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	ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.
	Avail
Alternative name(s)	Waste My Time; WMT
Language	English
Artist(s)	The Burns
Genre	Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Length	2:55
Year	2009
Original poster	morback
Search duration	2013 - 2024
	File:Avail.mp3

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Avail (previously known as "Waste My Time") is a solved lostwave by indie-rock band The Burns, recorded from Minsk radio in 2010 and first posted by WatZatSong user morback in 2013.

Background[edit | edit source]

On November 5th, 2013, WatZatSong user morback posted the song for the first time without providing any additional information, but it was removed for unknown reasons.^[1] On October 11th, 2014, morback added the entire song to the thread.^[2]

On December 15th, 2014, user ID-Cancion reuploaded the song to YouTube,^[3] and morback reuploaded the song to WatZatSong on January 9th, 2018, claiming that he recorded it from Belarusian radio station Indy Rock Radio in 2010.^[4]

The song gained popularity in the lostwave community in June 2023, when it was first posted to r/lostwave by user Revolutionary_War443.^[5] Due to the singer's heavy accent, nearly every word of the song was heavily debated, which made the search more difficult.^[6]^[7]

Further correspondence with morback revealed that the song was most likely created by a non-Belarusian band, as it stopped airing on the radio in 2012, and Belarus had a law requiring 75% of music broadcast each day to be Belarusian.^[8]^[9]

Discovery[edit | edit source]

On May 21st, 2024, Reddit user TZilantro_Slumber identified the song as "Avail" by Russian indie-rock band The Burns after a previous band he had contacted in the search, Pompeya, responded to him with the full song after their bassist Denis Agafonov found the song's music video.^[10]^[11]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Presumed Lyrics

(Verse 1)

Lonely smile, drink a while

(Clothes hide?) how to picture us

We're falling down, (head in?) (holding?) hands

And it's too hard to live it up

A lot of words are useless now

Oh, should I ignore the peace

Can't see the sign, wake up

I hit the mirror from the sky

Busted roads and empty streets

(It hide where your road leads?)

It leads somewhere, hidden deep

You will never find it

(Chorus)

Today, you'll (sear?)

Heartbreak in your dreams

I'm so unkind

Your (horrified?) heart is blind

I waste my time

I'm sure it's alright

You'll try to find

Some (words?) in your mind

(Verse 2)

A lot of the time, it’s alright

Write a letter, (it's for sure?)

(Greater dreams?) not too hard

But if I need (to come?) to this

So late leaving covered up

Until the dark, I'll be undressed

There is nothing truly there

(The fight goes wild?)

(Chorus)

Today, you'll (sear?)

Heartbreak in your dreams

I'm so unkind

Your (horrified?) heart is blind

I waste my time

I'm sure it's alright

You'll try to find

Some (words?) in your mind

(Chorus 2)

Today, you'll (sear?)

Heartbreak in your dreams

I'm so unkind

Your (horrified?) heart is blind

I waste my time

I'm sure it's alright

You'll try to find

Some sense in my eyes

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Igor Babko (Garri) – vocals, guitar

Dmitriy Pitkin – bass

Anton Sidorov (Sidr) – drums

Resources[edit | edit source]

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20141002015733/http://www.watzatsong.com:80/en/name-that-tune/391658.html

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150129053646/http://www.watzatsong.com:80/en/name-that-tune/391658.html

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5JWTBQ2YQ

[4] ttps://www.watzatsong.com/en/found/The+Burns-Avail-537199.html?page=3

[5] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/14dkh1i/unknown_song_waste_my_time_reupload/

[6] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1b3f2o8/why_waste_my_time_may_be_from_another_country/

[7] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1cs035o/is_it_actually_english/

[8] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1ccy0r8/progress_is_slowly_being_made/

[9] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Belarus

[10] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1cx90lf/wmt_found_the_burns_avail_2009/

[11] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1cxyfiu/my_messages_with_garry_and_how_i_found_the_song/

