Sharks

Dan Reynolds starts off this song by sending a warning about the company one keeps. Trouble Blood is in the rocky waters Hide away your sons and daughters Eat you alive Tricksters and cheats sometimes get called "sharks" because the finned creatures snap up their food alive or dead, regardless. "The world is filled with sharks," Reynolds told Hanuman Welch of Apple Music 1. "And as you get older it becomes more and more evident."

In the pre-chorus, Reynolds asks himself how he can judge others when he's indulged in shark-like behavior too. When it comes to the end To the end You're just the same as them Same as them Ha ha ha ha ha Reynolds wanted to find a middle ground where, rather than getting all emo about sharks, he finds it all amusing. "The world is filled with selfish people, but is there a way to kind of almost laugh at that, because it is inevitable?" he said.

Reynolds becomes even more lighthearted on the post-chorus. He's comin' to get you Chick, chicka woo, woo The Imagine Dragons singer can't stop people from being sharks. All he can do is just smile and carry on, because that's life. "I love the juxtaposition on songs that are dark, but also maybe a little funny, ironic, or self-aware," he said. Reynolds added that the band's previous single, "Bones," does a similar ironic kind of thing where there's a "lot of tongue in cheek."