Yeah
And I'm just a waste of her energy
And she's just wasting my time
Mmmm
So why don't we get together
And we could waste everything tonight
And we could waste and we could waste it all tonight
Yea
And we could waste and we could waste it all tonight

And I don't pretend to know what you know
No no
Now please don't pretend to know what's on my mind
If we already knew everything that everybody knows
We would have nothing to learn tonight
And we would have nothing to show tonight
Oh but everybody thinks
That everybody knows
About everybody else
Nobody knows
Anything about themselves
'Cause their all worried about everybody else
Yeah
Oh

Love's just a waste of our energy yeah
And this life's just a waste of our time
So why don't we get together
We could waste everything tonight
And we could waste and we could waste it all yeah
But everybody thinks
That everybody knows
About everybody else
Now now now nobody knows
Anything about themselves
'Cause their all worried about everybody else yeah
Oh
And we could waste



Lyrics submitted by Shadee01

Track duration: 03:50

"Wasting Time" as written by Rusty Varenkamp, Forrest Krazit, Josh Schmidt

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:My favourite line....

    "Everybody thinks that everybody knows about everybody else, nobody knows anything about themselves cos they're all worried bout everybody else."

    It'd be nice - in this day and age, to meet a guy without the pressures of technology on our life. This might be completely off topic but there's a guy I really care about. We get along so well. Yet when he gets a spare moment, even when we're together, amongst friends, he's on his iPhone checking social media, looking on Facebook.

    People are addicted to this kind of thing nowadays. People are losing themselves to it, people are forgetting what they want in a relationship, who they are as a person even because they are so consumed in the hype of other people's lives.

    Nobody knows anything about themselves because they're all worried about everybody else. More concerned what others think, care more for what others are doing. Jack Johnson's music takes me away - to a warm, beautiful coast, somewhere far away, with good company, a drink and sunshine. Why don't we get together and we can waste everything tonight - make love and forget about all the other shit.

    It'd be nice for him to recognise just how much fine each other's company can be without all that other stuff, but I really think we're in an age where we can't live without technology. It's sad.

    I've got on a bit of a rant, but just my feelings at present.
    Flag deelowbrowon May 09, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i think it's about a one night stand.
    Flag dakotaloveon April 22, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is amazing, I think the meaning is pretty much self explanatory.

    I freakin' love Jack Johnson man.
    Flag stacilovesmetallicaon July 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:After reading people say this song is about a one night stand it makes sense however it means something else to me as when I discovered it I was falling in love. I take his reference of wasting time as spending all and the rest of life with this someone he loves.

    And I'm just a waste of her energy
    And she's just a waste of my time, mmhmm

    Love's just a waste of our energy, yea
    And this life's just a waste of our time
    So why don't we get together?
    We could waste everything tonight
    We could waste
    We could waste it all, yea

    tonight means forever and he wants to waste time together which isnt actually a waste obviously and all the other lyrics are just about screw what other people think nothing matters except for what the 2 lovers think.

    But it prolly is about a one night stand, lets hope thats not what my relationship should of been cause this is the song I gave to her........
    Flag zcradicon July 16, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:What I like most about this music is how it emphasizes the process even if the result would come to nothing: in the extreme even if someone tells me

    "Love's just a waste of our energy,
    And this life is just a waste of our time"

    I can still go ahead and have a lot of pleasure by "wasting" it all tonight. Even if it goes nowhere, if it pays nothing, no marriage, no kids, no afterlife, no heaven, no hell, no nothing, it is still worth it, just by the fun of it.

    The sheer fun of it.

    In this, we'll never be disappointed, because we had no expectations at all.
    Flag LuarAzulon March 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think Jack is telling people who criticize his relationship, that he doesn't care what they.well if we're wasting our time together and they both love each other, then why not "waste" all their time together?
    Flag mikebacon January 12, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:what-what
    finally somone got it. he just thinks they got nothin in common but that shouldnt stop em from GETTIN IT ON one last time
    Flag shaneomac22on June 26, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:SEX! Damn people, it's all about the emotionless, wild SEX!
    Can I get a what-what?
    Flag Mobes19on May 30, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:YEh i can feel this song!
    WHY DON"T WE GET TOGEATHER!??
    Flag fallen angelson March 04, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:oh my gosh. this song is so sexy.
    Flag vivalacakeon February 01, 2006   Link

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