G Gb Look out for yourself G I wake up to the sounds of the silence that allows Gb From my mind to run around, with my ear up to the Ground G I'm searching to behold the stories that are told Gb When my back is to the world that was smiling when I Turned G Gb Tell you you're the greatest G Gb But once you turn, they hate us G Oh, the misery Gb Everybody wants to be my enemy G Spare the sympathy Gb G Gb Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y Look out for yourself G Gb My enemy-y-y-y-y Look out for yourself But I'm ready G Your words up on the wall as you're praying for my fall Gb And the laughter in the halls And the names that I've been called G I stack it in my mind and I'm waiting for the time Gb When I show you what it's like to be words spit in a mic G Gb Tell you you're the greatest G But once you turn, they hate us G Oh, the misery Gb Everybody wants to be my enemy G Spare the sympathy Gb G Gb Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y Look out for yourself G Gb My enemy-y-y-y-y Look out for yourself Unh, look, okay G I'm hoping that somebody pray for me I'm praying that somebody hope for me Gb I'm staying where nobody 'posed to be P-p-posted, being a wreck of emotions G Ready to go whenever just let me know The road is long so put the pedal into the floor Gb The enemy's on my trail, my energy unavailable I'ma tell 'em: Hasta luego G They wanna plot on my trot to the top I've been outta shape, thinking out the box I'm an Astronaut Gb I blasted off the planet rock to cause catastrophe G And it matters more because I had it not Had I thought about wreaking havoc on an opposition Gb Kinda shockin' they wanted a static with precision I'm Automatic quaterback I ain't talking sacking, pack it, pack it up, I don't panic Batter, batter up, who the baddest? Enemy is set in the key of B minor, and Imagine Dragons only uses two chords throughout — F minor, its fifth, and G major 7, the sixth chord in this key — to produce a catchy Arcane opening song that became a music hit.
Then, out of nowhere, the first triumphant upward major 6th interval be, enemy.
Each phrase takes on one of the two chords, and only uses two repeated notes that end on a minor 3rd.