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I know that the song is kind of poetic, but I fail to interpret this part. What do you think it means?

009SoundSystem Born To Be Wasted

Oh, the rock's not gonna stop, so let's rip it up

The beats are gonna drop, you can trip em' up

Your mind is on fire but it's not enough

We were born to be wasted

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    "Your mind is on fire" = you are very excited, or you are very enthusiastic. But it's not enough (implying, you need to do more in order to enhance your experience, because you are "born to be wasted" anyway). But it's really offtopic, because such lyrics could be interpreted in a miriad ways.
    – CowperKettle
    Commented Jan 12, 2016 at 21:35
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    One possible meaning of wasted = not put to good use, not allowed to realize one's potential.
    – TimR
    Commented Jan 12, 2016 at 23:10

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The short song is about being on drugs, getting wasted

The refrain

We were born to be wasted

is reflected in the last two lines

Ain't worth livin'
If you can't get your kicks

kicks = have fun and often means taking a recreational drug of choice

The song is referring to many things happening in the world and around the listener

Mind on fire means having one's mind in an altered state of consciousness, possibly thinking too fast, or having too many thoughts at once. These states are usually drug induced

It may be an allusion to Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf where there is a similar listing of things happening around the listener.

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  • But in the original video clip of the song, it shows soldiers and military officers in the chaos of a war. Many people said that "Born to be wasted" refers to how soldiers and people are being wasted during a state of war. Part of the song is "This gun's blowin up it's just a warning shot. This plane's takin' off on a terror run. This night's gonna end like a missile drop"
    – Ghaith Alrestom
    Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 8:57
  • It could also be a play on the different meanings of wasted. There is an alternative to the military video here
    – Peter
    Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 9:10
  • hahaha lol. I wouldn't have imagined that. Yeah the lyrics are kind of weird. There are many verses of other songs by the same band that I don't understand completely.
    – Ghaith Alrestom
    Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 9:19
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    009 Sound System really interesting history due to AudioSwap and being the National Anthem for YouTube(!). On the videos: interesting how same song, different pictures can be so different, eh? It's electro-trance, so understanding the words is less important to feeling the beat (whether or not one's wasted)
    – Peter
    Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 9:26

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