Lyric discussion by seato 

Cover art for Wasted lyrics by Angus and Julia Stone

I think I am convinced enough that the song is about a woman completely in love. She is ‘wasted’ (drunk) on his love, BUT… I was thinking of it from a different angle and it ALMOST makes sense.

Wasted could be about a woman who is actually in love (or at least in a relationship) with a man that is not showing her the affection she deserves. That is her life is being ‘wasted’ by this boy.

The first verse would be about the confusion of the relationship and how she hates it so much her head is spinning and can’t see clearly.

The second verse would the go on to describe how she can’t last in the relationship, living in his imaginary world where everything is alright. In the mean time, in real life there are lots of other men showing her attention, and asking her to come out and play.

Now the 3rd verse is the hard stretch, but I will give it go. How about we say… “The colours represent the blur that surrounds her confused mind” Na, that doesn’t cut it. Oh well, gave it a shot.

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I like that interpretation and I was actually thinking that when I was listening to this song the other day.