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-{{BoxRed}}
 {{Infobox Lostwave
-|Box = BoxRed
+|Box = BoxGreen
-|Name = Waste My Time
+|ShowBox = Yes
+|Name = Avail
 |Image = BarneyWMT.jpeg
-|Caption = Pictures of Barney the Dinosaur, specifically this one, are popular choices for YouTube thumbnails of WMT.
+|Caption =
-|Alt_name = WMT
+|Alt_name = Waste My Time; WMT
-|Status = unsolved
+|Language = English
-|Year = 2010
+|Artist = The Burns
+|Genre = Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
+|Length = 2:55
+|Year = 2009
 |OP = morback
 |Search_started = 2013
-|Media = WasteMyTime.mp3
+|Search_ended = 2024
+|Media = Avail.mp3
 }}
-'''Waste My Time''' (often abbreviated as '''WMT''') is an unsolved lostwave. It was originally uploaded to WatZatSong on November 4, 2013 by morback. It was recorded from Minsk radio in 2010.
+'''Avail''' (previously known as '''"Waste My Time"''') is a solved lostwave by indie-rock band The Burns, recorded from Minsk radio in 2010 and first posted by WatZatSong user morback in 2013.
-== History ==
+== Background ==
-The WatZatSong post only began receiving considerable attention in early 2023, when the first non-deleted comments were posted. Due to the heavy accent of the singer, nearly every single word of the song is highly debated upon. This makes the search especially difficult, rendering it a lostwave cold case, and chances of solving it look bleak. There are virtually no leads in the search.
+On November 5th, 2013, WatZatSong user morback posted the song for the first time without providing any additional information, but it was removed for unknown reasons.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20141002015733/http://www.watzatsong.com:80/en/name-that-tune/391658.html</ref> On October 11th, 2014, morback added the entire song to the thread.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150129053646/http://www.watzatsong.com:80/en/name-that-tune/391658.html</ref>
-The OP of Waste My Time, morback, claims the song abruptly stopped playing on radio in 2012, likely coordinated with a law promoting Belarusian music on radio stations. This means the song is likely not from Belarus. The song is widely thought to have originated from an Eastern European country, but Japan has also been theorized.
+On December 15th, 2014, user ID-Cancion reuploaded the song to YouTube,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5JWTBQ2YQ</ref> and morback reuploaded the song to WatZatSong on January 9th, 2018, claiming that he recorded it from Belarusian radio station Indy Rock Radio in 2010.<ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/found/The+Burns-Avail-537199.html?page=3</ref>
-== Presumed lyrics ==
+The song gained popularity in the lostwave community in June 2023, when it was first posted to r/lostwave by user Revolutionary_War443.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/14dkh1i/unknown_song_waste_my_time_reupload/</ref> Due to the singer's heavy accent, nearly every word of the song was heavily debated, which made the search more difficult.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1b3f2o8/why_waste_my_time_may_be_from_another_country/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1cs035o/is_it_actually_english/</ref>
-Loathing smile(s), drink while
-Closed-eyed tryna picture us:
+Further correspondence with morback revealed that the song was most likely created by a non-Belarusian band, as it stopped airing on the radio in 2012, and Belarus had a law requiring 75% of music broadcast each day to be Belarusian.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1ccy0r8/progress_is_slowly_being_made/</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Belarus</ref>
-Running down, hand-in-hand
+== Discovery ==
+On May 21st, 2024, Reddit user TZilantro_Slumber identified the song as "Avail" by Russian indie-rock band The Burns after a previous band he had contacted in the search, Pompeya, responded to him with the full song after their bassist Denis Agafonov found the song's music video.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1cx90lf/wmt_found_the_burns_avail_2009/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/WasteMyTime/comments/1cxyfiu/my_messages_with_garry_and_how_i_found_the_song/</ref>
-Yes, still I believed in her
+==Lyrics==
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
+|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
+|-
+|'''(Verse 1)'''
+Lonely smile, drink a while
-Loving boy, it’s useless now
+(Clothes hide?) how to picture us
-I don’t see why you’re at peace
+We're falling down, (head in?) (holding?) hands
-Can’t see sign? Wake up
+And it's too hard to live it up
-Aim the mirror for the sky
+A lot of words are useless now
-Crossing roads and empty streets
+Oh, should I ignore the peace
-In hyperreallis
+Can't see the sign, wake up
-Hidden somewhere, hidden deep
+I hit the mirror from the sky
-You can never find it
+Busted roads and empty streets
-Today, you’ll feel
+(It hide where your road leads?)
-How bad can it build
+It leads somewhere, hidden deep
-I’m so ANGERED
+You will never find it
-Your heart is BLIND
+'''(Chorus)'''
+Today, you'll (sear?)
+Heartbreak in your dreams
+I'm so unkind
+Your (horrified?) heart is blind
 I waste my time
-Until it’s alright
+I'm sure it's alright
+You'll try to find
-You tried to find
+Some (words?) in your mind
-Some world you’re mine
+'''(Verse 2)'''
-A lovely time, it’s alright
+A lot of the time, it’s alright
-Write a letter, it’s touched you
+Write a letter, (it's for sure?)
-Great it feels, not too hard
+(Greater dreams?) not too hard
-But if I leave, forget all this?
+But if I need (to come?) to this
-Show me Eden, cover up
+So late leaving covered up
-But in the dark, you’ll be undressed
+Until the dark, I'll be undressed
 There is nothing truly there
-The life goes on
+(The fight goes wild?)
+'''(Chorus)'''
-Today, you’ll feel
+Today, you'll (sear?)
-How bad can it build
+Heartbreak in your dreams
-I’m so ANGERED!
+I'm so unkind
-Your heart is BLIND!
+Your (horrified?) heart is blind
 I waste my time
-Until it’s alright
+I'm sure it's alright
+You'll try to find
-You tried to find
+Some (words?) in your mind
-Some world you’re mine
+'''(Chorus 2)'''
-Today, you’ll feel
+Today, you'll (sear?)
-How bad can it build
+Heartbreak in your dreams
-I’m so ANGERED!
+I'm so unkind
-Your heart is BLIND!
+Your (horrified?) heart is blind
 I waste my time
-Until it’s alright
+I'm sure it's alright
+You'll try to find
-You tried to find
+Some sense in my eyes
+|}
-Something in my eyes!
+== Personnel ==
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/6604558-%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%BE Igor Babko (Garri)] – vocals, guitar
-== External links ==
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1794172-Dmitriy-Pitkin Dmitriy Pitkin] – bass
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfLG7ua2gRE (q's upload)
-https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/537199.html (Original WatZatSong post)
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1794174-Anton-Sidorov Anton Sidorov (Sidr)] – drums
-[[Category:Unidentified]]
+== Resources ==
+<references />
+[[Category:Identified]]
+[[Category:Indie Rock]]
+[[Category:Music video]]
+[[Category:The Golden Age Of Lostwave]]