I'm sorry, mother I'm sorry, I let you down
Well, these days I'm fine
No these days I tend to lie
I'll take the West train, just by the side of Amsterdam
Just by my left brain, just by the side of the Tin man

I'm sorry, brother I'm sorry, I let cha down
Well, these days you're fine
No these days you tend to lie
You'll take the West train, just by the side of Amsterdam
Just by your left brain, just by the side of the Tin man

Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
It's hard, believe me I've tried
But I keep coming up short

I'm sorry, lover You're sorry, I bring you down
Well, these days I try and these days I tend to lie
Kinda thought I was a mystery and then I thought I wasn't meant to be
You said yourself fantastically, "Congratulations you were all alone"

Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
It's hard, believe me I've tried
Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
It's hard, believe me I've tried

But the rain won't fall for the both of us
The sun won't shine on the both of us
Believe me when I say, that I wouldn't have it any other way

Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
It's hard, believe me I've tried
But I won't wait much longer 'cause these walls they're crashing down
And I won't wait much longer 'cause these walls they're crashing down
And I keep coming up short


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    My Interpretation

    Most Imagine Dragon songs have multiple meanings and this is one of them. this could either be a song about moving on with your life, leaving your past behind and becoming a better person OR i've been listening to this song for a while now and just recently came up with a different interpretation, a more serious one, dealing with suicide. "I'm sorry Mother I'm sorry I let you down" is the persons note "These days I'm fine No these days I tend to lie" is the person pretending to be ok while secretly being depressed, etc "I'll take the west train just by the side of Amsterdam" is the person saying they're going to kill themselves "Just by my left brain just by the side of the tin man" ?? not sure, possibly talking about a gun being used in the suicide

    the same ideas are repeated in the second verse, and first half the third

    "Kinda thought it was a mystery then i thought it was a meant to be" describing the relationship with their partner "you say yourself fantastically 'congratulations you were all alone'" possibly the partner was going through the same things as them, or they recently broke up

    "But the rain wont fall for the both of us the sun wont shine for the both of us believe me when i say that i wouldn't have it any other way" they are/have sacrificed their happiness for this person and would rather die than see that person be sad

    "your time will come if you wait for it" talking about being their time to die, they're probably happy for it

    "it's hard believe me i've tried" they tried living life but it was just too hard

    "and i keep coming up short" ?? not quite sure, possibly they've attempted before and it never worked

    this whole song is kind of a note to probably a lover who's struggling with the same demons before that person kills them self. Really sad, i know, but just my opinion. it's an amazing song and i absolutely love it

    dragoneron January 15, 2014   Link

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