"Shaping up" describes the process of probation; this would make sense, seeing how the lyric to follow is "then checking out on the prison bus," inferring that the person passed testing during a probation session.
Please, stop getting your philosophy from Deepak Chopra and YouTube. There may be neo-Marxist aspects (we'll paint it red, to fit right in) - and I don't think he's necessarily that comfortable ( a sarcastic comment) or convinced about the political ramifications, but may be experiencing the awareness, consciousness and freedom but also find it 'apocalyptic'. The sun hasn't died could also be interpreted as "Son" as in the Spirit of Christ/God (or the Light of Consciousness) hasn't died—waking up to our salvation by stepping out of the prison bus through awareness of real world reality and not shrinking away from the apocalypse (corrupt control) but raising ones flag (strength/power of awareness) in revolution.I'm sorry but you're interpretations are wrong, although technically all musicians know that every song is subjective and may have different meanings for different people, depending on how they relate to it personally.What the song actually means is pretty obvious in my opinion.
I think your right about the awakening or spiritual emergence.
Hence, "I'm waking up" and "Welcome to the new age" displays the prisoner coming to grips with the reality that the world will never be the same as it once was before prison.Considering that Imagine Dragons loves to reflect their song lyrics around their own troublesome life experiences, something as concrete as experiencing life in and out of prison would make the most sense as the meaning of "Radioactive." Whenever I pull myself out of a depressed state, I feel rejuvenated, like I've just woken up and into a new age, but I feel something slowly eating at my and decaying many parts of me, physically and psychologically, much like the effect of radiation.
Correspondingly, most people would agree that living life in prison is enough to make anyone "Radioactive" or experience insanity.Some of the most interesting lyrics out of the entire song, in my opinion, are "All systems go, the sun hasn't died.
It's also about transhumanism—breathing chemicals, sweating rust, feel it in my bones—"systems" grow (bio-computer-nanotech), radioactive.
It's actually about a communist revolution
Also, the 'chemicals' he is breathing in may be drug related rather than pollutant as there is more of an eager spin and tone regarding these ' chemicals' and not negative (which may have been taken before the 'awakening'....or not, as you mentioned there can be chemicals triggered in the brain due to other reasons, such as endogenous DMT).
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This is my journey from lala-land to reality. With lyrics like "I wipe my brow, and I sweat my rust," it's easy to envision the hard, physical labor associated with being in prison. Imagine Dragons aims to help their fans learn from OPE (Other People's Example, pertaining to their mistakes/misfortunes) with their music, instead of having fans gain their own first-hand experience the hard way.No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. A more poetic interpretation of the song could be that the song was mean to describe a futurist world, and a person experiencing this mystifying world for the very first time. But I've just re-read it and now I'm not so sure. - Richard Feynman What's more likely to survive a true apocalypse: flesh and blood, or mechanicals? "The New Age" being the time after they became ostracized by the former group that the person was once a part of.That's how the lyrics always struck me as meaning at any rate.I believe it's a person that's gone through a lot of s*** and now he realize he's going through something else.. something spiritual he's having a wakening radioactive... he's moving forward getting ready for this new agethis song makes me think of Cancer people tend to avoid you because of it.n.
it's not alluding to physical dust and pollution per se, but more of a reference to debris caused by man in the form of war. This confusion definitely comes from the subjectivity of the lyrics to "Radioactive," as the Imagine Dragons certainly left their fans to imagine what the meaning of this song could truly be.
Truely made me imagine the world of this personCould it be about someone who was in a nuclear disaster like Chernobyl? (Upset? Yep, you got it, its all those things.
"Despite heated debate only one interpretation truly fits." The "Radioactive" part of the song is referenced towards the end of the series when the main character electrocutes himself to break his wife out of prison in the very last episode.fan made the video: (not by me)... seems like other people agree with this theory.While these interpretations are deep and fascinating, you're all wrong... although I would never have guessed at the truth either, for what it's worth.
He also paints a picture of doom and desolation, one in which even waking up is unpleasant, and the air he breaths is poisonous. Deep in my bones, straight from inside." is an acknowledgement of this newly emergent state of being and a new order. The "Radioactive" part of the song is referenced towards the end of the series when the main character electrocutes himself to break his wife out of prison on the very last episode.fan made video: (not by me)... seems like other people agree with this theory.Copyright © 2020 HubPages Inc. and respective owners. you go through your own trials and tribulations it sucks and every time I have a MRI or CAT SCAN I listen to this song a young gentleman going through cancer told me to listen well to this lyrics because when you have cancer your in oprison for liveI believe that the meaning of the song is the inmate dreams about getting free from his lifelong sentence in prison. I originally agreed this song was about spiritual awakening, i.e. "Enough to make my systems blow" makes a lot more sense for an android than for a human being. It was first sent to modern rock radio on October 29, 2012, and then released to contemporary radio on April 9, 2013.