Lyric discussion by luna_nymph 

what I thought this song meant is that no matter what you do in your life or who you attempt to impress, when it comes down to it, it was all for nothing...so all that effort and time was wasted on something that never really mattered

i don't think they are saying everything you try and do is worthless,he's more singing about a certain incident/few incidents that went wrong and now he's heartbroken

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