Waste of Time
Wasted Moments: Echoes of Love and Loss in Butterfly Garden's 'Waste of Time'
Lyrics
I'm surrounded
I feel surrounded
By crimson and evergreen
By red and green colors, possibly symbolizing intense emotions and nature
The gentle hiss of the autumn breeze
Describing the soft sound of the fall wind
Comes and goes in waves
Referring to the fluctuating nature of emotions
Caressing my cheek
The wind touches my face gently
As I remember the summer nights
Recalling past summer nights
While you'd drive me home and I'd show you my favorite songs
Remembering moments in a car sharing favorite songs
But you just let it fade away
The memories are fading away
And forced me
You compelled me
To decide it was a waste of time
Forced to consider it a wasted effort
Waiting for you again
Expressing the frustration of waiting for someone
Decide it was a waste
Deciding that waiting is futile
Waiting here for you again looking out on the dying campus
Continuing the theme of waiting, observing a dying campus
Waiting for you again
Reiteration of waiting for someone who doesn't come
Decide it was a waste
Reaffirming the perception of wasted time
Believing empty promises and walking home in the streetlight
Reflecting on broken promises and lonely walks
Contrails intersect in the sky
Describing intersecting airplane trails in the sky
And slowly fade as red and yellow emanate from the horizon
Contrasting the fading trails with the emerging sunrise colors
I thought that I would have time to say I missed you
Regretting not expressing feelings in time
I thought that I would have time to unsever my hands in the violet haze of your neon room
Reflecting on missed opportunities in a vivid room
And I remember September nights
Recalling hopeful September nights
Where the moon was waning, and my hope still hadn't faded
Despite a waning moon, hope persisted
But the quiet sky of Halloween
Describing the quiet atmosphere of Halloween
It forced me
Forced to perceive waiting as futile
To decide it was a waste of time
Reiteration of frustration in waiting
Waiting for you again
Continuation of the theme of waiting
Decide it was a waste
Repeating the decision that waiting is a waste
Waiting here for you again, looking out on the dying campus
Observing a dying campus while waiting
Waiting for you again
Reiteration of the futility of waiting
Decide it was a waste
Reaffirming the belief that waiting is a waste
Believing empty promises and walking home in the streetlight
Reflecting on broken promises and lonely walks again
Just leave me in the cold
Desire to be left alone in the cold
I'll thaw out here
Willing to confront difficulties alone
Under the constellations
Under the star patterns jointly named
That we named together
The significance of shared experiences under the stars
Whatever
Indifference or resignation
Decide it was a waste
Reiteration of the perception that waiting is wasted time
Decide it was a waste
Reaffirming the decision that waiting is futile
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