The dream is over, no one's to take the blame
We believed in roses, but only thorns remained

When I look into the rear view mirror
We create and we destroy
Put our blood into a street with a dead end
Walk up that stairway to jump off into the black
Here we go

We go all the way, do we need the pain?
Waking up in a black tomorrow
I've been there before, was it all wasted again?
We go all the way, do we need the pain?
Waking up in a black tomorrow
I've been there before, was it all just wasted time?

Maybe I am different, maybe I'm a fool
And I wonder if it's worth it, trying to find another you

And I look into the rear view mirror
Just to see how fucked I look
While I drive along that street with a dead end.
Like a moth to the flame
It's gonna suck me into pain
Still we go

We go all the way, do we need the pain?
Waking up in a black tomorrow
I've been there before, was it all wasted again?
We go all the way, do we need the pain?
Waking up in a black tomorrow
I've been there before, was it all just wasted time?

What are we heading for?
What do I dare again?
Once beaten, twice shy
And still we haven't learned

So here I'm lying
A leisure-poet in pain
Involuntary loner
I know that life is just a game

But nobody gets out alive
A sedative shot for me
No happy man gets out alive
Neither of us you will see

We go all the way, do we need the pain?
Waking up in a black tomorrow
I've been there before, was it all wasted again?
We go all the way, do we need the pain?
Waking up in a black tomorrow
I've been there before, was it all just wasted time?


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Wasted Time Lyrics as written by Caleb Followill Nathan Followill

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  • +2
    General Comment

    Here's my thoughts.

    I see this as a broken up relationship he's remembering, hurting him to do so questions if it was all "wasted time".

    He can't help but remember even if it does hurt him, or maybe he keeps trying with this person which he knows will hurt in the end.

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    "The dream is over, no one's to take the blame We believed in roses, but only thorns remained"

    • There was something, they believed in something beautiful the relationship in this case being the metaphor for the rose where only thorns remain.. nasty.. hurtful.

    "When I look into the rear view mirror We create and we destroy"

    • Looking into the past, to see the relationship they created, and destroyed.

    "Put our blood into a street with a dead end Walk up that stairway to jump off into the black"

    • They put themselves into building the relationship, time and effort to building something that seeming lead nowhere.

    Here we go

    "We go all the way, do we need the pain? Waking up in a black tomorrow"

    • Questioning weather it's worth trying to remember the pain, or worth trying again with the person who he's singing about? Is it really worth trying again? Or remembering again?

    "I've been there before, was it all wasted again? We go all the way, do we need the pain?"

    • Again reflecting on how he's either remembered before or gotten back with her before.

    "Waking up in a black tomorrow I've been there before, was it all just wasted time?"

    • Waking up in a void of sadness, questions weather the act of remembering said person was all just wasted time, or if the relationship was all just wasted time.
    chris10784on June 09, 2020   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    sry i mean: does he really say we go all the gay? :O

    The_Soulforgedon July 14, 2008   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    What he says is "We go all the way".

    I think the song is about a perceived futility in life.

    Aryalon June 04, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Yo pienso que habla acerca de la zona de confort, sobre como parece que todos los días en la vida moderna son los mismos. En este caso el protagonista está cansado de ser alguien más en un sistema.

    watag vídon July 02, 2021   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    wtf? whats this??

    The_Soulforgedon July 14, 2008   Link

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