Lyric discussion by PeachTea4 

Cover art for Amsterdam lyrics by Imagine Dragons

I dont know if this is right but this is what i have got from the song. I think its about a man who ended up killing himself and he is telling everyone that- yeah he is gone and he is sorry, but they will see him again in another life.

"I'm sorry, mother I'm sorry, I let you down" He is saying sorry for letting his mom down and for not being strong enough. "Well, these days I'm fine - No these days I tend to lie" He acts like he is fine but is lying. (i tend to lie) "I'll take the West train, just by the side of Amsterdam" He is leaving and going away from his home. Maybe this means he is going to die, leaving the world. "Just by your left brain, just by the side of the Tin man" This shows that he thinks he is a bad person. That he thinks he is brainless ("left brain") and heartless (the tinman had no heart).

"I'm sorry, brother I'm sorry, I let cha down. Well, these days you're fine, no these days you tend to lie" This line is interesting. I believe that his brother is going through the same thing he is going through but is scared to admit it. the singer is realizing how he feels. "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." Maybe he knows that his brother is about to kill himself

"Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it" This means that things will get better eventually but you have to stay strong and be patient. "It's hard, believe me I've tried" He TRIED, which points to the fact that he tried to be patient and tried to wait for things to get better but ended up failing. "But I keep coming up short" He kept waiting for things to get good but nothing happened and his life was still bad. This could also be him explaining why he killed himself.

"I'm sorry, lover you're sorry; I bring you down" This is him telling his lover that he is sorry for being sad and burdening her with his depression. Sorry for "bringing them down" and making them sad, too. "Well, these days I try and these days I tend to lie" He says he is okay but is lying. "Kinda thought I was a mystery and then I thought I wasn't meant to be" This is when he first starts thinking about killing himself. He says that he was a "mystery" which could mean that he was "unsolvable". And "I thought I wasnt meant to be" means that maybe itd be better if he was gone and this is his fate. "You said yourself fantastically, 'Congratulations you were all alone'" Maybe he scared off everyone he cared about by being this way.

"But the rain won't fall for the both of us. The sun won't shine on the both of us" This line shows that him and his friends cant always be happy. They wont both be perfect. He will not be okay even though his friends will. "Believe me when I say, that I wouldn't have it any other way" hes saying that he wishes that they would both be okay.

So yeah this is my interpretation. I hope you understand a little bit better~

My Interpretation