Just A Waste Of Tears
single
Just A Waste Of Tears
At 129 BPM in F minor, ‘Just a Waste of Tears’ runs colder and more controlled than anything STAB has put out recently, and that restraint is exactly what makes it land. The chorus hook, ‘I’m lost within his wires / every time he disappears,’ earns its repetition by the third time around, sitting in that space where emotional resignation and melodic insistence pull in opposite directions. The production keeps things clean and pressurized, a punchy low end holding the verses taut while the song opens up just enough on the chorus to let the grief breathe. This is STAB leaning into her more introspective side, and she sounds completely at home there.
Lyrics
He moves through the blue light Like a signal through the wall No name on his lips now No truth at all
His shadow in the doorway His hand against the glass He leaves the room electric Then he passes
I wait where his silence bends I break where his current ends
Every time he reappears I’m lost within his wires Every time he disappears It’s just a waste of tears
A shape inside the static A face I almost know He pulls me like a circuit Then lets go
No promise in his movement No mercy in his glow I feel him in the distance Cold and close
I wait where his silence bends I break where his current ends
Every time he reappears I’m lost within his wires Every time he disappears It’s just a waste of tears
Under skin, under sleep He is not mine to keep In the hum, in the dark He leaves his mark
Call it love Call it fear Still I know He was here
Every time he reappears I’m lost within his wires Every time he disappears It’s just a waste of tears
Every time he reappears I’m drawn back to the fire Every time he disappears It’s just a waste of tears
Just a waste of tears Just a waste of tears
Credits
Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose