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Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (Live in Vegas)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons
Performer
Wayne Sermon
Wayne Sermon
Guitar
Ben McKee
Ben McKee
Background Vocals
Dan Reynolds
Dan Reynolds
Vocals
Daniel Platzman
Daniel Platzman
Drums
Elliot Schwartzman
Elliot Schwartzman
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joel Little
Joel Little
Songwriter
Ben McKee
Ben McKee
Songwriter
Dan Reynolds
Dan Reynolds
Songwriter
Wayne Sermon
Wayne Sermon
Songwriter
Daniel Platzman
Daniel Platzman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joel Little
Joel Little
Producer
Cameron Frankley
Cameron Frankley
Mixing Engineer
Chris Jenkins
Chris Jenkins
Mixing Engineer
Sal Ojeda
Sal Ojeda
Mixing Engineer
Wayne Sermon
Wayne Sermon
Mixing Engineer
Alberto Cruz
Alberto Cruz
Editing Engineer
Adam Loeffler
Adam Loeffler
Assistant Engineer
Doug Wingert
Doug Wingert
Editing Engineer
Christina Sepulveda
Christina Sepulveda
Assistant Engineer
Cristina Pucelli
Cristina Pucelli
Assistant Engineer
dana frankley
dana frankley
Assistant Engineer
Jake Courlang
Jake Courlang
Assistant Engineer
Robert Stambler
Robert Stambler
Editing Engineer
Kylie Ryan Foley
Kylie Ryan Foley
Assistant Engineer
Patrick Bojanic
Patrick Bojanic
Assistant Engineer
Sydney Arvizu
Sydney Arvizu
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Falling too fast to prepare for this
Tripping in the world could be dangerous
Everybody circling is vulturous
Negative, nepotist
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
[Pre-Chorus]
Whip, whip
Run me like a racehorse
Pull me like a ripcord
Break me down and build me up
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
Letter that you rip, rip
Break me down and build me up
[Chorus]
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
Whatever it takes
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 2]
Always had a fear of being typical
Looking at my body feeling miserable
Always hanging on to the visual
I wanna be invisible
Looking at my years like a martyrdom
Everybody needs to be a part of 'em
Never be enough, I'm the prodigal son
I was born to run, I was born for this
[Pre-Chorus]
Whip, whip
Run me like a racehorse
Pull me like a ripcord
Break me down and build me up
I wanna be the slip, slip
Word upon your lip, lip
Letter that you rip, rip
Break me down and build me up
[Chorus]
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
Whatever it takes
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
[Bridge]
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 and the vision we've lost
I'm an apostrophe
I'm just a symbol to remind you that there's more to see
I'm just a product of the system, a catastrophe
And yet a masterpiece, and yet I'm half-diseased
And when I am deceased
At least I'll go down to the grave and die happily
And leave the body and the soul to be a part of thee
I do what it takes
[Chorus]
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
Whatever it takes
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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