Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Say it to my face
Look me in the eyes
And say what you have to say
You know we can't erase
These words before they bind
And turn the final page
Ah, here comes alone again
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments, hopeless
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again
And so we leave this stage
And all our best written lines
And all the acts we played
So say you want to leave
And say we'd never have
The way we always hope and we'd cry
And say hello to alone again
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments, hopeless
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again
Someday we might find
(someday we will find)
Some sacred place in time
(yeah, in time)
But until then
All will share
Our dreams we left behind
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments, hopeless
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again
Cause everything's broken (everything is broken)
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again (everything is wasted time)
Sentiments, hopeless (everything is broken)
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again (everything is wasted time)
Everything is broken (everything is broken)
Everything is wasted time (wasted time)
Everything is broken (everything is broken)
Everything is wasted time
Look me in the eyes
And say what you have to say
You know we can't erase
These words before they bind
And turn the final page
Ah, here comes alone again
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments, hopeless
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again
And so we leave this stage
And all our best written lines
And all the acts we played
So say you want to leave
And say we'd never have
The way we always hope and we'd cry
And say hello to alone again
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments, hopeless
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again
Someday we might find
(someday we will find)
Some sacred place in time
(yeah, in time)
But until then
All will share
Our dreams we left behind
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Cause everything's broken
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again
Sentiments, hopeless
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again
Cause everything's broken (everything is broken)
Everything's vacant
Everything's wasted time again (everything is wasted time)
Sentiments, hopeless (everything is broken)
Innocence, jaded
Everything's wasted time again (everything is wasted time)
Everything is broken (everything is broken)
Everything is wasted time (wasted time)
Everything is broken (everything is broken)
Everything is wasted time
Lyrics submitted by foolish-hippie
Wasted Time (G-Mix) Lyrics as written by Carl William Bell
Lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp.
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