You know I got your number, number all night
I'm always on your team, I got your back, alright
Taking those, taking those losses if he treats you right
I wanna put you into the spotlight
[Pre-Chorus]
If the world would only know what you've been holding back
Heart attacks every night
Oh, you know it's not right
[Chorus]
I will follow you way down wherever you may go
I'll follow you way down to your deepest low
I'll always be around wherever life takes you
You know I'll follow you
[Verse 2]
Call you up, you've been crying, crying all night
You're only disappointed in yourself, alright
Taking those, taking those losses if it treats you right
I wanna take you into the sunlight
[Pre-Chorus]
If the world would only know what you've been holding back
Heart attacks every night
Oh, you know it's not right
I will follow you way down wherever you may go
I'll follow you way down to your deepеst low
I'll always be around wherevеr life takes you
You know I'll follow you
[Post-Chorus]
La-da-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da, you know I'll follow you
La-da-da-da-da-da, wherever life takes you
You know I'll follow you
[Bridge]
You're not the type to give yourself enough love
She live her life, hand in a tight glove
I wish that I could fix it, I could fix it for you
But instead I'll be right here comin' through
(Right here coming through)
[Chorus]
I will follow you way down wherever you may go (I'll follow you)
I'll follow you way down to your deepest low
I'll always be around wherever life takes you (I'll follow you)
You know I'll follow you
[Post-Chorus]
La-da-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da, you know I'll follow you
La-da-da-da-da-da, wherever life takes you
You know I'll follow you
About
“Follow You” and its B-side “Cutthroat” marks the first songs from American pop-rockers Imagine Dragons since June 2019’s “Birds (Remix).” The pair of tracks also act as the band’s lead singles for their fifth studio album, Mercury – Act 1.
As a whole, the song focuses on loving someone in spite of the difficulties that may arise. Lead-singer Dan Reynolds makes a point to affirm to their loved-one that they are with them through thick and thin. According to Dan, he wrote this song soon after receiving a life-changing text from his wife, Aja, on his way to finalize their divorce papers.
Prior to the pair’s release, a set of four cryptic videos were posted on the band’s social media accounts (1, 2, 3, 4), the fourth of which contained a secret message, telling them to “ask Alexa.” Upon asking Amazon’s Alexa “Is Ragged Insomnia a good band name,” the smart assistance replied, “That’s a good question. There are two sides to every coin. Ask to follow Imagine Dragons on Amazon Music to find out on March 12th,” the release date of the pair of tracks.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Have you ever gotten a text that changed your life? My wife and I hadn’t talked in 7 months. I was driving to the lawyer’s office to sign the divorce papers. When I got a text from her that turned my perpective upside down. She said she didn’t want to own me to love me. She loved me without expectations. We ditched the lawyers and went to lunch. It felt like the first date again. We called off the divorce…I wrote this song after I got that text
–Dan Reynolds via TikTok
“Follow You” is a song about loyalty and love. Loving someone is an incredibly imperfect process. It isn’t always romantic or pretty. Sometimes it can be incredibly painful. Aja taught me self-love and showed me what it meant to truly accept someone without any expectations. She was endlessly patient with me. She didn’t need me. She even taught me that I didn’t need her. But we loved each other and […] we chose to remarry and to stay together. I proposed again and she said yes, again. Not every relationship works out this way, but it did for us. It isn’t the happy ending—it is a choice that works for some. And Aja and I re-chose it after experiencing life without each other. […] I wanted [“Follow You”] to represent a love that is realistic. One where love isn’t perfect, but it endures.
–Dan Reynolds via Twitter
