In my opinion it’s a song about people who are exhaustedly worried about other people’s opinions. One can hear in some lines actually examples of these thoughts from the authors.
About people who behave as society wants, spending their lives not as they would like; as the song said, “in the night”,...
[Chorus]
Fallin' to the wayside, I
Don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight
When all it does is strain my eyes
Fallin' to the wayside, I
Don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight
When all it does is strain my eyes
[Verse 1]
Fallin' from the pressure in this habitat
You're sick of feelin' like the one these people laughin' at
They tell you happy is the goal, but it gets hard when you're alone
And what you give to make it out, you'll never have it back, yeah
And you would think if he can see that, he would change it, right?
But what identity is left if nothin' plagues his life
Retreats into his room and blast the music loud
It's like a trans-reality for the moment, that keeps him far away from daylight, daylight
Not know what it's like to feel
Like, why the fuck is there so much I gotta deal with
Just to stay right, stay right?
When everybody else is doin' fine on the factory settings
Then what am I, huh?
[Pre-Chorus]
They're puttin' on the masks just to breathe slow
Hard to be accepted when you won't attend the freak show
So he slips into the comfort of the night
By himself, where he spend his whole life
[Chorus: Ekoh & Loveless]
Fallin' to the wayside, I
Don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight
When all it does is strain my eyes
Fallin' to the wayside, I
Don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight (Oh)
When all it does is strain my eyes
[Verse 2]
Welcome to the show, he's got nothin' to show for it
Dreams don't pay, you gotta go for it
Feelin' on top of the world, so Steve is barely breathin'
Higher that you get the harder you fall and that's repeatin'
Take a photo for all we used to know
The ghost of the past, all our love was lost
And maybe they'll never know
[Pre-Chorus]
That I've been fallin' to the wayside
And I don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight
When all it does is strain my eyes
[Chorus: Ekoh & Loveless]
Fallin' to the wayside, I
Don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight
When all it does is strain my eyes
Fallin' to the wayside, I
Don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight (Daylight)
When all it does is strain my eyes (My eyes)
[Outro]
Fallin' to the wayside, I
Don't want you to waste your time
Lookin' for the daylight (Yeah)
When all it does is strain my eyes
Fallin' to the wayside, I (Daylight)
Don't want you to waste your time (My eyes)
Lookin' for the daylight
All it does is strain my eyes
WAYSIDE was written by Ekoh & Loveless (Rock) & Cvrt Martin.
WAYSIDE was produced by Cvrt Martin & Chris Linck.
Ekoh & Loveless released WAYSIDE on Fri Jul 15 2022.