• Empire - Of Monsters and Men

His mind stirs subconsciously, splintered between two realms- the body decays beneath earth and eons; the soul swims in the river Styx. The twins of sleep and death call to him, promising the construction of an everlasting empire, begging him to wake from a slumber no mortal can escape, and yet...the boy does not see them. A ghost cannot see gods. The pull of resurrection fills the cracks of memory.

 

• Dream - Imagine Dragons

A painted-over reality is just as good as any. One to find solace in, one to escape to. Dreams are a trophy never bestowed and the cycle of dying keeps living. So what good reason is there to witness fractals of eternity? The world, the wonders, all that exists and all that ceases is in disarray, bubbling at the brink of an unending void. It takes but a step into infinity.

 

• Crystals - Of Monsters and Men

He is learning to acknowledge the kaleidoscope of this fabricated luxury. He must, after all- to feel is to bleed, to dig into the contents of one's chest and sink into the deceptive whispers of the heart. For no man can steady his path on a blanket of petals without staining his feet on the shrapnel beneath, so he will give in. He tumbles and the rosy-fingered starburst peels away. This is life at its finest.

 

• The Fall - Imagine Dragons

There is calm in waiting. In foreseeing failure and accepting it gladly. In falling deeply, with burdens of unspoken words and missed opportunities whisked away by the gold-washed twilight of a made-up kingdom. In these lonely nights he'd yearn for it, that sweet and tender brightness that only lost souls find comfort in. He’d stay a little longer, if he could. He’d bathe in all the colors of the dawn.

 

• Winter Sound - Of Monsters and Men

These arms wait by Hell's gates, slipping beneath his neck, lifting him into the abyss. He cannot outrun this love, cannot resist this theft, but up until it fades away he will cling on. It's cold but sure and swift, and though he will fade away these arms will carry him to sleep. (And when the sun rises, he will run, again, into a dream.)