| Coldplay – Amsterdam Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song has been my anthem for over a year now. I stumbled across it while searching for some new music to listen to on my Coldplay Pandora station the summer of 2012 while I was deep in a seemingly unending depression. At first I didn't pay attention to the lyrics, I was just addicted to the eerie, beautifully sad sound of the song. It wasn't until about January of this year that I really heard the song's message. Personally, I interpret this to be a song about a state of true devastation over the past, wasted time perhaps, that one brings upon themself, and becoming trapped in this state of excruciating melancholy that seems to suffocatingly wrap them up in a way that makes it feel as though there is no getting out, with literally no control over the pain and suffering one feels. Then it delivers the truth that time heals all wounds. (Time is on your side...) Even the most numbing, self destructive depression will pass with time and faith. I feel that the line "It's no cause for concern" is like a contradiction to everything that had been said thus far in the song; it basically means don't worry about me, I'm fine, it's nothing--a total lie. Then the song goes on to say that it feels as though there is just no chance of release from this suffering, it is so strong. That they may look okay on the outside, but underneath the mask, they are falling apart completely. (I know I'm dead on the surface, but I am screaming underneath.) The last portion of the song is what really tugs at my heart: I'm stuck on the end of this ball and chain, and I'm on my way back down again Stood on a bridge, tied to a noose, sick to the stomach Say what you mean, but it won't change a sin, I'm sick of the secrets Stood on the edge, tied to a noose, You came along and you cut me loose. This, to me, means that they are stuck in this terrible, consuming depression and no matter how many times they think they are healed, it just keeps pulling them back down. Then it mentions the noose, meaning they were so sick of it they felt suicidal. They were sick of people hurting them and keeping things away from them and no matter what anyone else said, it wouldn't change the past, which caused all the pain in the first place. And then it just straight up hits me in the face with this perfect line: You came along and you cut me loose. The entire song portrays absolute devastation and a heart wrenching pain that just will not go away, and how it feels as though they are all alone and it will never be healed. But then this last line of the song acts as a game changer, a beacon of hope. It seemed as though this pain was so deep that it would never ever leave, and they were prepared to put an end to it once and for all by ending their own life, but then this person came and rescued them. The outro of the song where this line is repeated feels like the aftermath, just being told that you're safe now. I can also feel a lot of religious meaning in this song, personally. The person is caught up in the depth and rut of their sins, and they feel as though they can't be forgiven for them, so they want to just end their life, but God's light rescues them from it. This song makes me think of how I was when I was suicidal and self harming. It makes me picture someone writing out a note describing all of their heartache and pain that is eating them alive, and then just as they are about to end their life, their own personal hero comes in and cuts them loose, and holds them close telling them they are safe now and it was going to be okay, and the person finally escaping the chains of their depression. I feel that my personal hero that cut me loose is God, and the person God put in my life to pull me out of it. This song is so deep and meaningful to me, it represents me. I feel like it's just MY song, like no one else can have it. Not many people I know have heard of it and I don't share it with many people because I feel like you just shouldn't even hear it if you don't give it your full attention to really hear what it says. This song wasn't meant to just be a nice tune on your playlist. It's beyond that. It is definitely my favorite song of all time. |
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