“Waste” is the twelfth and closing track of Oh Wonder sophomore album, “Ultralife”.
It is a low-fi song reflecting on no longer being in a relationship: even though sometimes breaking up is the right thing to do, you cannot stop thinking about the waste of being alone. All the love you could give, a...
[Verse]
There's a space in between
Like a grey evergreen
Where the hurt never meant
Stops to linger
On the pavement below
See a crack that I know
All the corners of you
All the bones that I knew
I said I would never come back
Screaming at the walls in jet black
Hurt until my words are out flat
Can I whisper it back?
[Chorus]
What a waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
[Verse]
There's a space in between
Like a grey evergreen
Where the hurt never meant
Starts to linger
On the pavement below
See a crack that I know
All the corners of you
All the bones that I knew
I said I would never come back
Screaming at the walls in jet black
Hurt until my words are out flat
Can I whisper it back?
I said I would never come back
Screaming at the walls in jet black
Hurt until my words are out flat
Can I whisper it back?
[Chorus]
What a waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
So alone, so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
A waste, what a waste
What a waste to be so alone
Waste was written by Josephine Vander Gucht & Anthony West.
Waste was produced by Oh Wonder.
“Waste” is about the regret you feel after you’ve had a fight with someone, when you wish you could take it all back. It’s the antithesis of ‘Solo’, in that it’s the realisation that it is in fact a waste to be alone. We need people in our lives. Humans are not solitary creatures, we work in packs....