Imagine Dragons
Hopeless Opus lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:59
Hey, Mr. Cage-man, let me get a fresh breath
Cherry bomb, headstrong, I could fake my own death
Hey, Mr. Fate-man, shuffle me a ninth life
I've been wrong, go long, throwing me a sharp right
It's not a picture-perfect life
Not what I had in mind
Let me write my own line
I've got this place that I've filled with empty space
Oh, I'm trying not to face what I've done
My hopeless opus
I'm in this race, and I'm hoping just to place
Oh, I'm trying not to face what's become of me
My hopeless opus
Hey, Mr. Safe-man, hustle me an okay
I could slide, take a dive, take it for the home team
Hey, Mr. Postman, slip me one more green note
I've been low, hit the floor, looking just to make broke
It's not a picture-perfect life
Not what I had in mind
Let me write my own line
I've got this place that I've filled with empty space
Oh, I'm trying not to face what I've done
My hopeless opus
I'm in this race, and I'm hoping just to place
Oh, I'm trying not to face what's become of me
My hopeless opus
Hey, Mr. C-
Hey, hey, Mr., hey, Mr. Cage-man
Cherry bomb (margana na si ereht)
Let me, ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb
I've got this place that I've filled with empty space
Oh, I'm trying not to face what I've done
My hopeless opus
I'm in this race, and I'm hoping just to place
Oh, I'm trying not to face what's become of me
My hopeless opus
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Key vocabulary
- empty
- not full; having nothingA2
- fresh
- new; not oldA2
- broke
- past of break
- c
- the letter C
- margana
- unknown; possibly a name
- si
- a musical note
- ch-ch-ch-cherry
- imitative cherry sound
- ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry
- imitative cherry sound
- hey
- used to get attentionA1
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About this song
Imagine Dragons are an American band from Las Vegas that plays indie rock and synth-pop. They are known for their stadium-sized breakout singles “It’s Time” and “Radioactive” and their string of major-label albums including Night Visions, Smoke + Mirrors, Evolve, and Origins.