John MellencampandBruce Springsteenhave joined forces for the very first time!
The music icons have teamed up for a track called “Wasted Days,” the first single off of Mellencamp’s upcoming 25th studio album. The song was released Wednesday alongsidean official music video, which the pair filmed in New Jersey earlier this month.
“Who’s counting now these last remaining years?” the musician asks in the lyrics. “How many minutes do we have ahead?”
Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp.Taryn Weitzman
Springsteen, 72, touches on the emotional aspect of time in the second verse. “How much sorrow is there left to climb? How many promises are worth the time? And who on earth is worth our time? Is there a heart here that I can call mine?”
After each verse, the duo comes together for a powerful chorus: “We watch our lives just fade away to more wasted days.”
The same child appears in several other shots throughout the video, from sitting on a porch with a box of toys to playing with his airplane in a grassy field. His images are interchanged with brief clips of various adults gazing off into the distance.
John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen.Taryn Weitzman
In the final verse, the singers alternate lines detailing just how precious time can truly be. “How can a man watch his life go down the drain?” sings Mellencamp before Springsteen adds, “How many moments has he lost today?”
“And who among us could ever see clear?” Mellencamp responds.
“The end is coming, it’s almost here,” Springsteen concludes.
Mellencamp’s album is expected to be released in 2022.
source: people.com
