Its Time by Imagine Dragons is about accepting one’s identity and not allowing oneself to be changed, despite challenges. Written during a period of significant changes in the members lives, it reflects the determination to follow their own paths.
Key: D
D
So this is what you meant when you said that you were spent?
A
Bm
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit right to the top
G
D
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check
A
I don't ever want to let you down
Bm
I don't ever want to leave this town
G
'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night
D
It's time to begin, isn't it?
Bm
I get a little bit bigger, but then
Em
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
G
Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am?
D
A
Bm
G
D
So this is where you fell, and I am left to sell
A
the path that heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Bm
right to the top Don't look back
G
D
Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain check
A
I don't ever want to let you down
Bm
I don't ever want to leave this town
G
'Cause after all This city never sleeps at night...
D
It's time to begin, isn't it?
Bm
I get a little bit bigger, but then
Em
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
G
Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am?
D
It's time to begin, isn't it?
Bm
I get a little bit bigger, but then
Em
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
G
Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am?
Bm
A
This road never looked so lonely
G
This house doesn't burn down slowly
Em
G
A
to ashes, to ashes...
D
It's time to begin, isn't it?
A
I get a little bit bigger, but then
Em
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
G
Now don't you understand
Bm
It's time to begin, isn't it?
A
I get a little bit bigger, but then
G
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
G
Now don't you understand That I'm never changing who I am?