This song should’ve been as big as all of their other hits

slammed this song thru the speakers at work. Ppl were jammin’ but my boss was like smh.

Chill

⚖️ [Verse 1]
I was the sword behind the veil
The breath that kissed your final wail
I watched the stars from Eden’s gate
And taught the fall they named as fate

 [Pre-Chorus A]
He wrote my name in sacred flame
Then cast me down to take the blame

 [Chorus]
I am Samael — angel, liar
Heaven’s wrath in serpent fire
Touch me, bleed divinity
Fall with me and finally see
This is severance... from purity

 [Verse 2]
I crowned the night with lilac sin
I pulled the death from deep within
I showed the stars their secret shame
And bore the guilt you dared not name

 [Pre-Chorus B]
Behold the child of wrath and grace
The lover lost in God’s embrace

 [Chorus 2]
I am Samael — judge of flame
Saints and demons speak my name
Kiss the page I tore apart
I am the silence in your heart
This is severance... from heaven’s art

🩸[Bridge – Spoken with layered echoes]
"I was not cast. I chose the fall."
"To touch the truth behind it all."
"The serpent does not crawl… he climbs."

 [Final Chorus – Echoed, soaring]
I am Samael — divine disgrace
Born of light, but void in face
The throne is dust, the veil is torn
You’ll beg for death where gods are born
This is severance… this is truth reborn

(echo: “Reborn… reborn…”)


 [Final Chorus – Echoed, soaring]
I am Samael — divine disgrace
Born of light, but void in face
The throne is dust, the veil is torn
You’ll beg for death where gods are born
This is severance… this is truth reborn

(echo: “Reborn… reborn…”)

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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.

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