Wasted Years

8 December 2013

Wasted Years single cover

I couldn't sleep yesterday and thought about how much I've delayed my studies and how much others have achieved at my age. My father would have tried to convince me I have been a lot more successful than I think... maybe he's right...

I randomly played Wasted Years and the song brought me to a sudden realisation. Actually I have (almost) everything that for the past years has been an ambition for the distant future. As it often happens, I'm looking at the present too negatively, but then, this is necessary so that I continue improving myself. I'm probably overdoing this a little...

Cheers for the golden years!

From the coast of gold, across the seven seas
I'm travellin' on, far and wide
But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself
And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else

I close my eyes, and think of home
Another city goes by in the night
Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it 'til it's gone away
And my heart is lying there and will be 'til my dying day

So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for
those wasted years
Face up... make your stand
And realise you're living in the golden years

Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind
Can't ease this pain, so easily
When you can't find the words to say it's hard to make it through another day
And it makes me wanna cry and throw my hands up to the sky

So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for
those wasted years
Face up... make your stand
And realise you're living in the golden years

[beautiful solo by Adrian Smith]

So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for
those wasted years
Face up... make your stand
And realise you're living in the golden years

So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for
those wasted years
Face up... make your stand
And realise you're living in the golden years

(Iron Maiden — Wasted Years)