Name: Smoke And Mirrors by Imagine Dragons
Duration: 30 s
Description: Listen to Smoke And Mirrors by Imagine Dragons on SoundCloud

Seriously, this is one of the best songs Imagine Dragons has ever produced.

Smoke and Mirrors will go down as Imagine Dragon's best albums thus far, some really amazing songs in it like Smoke and Mirrors, Warriors, and more!

"When the Night Bleeds" is a melancholic shoegaze ambient pop song about emotional absence and the lingering pain of lost love. The narrator reflects on a relationship that has dissolved into silence and distance, haunted by memories and the ghost of a presence that once brought warmth. Each verse explores themes of longing, confusion, and fading connection, while the choruses express a deep sense of dissolution as night metaphorically seeps into the narrator’s soul. The music complements the mood with dreamy guitars, ambient textures, and a slow, introspective pace, creating a soundscape of emotional weight and fading hope.

Lyrics:
[Intro – 30 sec | soft synths and slow reverb guitar]
[Low hums under pale light. Drifting between thoughts.]

[Verse 1]
I talk to walls, you don’t reply,
Your silence hums beneath the sky.
You're close but wrapped in distant air,
A fading shape that isn't there.
The bed still holds your scent and sound,
But not the heart I thought I found.

[Chorus]
When the night bleeds into me,
I dissolve in memory.
Your touch was warm, now out of reach,
Like stars that fall beyond the beach.
I stay here where the shadows sleep,
Loving you too quietly.

[Instrumental A – shimmering guitar layers, rising delay textures]
[Guitar swell fading into dreamscape.]

[Verse 2]
We spoke in codes we used to know,
Now every word just trembles slow.
You move like smoke that won’t be caught,
And leave me drowning in the thought.
I try to hold a phantom trace,
But lose myself inside this space.

[Chorus]
When the night bleeds into me,
I dissolve in memory.
Your voice once led me through the dark,
Now it’s a cold and distant spark.
I stay here where the silence screams,
Caught inside our empty dreams.

[Instrumental B – ambient synth wash, deep bass pulses, distant guitar slide loops]
[Subtle distortion, gently unfolding.]

[Verse 3]
You turn your back beneath the moon,
And I’m still here, gone far too soon.
The weight of love I tried to hold
Now settles in this quiet cold.
Each heartbeat feels like shattered glass,
Still waiting for a chance to pass.

[Bridge – ambient guitar build, soft vocal layering]
Are you still real or just the past?
A fading screen that couldn’t last.
Your ghost walks through this hollow skin,
And every night it pulls me in.

[Chorus – Reprise]
When the night bleeds into me,
I fall back where I used to be.
A boy who reached for something bright,
Now staring down the endless night.
I stay here with your melody,
A song that won’t set me free.

[Outro – 30 sec | reversed guitar textures, distant vocal hums]
[Whisper]Bleeds... bleeds... bleeds...
[Whisper] You're still... in me...




Streets of my Soul (When the Night Bleeds)

Smoke + Mirrors

Smoke And Mirrors

In a dark kitchen in the middle of a sweaty night in Las Vegas, all 6’4” of Dan Reynolds is hunched over a laptop, slapping beats on the table and crooning lyrics into a tiny microphone. Before long, he and the other three members of indie rock band Imagine Dragons would be playing “It’s Time,” that same laptop-demo-turned-supersized-anthem, from the roof of a parking garage to a wave of thousands of screaming fans. This song title to the single from their 2012 debut KidInaKorner/Interscope release “Continued Silence EP” is an all too apt descriptor of the band’s hard-earned success—but it’s also emblematic of the deep-seated anxiety Reynolds and the rest of the band experienced leaving behind any realistic expectation of a normal job to do the thing they love most.

A third-generation Las Vegas native, Reynolds is no stranger to the adage “the house always wins,” choosing to pave his musical career with a near obsessive work ethic and hundreds of unused demos rather than roll the dice with the first songs that sprung from his mouth. It’s no surprise, then, that he was drawn to guitarist Wayne Sermon, another founding member of Imagine Dragons. Having practically grown up in a recording studio and graduated Berklee College of Music, Wayne had been practicing his guitar through meals and other socially inappropriate situations as long as he could remember; he challenged Dan in a way that was both uncomfortable and exactly what they both needed. When they began writing songs together and recognized something special was happening, Wayne called up his Berklee friend Ben McKee, who promptly dropped out of school with only a few credits left, moving across the country to play bass for the band. This sort of reckless/genius behavior is typical for Ben, who has an uncanny penchant for spicy food and a suitcase full of unbelievable road stories. More recently, the band was joined by drummer Daniel Platzman, another Bostonian schoolmate who seems way too nice to be playing rock and roll until you actually see him in action.

Several tours and three self-released EPs later, Imagine Dragons had made a serious name for itself, particularly in the west coast circuit. Although their songs vary from nearly whimsical and light to brooding and powerful, listeners are drawn to the inherent honesty in the music. The only rule of thumb for the band, it seems, is to write from a true place; the result is songs that literally run the spectrum of human emotion. Attend a concert, and it becomes clear that the live performance of deeply personal songs has a real effect on people. And the band itself is not immune, as demonstrated when Dan literally passed out into the drum set during a finale song, sending cymbals and drum stands crashing while the rest of the band played on until the close.

Great songwriting is bound to be noticed eventually. As proof that the harder you work, the luckier you get, one of those people who noticed was Grammy winning producer Alex da Kid (Eminem, Rihanna). Alex and Dan began collaborating on projects, and soon the band had developed a relationship with Alex and his team. The alchemy resulting from Alex’s hip hop sensibilities and Imagine Dragons’ anthemic rock is nothing short of explosive. The byproduct of this creative collision is “Continued Silence,” a six song in-your-face sonic grenade that breaks musical boundaries and yet is strangely relatable by its improbably diverse audience.

Despite it all, on any given day when they aren’t on the road playing shows, you can still find Imagine Dragons huddled away in a rehearsal room somewhere, banging out song after song in search of the next perfect track. Like most things in Vegas, the band is angled at going big or going bust. For the sake of those who love great music, we hope it’s the former.

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