Imagine Dragons is an American alternative pop band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The band gained exposure following the September 2012 release of their debut studio album, Night Visions, which peaked at number 2 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart.

So this is what you meant
When you said that you were spent
And now it's time to build
From the bottom of the pit right to the top
Don't hold back packing my bags
And giving the academy a rain check

I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
Because after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell the path that heaven runs
Through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top, don't look back
Turning to rags
And giving the commodities a rain check

I don't ever want to let you down
I don't ever want to leave this town
Because after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?
It's time to begin, isn't it?

I get a little bit bigger, but then,
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
to ashes, to ashes

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then,
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then,
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am?

The lyrics describe how one should never change who they are.