Hey guys
Just wanted to know what u feel when u listen to this song and what it means for u...
I think it would be interesting for me, because I love this song, but I've never deeply think about it...

I feel better.

i love it. my favorite part of that song is when he says Well fuck her fuck him then i love it when he says fuck you for not having the strength in heart i'v fucked up

the song is about a kid who committed suicide that listened to staind and that kids mom went up to aaron and blamed him. so its about aarons feelings on suicide.

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Originally posted by Ashlee:
the song is about a kid who committed suicide that listened to staind and that kids mom went up to aaron and blamed him. so its about aarons feelings on suicide.

Hey who told u that haha

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the song is about a kid who committed suicide that listened to staind and that kids mom went up to aaron and blamed him. so its about aarons feelings on suicide.

wow. really? i didn't know that. i mean i obviously knew it was about suicide, but i didn't realize that whole story about aaron being blamed for some kids death, thats too bad.

yea i love "waste" its deff one of my fave staind songs

i found that stuff out like 3 years ago lol.. thats old news

I also dont really think she
"blamed" aaron, i think she just wanted answers.. and obviously aaron couldnt help her.. so he wrote a song

wow, I never knew that, thanks for sharing some of us didn't know, Waste is definitely one of my favorite Staind songs, if not my favorite. I have so much respect for Aaron, for writing a song about this tragedy...when a person committs suicide, there is no one to blame, its always a tragedy..there is no answer as to "why" I have had suicidal thoughts before and actually I can thank Staind for saving me, and their music helping me get through the most difficult times....it just shows what an amazing and caring person Aaron is to write a song for this person,,, and show the world that he cared about this family and this kid...some rock stars would have not given a fuck and said oh well its not my fault, but not our beloved Aaron.....he cares.....about people...and the fans and so does the whole band, Johnny old school is awesome as well. and both MIke's..Staind, we love you...

STAIND FOREVER................

yeah this song rocks.
and the part where he sings 'or did your father love you too much'.. what exactly does he mean

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and the part where he sings 'or did your father love you too much'.. what exactly does he mean

ok, I think I can answer this accurately, because i know all the words verbatim to "Waste" and Im a social worker, also through personal experience...Ok" the lyrics are: "Did daddy not love you, or did he love you just to much, did he control you, did he live through you at your cost, did he leave no questions for you to answer on your own, well fuck him and fuck them and fuck her and fuck you for no t having the strength in your heart to pull through ive had doubts, ive had plans ive fucked up ive had plans doesn't mean I should take my life with my own hands"

ok, to answer your question, Aaron is talking about a father that was so controlling of his child, that the child could not make his own decisions about life and the father lived through the child with his own issues and problems taking them out on the child...leaving the child helpless and hopeless, and being able to think for themselves....
I have had many friends who's parents do this and worked with many families who's parents do this, they are so consumed by their own issues, they live them through their children, leaving the children desperate and depressed...
I hope this helps...
cute

"did daddy not love you, or did he love you just to much" I have thought Aaron may be touching on possible sexual abuse here but I am not sure....

I definitely don't think that is what he was getting at. I'm sure he just meant that he could have pressured him and been too persistent in something, thus: did he control you, did he live through you at your cost. I could be wrong.

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no i dont think he was either.. he was talking about the dad trying to live his life. (did he control you , did he live through you at your costs) his dad was trying to live trough him make him do stuff he did not want to do that his dad wanted him to do cause he never got a chance to do it. if that makes sense. thats how i took it anyway

Ya, that's what I was trying to get at.

well at least you understood what i meant haha

I think it is plausable that aaron was touching on that issue with that line, it all comes down to the listener and what they interpret it to be i think.

yeah i think so too .. it is all in what the listener thinks...

Very true.

wow..so much different feelings...and so much explanations =)... although that's not what I wanted to get, 'cause our own explanations are always linked to what we've been through..so it cannot be 'objective'.For me, Aaron's not singing about suicide, or a child who would have committed a crime, or a suicide...no, for me, he was just talking about what you can sometimes feel in your life, especially when you're not a child anymore, but not an adult yet..
When you have to be responsible too early, maybe you'll think when you'll be older that you've wasted your life because of 'them' ( family, dad that forced you to play his role, society, ...) ...but at the same time, always trying to escape your responsabilities, it's also a way to waste your life...and finally, life's un fair and goes on, so you have to choose your way : always complaining and drown into problems (and sometimes it's normal to react this way, I don't think that anybody could disagree), or trying to enjoy life anyway, even if it'll be hard to get what you want. And I think that the girl/boy that Aaron is talking about in 'Waste', is still hesitating between these 2 choices...He tried to show us how much we can sometimes be stupid not to see all the gifts of life("fuck you for not having the strengh in your heart to pull through")..and also the fact that you cannot always control the situation ( "I've had doubts!
I have failed!I've fucked up!I've had plans!
Doesn't mean I should take my life with my own hands!")...well, that's what this song inspires me.
=D