Lyric discussion by _headoverheels 

Cover art for Wasted lyrics by Carrie Underwood

it's not a break-up song guys ;P.

it's about living your life & not taking it for granted, as opposed to doing nothing & having it be wasted.

she just used the boy & girl as examples. they're both heartbroken, but they both realize that they're too caught up with whatever happened in the past. "he said, 'it's time to be a man & stop living for yesterday'" he realizes he needs to move on.

i love this song & carrie is just amazing! (: