Friday Sessions #106: ‘And I try, but it feels like wasted time’ – ‘Particles (Island Songs VI)’ Ólafur Arnalds and Nanna

Music to wake you up and out of your seat, or wistful notes to calm and soothe your soul? This Friday’s track is most definitely the latter. We are listening to Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and producer Ólafur Arnalds with vocals by Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir.

Todays lyric: ‘And I try, but it feels like wasted time’

The word ‘waste’ is a verb, a noun and an adjective. Check the examples and variations below:

to waste (v) “I don’t want to waste your time, so I’ll be honest with you.”
waste (n) “All the waste from the packaging has to be recycled correctly.”
waste (adj) “The real estate developers are interested in the waste area outside of the city.”

Typical examples of things we can waste: money, time, energy, resources, water, paper,….

Lyrics:

Here I am
Floating in emerald sea
Keep me dancing
Keep me as still as can be
And I try to keep the balance right
And I try, but it feels like wasted time

But these heavy hands
They’re pulling me down on my chest
Latching on, colouring all of my flesh
Quietly, you hover over me
And I fight, but it feels like wasted time

Feels like wasted time

Say goodnight
I know that I’m swallowed in sea
We collide, colours that devour me
Just say goodnight
I’m already down
And I cry, already down

Already down
And I cry
Already down

And I try

And I try
But it feels like wasted