Wasting My Hate (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
The song "Wasting My Hate" sounds a bit blues influenced.
Album:
Load
The S&M info:
This song was a favorite choice of the San Francisco Symphony, but it was dropped
from the S&M setlist just days before the show.
The song live:
This song was only played live during the "Poor Touring Me" tour.
The demo:
"Streamline", the demo version of "Wasting My Hate", was recorded on March 2, 1995
by James and Lars in Lars' home studio Dungeon.
The reason for "Wasting My Hate":
"Wasting My Hate" was a line that James got from his buddy Waylon Jennings who was
sitting somewhere in a diner, and there was another guy outside in a car stairing at him.
So Waylon stared back with hate, and when he finally had had enough he went out to talk
to the guy in the car, only to find out that he was sleeping. So he thought "Oh man I've
wasted my hate on this guy". He told James the full story and James liked the line so
much that he used it for writing a song about it.
The subject matter:
The title speaks for itself. It's about beeing tired for wasting the hate on anybody.
Wasting My Hate
It is about someone who's fed up with argueing
"Good day, how do"
"And I send a smile to you"
- Smile = don't want to argue with you
"Don't waste, waste your breath"
- If you won't argue with me...
"And I won't waste my hate on you"
- Then I won't get angry with you
"Ain't gonna waste my hate"
"Ain't gonna waste my hate on you"
"I think I'll keep it for myself"
- It's not worth to be angry, there's much more to do
"Ain't gonna give no more"
- I'm not arguing with you any more
"Ain't got the time to help you score"
- I have no more time for that pastime
"I think it's time ya pleased yourself"
- Think about it
"Think you're worthy now"
- You think you're worthy of my attention?
"Think enough to even raise the brow"
- Enough to make me raise an eyebrow
"And to laugh and tip that two pronged crown"
- And you laugh at me?
"I see my hands, I see my feet"
"I feel that blood that pumps in beat"
- Now I'm getting angry about you again
"But where the hell's my mind goin' now?"
- But why should I?
"Ain't gonna waste my hate"
"But I'm so greedy when they say"
"It's better to give than to receive"
- They can deal out insults but can't take them
