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Steps

Wasted Tears

Release date: 10th September 2021

From What the Future Holds, Pt. 2
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About This Track

"Wasted Tears" is a track by Steps, from the album What the Future Holds, Pt. 2, released 10th September 2021. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Steps

Steps

Lyrics

Wasted Tears

[Verse 1]

I've never been a quitter

I'm not the one who runs away

It's not that I'm bitter

For having a heartache

Had my share of mistakes

Maybe I just loved the hurt

But I'm going to be okay

If I'm putting myself first

[Pre-Chorus]

The better part of you then was me

You don't know what you've got until it's gone

I gave you my heart completely

It's time to move on

[Chorus]

All those wasted tears

Every night I'd cried myself to sleep

Those wasted years

When I gave you every piece of me

[Post-Chorus]

But little by little I'm getting stronger

I'm gonna be unbreakable

Those wasted tears

They don't mean a thing to me no more

Wasted tears

[Verse 2]

I'm looking in the mirror

I see the only one I trust

I'm feeling fearless

I'm not who I once was

[Pre-Chorus]

The better part of you then was me

You don't know what you've got until it's gone

I gave you my heart completely

It's time to move on

[Chorus]

All those wasted tears

Every night I'd cried myself to sleep

Those wasted years

When I gave you every piece of me

[Post-Chorus]

But little by little I'm getting stronger

I'm gonna be unbreakable

Those wasted tears

They don't mean a thing to me no more

Wasted tears

[Bridge]

No more wasted tears

No more wasted tears

No more wasted tears

[Pre-Chorus]

The better part of you then was me

You don't know what you've got until it's gone

I gave you my heart completely

It's time to move on

[Chorus]

All those wasted tears

Every night I'd cried myself to sleep

Those wasted years

When I gave you every piece of me

[Post-Chorus]

But little by little I'm getting stronger

I'm gonna be unbreakable

Those wasted tears

They don't mean a thing to me no more

Wasted tears

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Track details

From What the Future Holds, Pt. 2

2021
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Album
What the Future Holds, Pt. 2
What the Future Holds, Pt. 2
Steps
Release year
2021
  1. —Take Me For A Ride
  2. —Wasted Tears
  3. —A Hundred Years of Winter
  4. —A Million Years
  5. —Heartbreak in This City (Single Mix)
  6. —Trouble & Love
  7. —Living In A Lie
  8. —Kiss Of Life
  9. —Victorious
  10. —High
  11. —The Slightest Touch
  12. —Something in Your Eyes (Alternative Radio Mix)
  13. —Heartbreak in This City (Steps Only Single Mix)
  14. —The Slightest Touch (Acoustic Version)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Christian Fast, Malin Christin, Märta Grauers
Producer
Barry Stone, Julian Gingell
Engineer
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Keyboards
Barry Stone, Julian Gingell
Vocals
Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans, Lisa Scott-Lee
Mastering Engineer
Dick Beetham
Mixing Engineer
Pete Hofmann
Programmer
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