Shots Lyrics
[Intro]
I'm sorry for everything, oh, everything I've done
[Verse 1]
Am I out of touch? Am I out of my place
When I keep sayin' that I'm lookin' for an empty space?
Oh, I'm wishin' you're here
But I'm wishin' you're gone
I can't have you and I'm only gonna do you wrong
[Refrain]
Oh, I'm gonna mess this up
Oh, this is just my luck
Over and over and over again
[Chorus]
I'm sorry for everything, oh, everything I've done
From the second that I was born, it seems I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole
Through everything I loved
Oh, I shot, shot, shot a hole
Through every single thing that I loved
[Verse 2]
Am I out of luck? Am I waiting to break?
When I keep sayin' that I'm lookin' for a way to escape
Oh, I'm wishin' I had
What I'd taken for granted
I can't help you when I'm only gonna do you wrong
Oh, I'm gonna mess this up
Oh, this is just my luck
Over and over and over again
[Chorus]
I'm sorry for everything, oh, everything I've done
From the second that I was born, it seems I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole
Through everything I loved
Oh, I shot, shot, shot a hole
Through every single thing that I loved
[Bridge]
In the meantime, we let it go
At the roadside we used to know
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away
At the bay side, where you used to show
In the moonlight, where we let it go
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away
And there's always time to change your mind
Oh, there's always time to change your mind
Oh, love, can you hear me?
Oh, let it drift away
I'm sorry for everything, oh, everything I've done
From the second that I was born, it seems I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole
Through everything I loved
Oh, I shot, shot, shot a hole (Oh, let me make it up to you)
Through every single thing that I loved
(Let me make it up to you)
[Outro]
In the meantime, we let it go
At the roadside we used to know
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away
At the bay side, where you used to show
In the moonlight, where we let it go
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away (Let me make it up to you)
'Cause you've always got to change your mind
'Cause you've always got to change your mind
Oh, love, can you hear me?
Oh, let it drift away
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
About
“Shots” is the bombastic opening track on Alternative rock band Imagine Dragons‘ largely-anticipated second studio album, Smoke + Mirrors, a follow-up to the stratospheric success of the band’s debut album, 2012’s Night Visions.
A self-loathing, yet upbeat track, “Shots” sets a morbid, yet unusually cheerful tone for the rest of the album. The track sees light electronics, combined with the band’s trademark soulful sound with rather sad lyrics which talk of the singer’s evaluation of himself as one who is incompatible and destructive.
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According to his website,
When I first heard the song ‘Shots,’ I felt the music was light, but lyrically dark. And this I love. It is the kind of contradiction that I’m most attracted to, and it inhabits most of my art. […] For ‘Shots,’ a man with a swarm of birds flying freely out from his head, are indeed his thoughts spewing out audibly and uncontrollably. To me, the song is about how one can destroy their chances by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Ultimately, those who are driven by their emotions cannot help themselves and they must let go, run with it, and take their chances."
Yes! On March 6, 2015, Imagine Dragons interpreted the song live at C à vous.
- 1.Shots
- 2.Gold
- 4.I’m So Sorry
- 6.Polaroid
- 7.Friction
- 9.Dream
- 10.Trouble
- 11.Summer
- 12.Hopeless Opus
- 13.The Fall