Bones | 5ive Songs

In the 50^th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with BONES in some form or fashion.

Welcome to 5ive Songs, where we keep things short and sweet – no extra calories or needless fluff! There’s a theme/topic, five songs, and a short blurb.  Yes, it’s a playlist, but it’s a miniature playlist that shouldn’t take much time to consume.  In the 50^th  edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with BONES  in some form or fashion.  Okay, let’s get into it!

1. Imagine Dragons, “Bones”

💿 Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 • 🏷 KIDinaKORNER / Interscope • 📅 2022

“My patience is waning, is this entertaining? / Our patience is waning, is this entertaining?” Um, I’d say, yes, the song, 🎵 “Bones”, IS entertaining. “Bones” commences the second disc of 💿 Mercury – Acts 1 & 2, the 2022 double album by 🏆 Grammy-winning alternative/rock collective, 🎙 Imagine Dragons.  Furthermore, “Bones” was released as a single, prefacing the complete edition of Mercury (💿 Mercury – Act 1 arrived first).  🎙 Dan Reynolds and company keep things short but potent.

“Bones” doesn’t focus on skeletal things… haha.  Sure, “There’s magic in my bones” per Dan’s big chorus, but the big takeaway is about embracing and living life.  Life is filled with plenty of hardships, many of which Reynolds has faced, including the death of his sister-in-law, but he’s not giving up or giving in.  In the first verse, he asserts at the end, “Never gonna get me out alive / I will live a thousand lives.” That’s the spirit! In the chorus, he emphasizes “this feeling in my soul,” encourages to “Go ahead and throw your stones / ‘Cause there’s magic in my bones.” Uplifting! Despite the negative happenings in the second verse (“Seein’ all the vultures circlin’”), ultimately, by the bridge, Reynolds is “Pickin’ the pieces up and buildin’ to the sky.” 

2. Demi Lovato, “Bones”

💿 HOLY FVCK • 🏷 Island • 🗓 2022

“The second you walked into the room my legs started to shake / Blood racing, heart pounding like there’s a fucking earthquake.” Well, day-ummm! Ah, sex – it’s universal, isn’t it? Everybody wants some! Clearly, 🎙 Demi Lovato is thinking sexually on 🎵 “Bones”, one of many electrifying records from their 2022 album, 💿 HOLY FVCK.  In the pre-chorus, the 🏆 Grammy-nominated, pop-turned-pop-punk artist further exhibits lust: “So many feelings / When you said her name / ‘Cause I want you so mad / That I need restraints.” Oh, the horniness!

It should go without saying that the third is real on “Bones.” It gets even more real in the chorus, the centerpiece:

“Let me jump your bones

Start to lose control

Taking off your clothes

No one has to know.”

Yah, holy fizzuck, Demi! That said, can you blame them? Think about someone whom you longed for so much and had ‘naughty intentions.’  We’ve all been in a situation where we wanted to jump someone’s bones. Ah, there’s nothing more fulfilling and stimulating than a rocking joint about sex, right? HOLY FVCKING, RIGHT! “Bones” is a guilty pleasure from HOLY FVCK that features beastly production and titillating lyrics.  We all want to F– sometimes 😈.

Appears in 🔻:

• Demi Lovato, “Bones”: After Dark 🕛 🌃 67 (2022)

3. The Killers, “Fire in Bone”

💿 Imploding the Mirage • 🏷 Island • 📅 2020

🎵 “Fire in Bone” arrived as a single from 💿 Imploding the Mirage, the sixth album by the Las Vegas band, 🎙 The Killers. “Fire in Bone” features colorful production including atmospheric pads, a robust bass line, and an infectious groove.  The ear candy is ample, both musically and vocally.  That 🎙 Brandon Flowers – he’s special! Sure, Flowers’ pitch is imperfect and wobbly at times, but that’s been part of his charm over the years.

“Fire in Bone” is intriguing, while simultaneously being quirky. Even if it’s ‘left of center’ in some respects, the form is standard, save for a refrain section in addition to the chorus that reappears.  Lyrically, “Fire in Bone” has its moments, such as, “I felt washed up / I felt tempest-tossed and seasick / But I felt fire in bone.” Some moments are simpler and more minimal early on, making the record slightly confusing initially. Still, after it’s all said and done, “Fire in Bone” is one of the better moments from Imploding the Mirage.

4. Maren Morris, “The Bones” (with Hozier)

🎵 “The Bones” • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment • 📅 2019

🏆 Grammy-winning country musician 🎙 Maren Morris returned in 2019 with her second major label album, 💿 GIRL. 🎵 “The Bones” appeared as the 12^th track. Following the original version, Morris tapped 🏆 Grammy-nominated Irish singer/songwriter 🎙 Hozier for a duet version. “The Bones” was produced by 🎛 Greg Kurstin, who always seems to get the best out of artists.  Once again, he strikes gold with Morris. Co-written by Morris, 🎼 ✍ Jimmy Robbins, and 🎼 ✍ Laura Veltz, “The Bones” plays on the idea of a house having good bones with some updates needed.

In “The Bones,” Morris shifts ‘good bones’ from a house to a relationship.  In the first verse, she sings, “We’re in the home stretch of the hard times,” later adding, “We built this right, so nothing’s ever gonna move it.”  She goes on to sing in the chorus:

“When the bones are good, the rest don’t matter

Yeah, the paint could peel, the glass could shatter

Let it rain ‘cause you and I remain the same

When there ain’t a crack in the foundation

Baby, I know any storm we’re facing

Will blow right over while we stay put

The house don’t fall when the bones are good.”

In the duet version, Hozier arrives on the second verse, singing the first two lines solo, before Morris joins him in the final two.  Then, the pair joins forces for the majority of the chorus, originally sung only by Morris. In the bridge, Morris holds the reins, with Hozier joining her at select moments, while both generally sing the final chorus. All told, Morris and Hozier strike gold with “The Bones” in its duet form.

5. G-Eazy, “Bone Marrow” (Ft. Danny Seth)

🎵 “Bone Marrow” • 🏷 RCA • 📅 2016

“The British are here / the Bay is here, you know?” Woo! On 🎵 “Bone Marrow” a collaboration with British rapper 🎙 Danny Seth, 🎙 G-Eazy proclaims himself to be “bad to the bone, yeah, the bone marrow.” He’s accurate, judging by the rest of his rhymes, which include a couple of playboy ways.  Consistently, he asserts how easy he gets girls, particularly easy girls: “Yo bitch called me daddy, daddy, that’s my new name / Pass her after, all aboard the choo-choo-train.” Day-um, Gerald!

Furthermore, once Gerald steals your girlfriend, he’s going to ‘destroy’ her with his incredible sex acumen. You can read into that one for yourself. “If I take your bitch, then that pussy doomed,” he brags, continuing, “Eat it like a spoon / Your bitch coming soon.”  While G-Eazy is a lot all by himself, Danny Seth isn’t to be overlooked, talking his shit too. The self-characterized “Skinny white boy from Britain,” bad to the bone like his colleague, asserts, “I’m bad to the bone, yeah, the bone marrow / All I wanna do is fuck and take a Xanny / They say, ‘You a fool man, what’s wrong with Danny?’” Eazy & Seth split the third verse, trading bars and keeping things unapologetic AF.

Appears in 🔻:

• 13 Songs Where G-Eazy Proves He’s a Total Playboy

Bone: 5ive Songs No. 50 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, Engin Akyurt, Interscope, Island, KIDinaKORNER, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay, RCA, Sony Music Entertainment]