doesn't wanna leave this town, this means he doesn't want to leave his home town again. The city never sleeps at night, most universities are in a good sized city. Finally the chorus its time to begin, he's starting his real life out in the real world. I get a little bit bigger but than I'll admit I'm just the same as I was, this means he is getting ahead of himself he thinks that he is different because he is in the real world, meaning he had to get a real job. Finally I'm just the same as I was I hope you understand I'm never changing who I am, means just because he is in the real world the working world that doesn't mean he's completely changed. Its easy to be so involved in the world around that you lose sight of who you are. So that final part of the chorus means he may get wrapped up in life sometimes but he will never forget who he is. So he will never change.
I personally don't think you could exactly know what the writer is trying to say (he could have written those words because they rymed and sounded good with the melody or smt who knows).but saying that, what I do with songs that I love I just give my own version or perspective of the lyrics which relates to me, for this one I think his talking to him self
So, this is what you meant
When you said that you
were spent
And now it's time to build
form the bottom of the tip
right to the top
don't hold back
Hes tiered of his life,he wants to go to the top and want to be great. His saying to his self get up and start your life don't hold back
I don't ever want to let
you down
I dont ever want to leave
this
Hes drowning in expectations from self,family. He taking a risk going out on his own and doesn't want to fail, letting everyone down.
And so on, I think his just having a dialogue refering to his self from the third person saying it's a new life(road) but his still the same.
I've heard this song many times, and never gave it any "lyrical" interpretation. I heard it the other morning, a few months after getting out of a dysfunctional relationship. It really hit home. I didn't want to leave, I didn't ever do anything to "let her down."
"This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, To ashes..."
Yep, the loneliness and reflection that what you built is now gone.
"It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
I'm never changing who I am..."
Time to get life back together and start over, but at the same time realizing not to let the failures and setbacks change the person you are.
I think it means he is going though a hard time and he will never change himself no matter what happens. And also that he will try to not disappoint his family. He is trying his best in the real world
Blaine encourages Kurt to go to New York, despite not getting into NYADA. He does this because watching Kurt stay at Ohio, wasting time, pains him. Even though Blaine loves the idea of spending time with Kurt, he tells his boyfriend that he would rather see him happy in New York. He then begins the song, urging Kurt that it's time to begin the next chapter of his life, despite feeling that he will be miserable and alone without him.
Blaine:
So this is what you meant
When you said that you were spent,
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit
Right to the top,
Don't look back
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check
I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
'Cause after all,
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin,
Isn't it
I get a little bit bigger, but then, I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Oh, don't you understand
I'm never changing who I am
So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top,
Don't look back
Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain check
I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
'Cause after all,
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin,
Isn't it,
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Oh, don't you understand,
I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin,
Isn't it
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Oh, don't you understand
I'm never changing who I am
This road never looked so lonely (lonely)
This house doesn't burn down slowly (slowly)
To ashes, to ashes
It's time to begin,
Isn't it
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin,
Isn't it
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Don't you understand
I'm never changing who I am
(Am, am, am
Am, am, am, am)