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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joel Little
Joel Little
Songwriter
Dan Reynolds
Dan Reynolds
Songwriter
Wayne Sermon
Wayne Sermon
Songwriter
Ben McKee
Ben McKee
Songwriter
Daniel Platzman
Daniel Platzman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Falling too fast to prepare for this
Tripping in the world could be dangerous
Everybody circling is vulturous
Negative, nepotist
[Verse 2]
Everybody waiting for the fall of man
Everybody praying for the end of times
Everybody hoping they could be the one
I was born to run, I was born for this
[Verse 3]
Whip, whip
Run me like a race horse
Pull me like a rip cord
Break me down and build me up
[Verse 4]
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
Letter that you rip, rip
Break me down and build me up
[Verse 5]
Whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do whatever it takes
'Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
I do whatever it takes
[Verse 6]
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes
[Verse 7]
Always had a fear of being typical
Looking at my body, feeling miserable
Always hanging on to the visual
I wanna be invisible
[Verse 8]
Looking at my years like a martyrdom
Everybody needs to be part of 'em
Never be enough from the prodigal son
I was born to run, I was born for this
[Verse 9]
Whip, whip
Run me like a race horse
Pull me like a rip cord
Break me down and build me up
[Verse 10]
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
Letter that you rip, rip
Break me down and build me up
[Verse 11]
Whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do whatever it takes
'Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
I do whatever it takes
[Verse 12]
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes
[Verse 13]
Hypocritical, egotistical
Don't wanna be the parenthetical, hypothetical
Working hard on something that I'm proud of
Out of the box, an epoxy to the world
[Verse 14]
The vision we've lost, I'm an apostrophe
A symbol to remind you that there's more to see
I'm just a product of the system
A catastrophe, yet, a masterpiece
[Verse 15]
Yet, I'm half-diseased, and when I am deceased
Least I'll go down to the grave and die happily
Leave my body and my soul to be a part of the
I do what it takes
[Verse 16]
Whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do whatever it takes
'Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
I do whatever it takes
[Verse 17]
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes
Written by: Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds, Daniel Platzman, Joel Little, Wayne Sermon
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