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
Tough talking youth naivete
You said you'd never let me down
But the horse stampedes and rages in the name of desperation

CHORUS
Is it all just wasted time
Can you look at yourself when you think of what you left behind
Is it all just wasted time
Can you live with yourself when you think of what you left behind

Paranoid delusions they haunt you
Where's my friend I used to know
He's all alone.
He's buried deep within a carcass searching for a soul

Can you feel me inside your heart as it's bleeding
Why can't you believe you can be loved
I hear you scream in agony
And the horse stampedes and rages in the name of desperation

CHORUS

You said you never let me down
But the horse stampedes, it rages in the name of desperation

CHORUS

The sun will rise again
The earth will turn to sand
Creation's colors seem to fade to grey
And you'll see the sickly hands of time will write your final rhyme
And end a memory

I never thought you'd let it get this far boy



Lyrics submitted by thekronic420

Track duration: 05:49


Wasted Time song meanings
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  • +2
    General Comment:Yeah I think this song is about the GnR original drummer and his drug addiction.

    This song makes me cry every time because I have a close friend who started using Meth....
    Flag Darkstar20on August 04, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:can*
    Flag Gunsnrosesfanon September 15, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:What an amazing voice he has?!?!?! And what a sad song... I don't know which is my favorite part, it's so emotional, so powerful and so sad.. it makes you wanna fall down and cry... I am a 14-year-old girl and I have a friend who is like Steven Adler... in the beginning.. I am sure this guy is gonna die in a few years. his dad died of overdosin in prison when he was 10... It's so sad.. this guy thinks that nobody loves him.. ..Why can't you believe you can't be loved Mike??? Everyone loves you my friend :'(
    Flag Gunsnrosesfanon September 15, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Very good lyrics from a band not usually known for that. It just killed me to see one of my best friends slowly dying from a drug addiction when this song was popular. He got in to drugs because he really didn't think anyone liked him. Whether he thought it was numbing him or making him more socially acceptable that way, I'll never quite know. Haunting lines, "Can you feel me inside your heart as it's bleeding? Why can't you believe you can be loved?"
    Flag landed09on February 06, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I know it's not about love, but I always think of a broken relationship when I hear this... The ending kind of feels like the voice in your head type of thing. "I never thought you'd let it get this far boy".

    I wish Skid Row wrote more ballads... Quicksand Jesus, this, and In A Darkened Room are probably my favorites, Bach's vocals make any song amazing.
    Flag RunOfTheMillon May 22, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:One of the best powerballads I've ever heard... Simply amazing tune..
    My favorite Skid Row song along with 18 And Life, I Remember You and In A Darkened Room...
    Flag Bon-Jovi-Dudeon January 23, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Besides 18 & life, I remember you, and youth gone wild this is one of their very best. Zac Bierk's brother's vocals are amazing on this track.
    Flag magoosh008on November 18, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I have known this ong for years... but I recently got out of a three year long relationship(thank god) and right after ward I really start asking myself...is it all just wasted time... and figured out I learned a lot in that relationship so now I'm just glad it is over and do not even look back on the time...I can live with myself knowing what I left behind ...better than I could when I was with her
    Flag TSon May 30, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:That ending is one of the greatest things in music.As soon the words "The sun will rise again" I get chills.
    Flag aicdirt27on February 22, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:such a great song. lot of emotions
    Flag doqtoron December 01, 2006   Link

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