Wasting Away

"**Wasting Away**" is a song by Mars Argo. It was likely intended for use on their canceled second studio album.

## Background

Lyrics from the song were posted to Mars Argo's Tumblr and Facebook pages on February 3rd, 2014. The track saw its live debut at Stephen F's Bar on March 11th, 2014, and was performed again at Speakeasy four days later.

A "live demo" of the song was posted to Argo's SoundCloud account on April 4th, 2014, with a cover artwork being a selfie of her wearing designer Linda Farrow sunglasses which also appear in the music video for "Runaway Runaway" and the "Using You" single cover. The original upload description was "Writing the song", but this was later removed for unknown reasons.

A 2-minute snippet of an alternate version was played through voice-chat online in July 2020, a recording of which later leaked online. This version features different verse lyrics compared to the released demo.

## Lyrics

* Released live demo
* Alternate version snippet

Wasted away again

Warm milk dripping down my skin

Your words running through my head

I'm sick, I'm sad, I'm mad

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

On and off and on with you

Off and on, in love with you

Wasted away with you

Taste it 'cause you want it too

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

Wasted away again

Your words dripping down my head

Comfort makes me sick again

And I'm sick, I'm sad, I'm mad

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

On and off and on with you

Off and on, in love with you

Wasted away with you

Taste it 'cause you want it too

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

You might lie

And I might cry

I'll wipe my eyes

Nevermind

Wasted away with you

Taste it 'cause you want it too

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

On and off and on with you

Off and on, in love with you

Off and on, in love with you

Off and on, in love with you

Off and on, in love with you

Wasted away again

Warm milk's dripping down my hands

Comfort makes me sick again

And I'm mad, I'm sad, I'm mad

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

On and off and on with you

Off and on, in love with you

Wasted away with you

Taste it 'cause you want it too

On and off and on with you

On and off and on with you

Wasted away again

Your words running through my head

Monster in the color red

And I'm sick, I'm sad, I'm mad

On and off and on with you

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

Off and on, in love with you

Wasted away with you

Taste it 'cause you want it too

On and off and on with you

Off and on and off with you

### Official versions

* Released live demo – 4:29
* Alternate version – Unknown
	+ Voice-chat snippet – 2:24

## Trivia

* The song was registered to Audiam in September 2019.

## References

1. ↑ The Internet is Boring. (February 3, 2014). "Wasted away with you... (cont.)". *Tumblr*. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
2. ↑ Mars Argo (February 3, 2014). "Wasted away with you... (cont.)". *Facebook*. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
3. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (February 13, 2014). "We're coming, Austin". *Instagram*. Archived from the original. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
4. ↑ Mars Argo (April 4, 2014) "Wasting Away (live demo)". *Instagram*. Archived from the original. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
5. ↑ Lucky 1 (August 4, 2020). "Mars Argo - Wasting Away Alt Demo". *YouTube*. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
6. ↑ Mars Argo News (October 12, 2019). "Brittany has registered several unreleased Mars Argo songs under Audiam Label... (cont.)". *Twitter*. Retrieved June 6, 2022.