Keep It on Wax

The speaker expresses uncertainty or hesitation.

The speaker suggests that the only thing not valuable to the listener is their friends.

Encourages the idea that making new friends is possible.

Raises the question of whether betraying new friends diminishes their worth.

Repeats the theme of the cheapness of friends and the consequences of betrayal.

The only thing cheap to you was your friends

You can always make new friends

(Oh well, oh well) But when you sell them out will they be worth as much?

Metaphorically describes the destruction of a bridge and the vastness of the resulting gap.

It might as well have never been built

It might as well have never been built

And the river that it crossed

Looks like an ocean now

Looks like an ocean now

Reflects on change, accusing someone of playing the victim and questioning the value of past efforts.

Some people love to play the victim

Love to play the victim

You threw caution to the wind

Washed away these few last years for nothing

Was it all for nothing?

Advises to keep the issues expressed in the song on a public and transparent level ("on wax").

Highlights shared sacrifices and the speaker's frustration when personal boundaries are violated.

Who's had to make sacrifices

We all had to make sacrifices

And time won't heal shit

When you've got your hands in my pockets

When you've got your hands

Repetition of kicking and screaming signifies frustration and the futility of these actions.

Scream, Scream, Scream

It won't change a goddamn thing (It don't change)

Kick, Kick, Kick

Scream, Scream, Scream (a goddamn thing)

Kick, Kick, Kick

Scream, Scream, Scream

It won't change a goddamn thing (It don't change)

Kick, Kick, Kick

Scream, Scream, Scream (a goddamn thing)

Reiterates the idea that friends are the only cheap thing to the listener.

The only thing cheap to you is your friends

I guess

The only thing cheap to you is your friends

I guess

The only thing cheap to you is your friends

I guess

The only thing cheap to you is your friends

Expresses disappointment about someone messing things up.

Oh, that you had to mess things up this bad

Repeats the theme of change, victimhood, and questioning the purpose of past actions.

Some people love to play the victim

Love to play the victim

You threw caution to the wind

Washed away these few last years for nothing

Was it all for nothing?

Declares that something is gone, and there is nothing left, emphasizing the need for public acknowledgment ("on wax").

It's gone

There's nothing left

Keep it on wax

It's gone

It's gone

There's nothing left

Reiterates the call to keep the issues public and transparent.