What does Wasted Time mean?

Skid Row: Wasted Time Meaning

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Song Released: 1991


Wasted Time Lyrics

You and I together in our lives
Sacred ties would never fray;

Then why can I let myself tell lies
And watch you die every day?

I think back to the times
When dreams were what mattered
Though talking youth naivety;

You said you'd...

  1. anonymous
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    Jan 17th 2022 !⃝

    Sebastian Bach wrote this song in response to his friend Steven Adler's serious heroin addiction. The horse is a direct reference to heroin. Watching someone you care about become addicted to drugs, esp heroin & throwing their life away while being powerless to stop it is such a painful thing to experience. This is an amazing song & also a deeply personally meaningful song.

  2. anonymous
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    Aug 19th 2019 !⃝

    It probably could mean that the youth today are wasting their time


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