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Richard Schroder has been refining his craft as a songwriter for a decade. In that time, he’s found his voice and developed an authentic style that includes country, rock, folk and holiday music. “I’m deeply proud of the work I’ve made.”

Richard’s team includes Steve Seskin, a Nashville hit songwriter (Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney). “No one’s had a greater impact on me than Steve.” Nashville producer Matt McClure (Lee Brice, Blake Shelton) oversees Richard’s work. “There’s nothing like making music with Matt and world-class musicians.”

Schroder’s made eight albums: Drive (2017), Skyline (2019), The Stillness (2021), Allegory (2022), Storyteller (2023), Rainy Day Instrumentals (2024), Nashville Drive (2024), Nothin’ Like Christmas Eve (2024), and All Love (2025).

He’s had songs featured on popular TV and is among the top 2% of artists on Spotify. One of his songs, “Don’t You Grow Up on Me Now,” has over 10,000 fan-created videos on TikTok / Instagram.

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🔥 Wasted, Wasting Away – Song Insight & Lyrics 🔥

🔻 Wasted, Wasting Away – Song Insight
Some conversations go nowhere, some days drift by in a haze, and sometimes, you’re too far gone to care. Wasted, Wasting Away is about those moments when time slips through your fingers, when the words lose their meaning, and all that’s left is the rhythm of the wasted day.

It’s fun. It’s reckless. It’s that feeling of knowing everything is pointless, but laughing about it anyway. The words spin in circles, the beat never stops moving, and by the time you figure out what you were trying to say—it’s already gone.

Some things aren’t meant to be overthought. Some things are just meant to be wasted.

🔻 Wasted, Wasting Away – Lyrics
Verse 1
I keep on talking, everything I say is wasted time,
Longer I try to speak, the more I keep on sayin’,
Holding out for a different response,
I keep sayin’ the same thing, wasting away.

Chorus
Wasted, wasting away, looking out for our missing yesterday,
Just another wasted day, talking to you on a wasted afternoon.
I'm starting to think we're just too wasted away to know what I’m tryin’ to say.

Verse 2
No delays in my day, it's been planned,
It's flipping, tipping time on this wasted day,
Fire by the end of this wasted dance,
Words on repeat playin’ round and round,
Wasted away we go like a broken record.

Chorus
Wasted, wasting away, looking out for that wasted, wasted yesterday,
Just another wasted day, talking to you on a way-way, wasted afternoon.
I'm beginning to think our conversations about me wastin’ away are wasted on you.

Bridge
Nothing changin’, words exchangin’, it’s deep-sea fishin’ now, you better watch out,
Flowin’ like this moootionnnnn of my oceannnnnn, if you know what I’m sayinnnnn,
Watch out! You'll get pulled in, them words will take you out,
Too deep, your words lost on me, it’s overboard,
Only one found with logic, the others got thrown out!

Verse 3
So here's to our wasted, wasted days, and wasted, wasted way with words,
I'd have it no other way, than to spend my wasted days wasting away with you.

Chorus
Wasted, wasting away, looking out for our missing yesterday,
Just another wasted day, talking to you on our way-way-way…
Wasted afternoooooooooonnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

🔻 4Me2BeFree
Not everything needs to be deep. Sometimes, it’s just about the moment, the chaos, and the vibe. Wasted, Wasting Away is one of those tracks—loose, raw, and effortless.

4Me2BeFree keeps it real, unfiltered, and free-flowing. Whether it’s heavy, dark, or just pure reckless fun, the music never follows the rules—it just exists in the moment.

The name says it all: 4Me2BeFree. No limits. No apologies. Just sound, just rhythm, just music that makes you feel something.

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Wasted, Wasting Away

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