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waiting for?
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"We counted all our reasons excuses that we made, we found ourselves some treasure, and threw it all away"
Instead of doing something, they counted excuses to not do it. Instead of taking the treasure, the wasted the opportunity and threw it away- what are they waiting for? Note - the treasure is symbolic of a missed opportunity, and not finding some gold and then throwing it away coz you don't want it like the above explanation suggests.