This’ll be the one and only Alkaline Trio track you’ll find on this whole thing. I’ve got no problem with them; I’ve never taken the time to listen to more of the band’s music. Maybe there’ll be another song on here one day. For now though, this is it. I can kinda remember seeing the video for ‘Time to Waste‘ back in 2005. Actually, it was played quite a bit on MTV2. And I thought that was a cool song. Then the video for ‘Mercy Me’ started showing some time later, and I thought it was much better.

Taking it in as the ten-year-old I was at the time, I liked that the track was less heavy and had what I thought was more of an accessible melody to the voice. There’s a nursery rhyme, child-song like quality to it that makes it very easy to remember. I think the lyrics concern being bored with life and loneliness, which makes it one of those downer songs with an upbeat rhythm and tempo. Those types of songs always get to me, especially when they’re done well. This one is no exception. It may also be about life on the road. I don’t really know, I’m just guessing here.

The bass player takes the lead vocal for part of the chorus, and I think I remember reading that this was something of a big deal around the time. Maybe it was the first one he had done apart from doing backing vocals. He does have a good voice for the music, I have to say. I also think that my mum liked this one too just for a while, but that’s neither here nor there. Just because I’ve linked to all the singles so far from Crimson, I’ll throw in a shout-out to ‘Burn’ which was the album’s last single. Didn’t get into that as much. But someone out there will feel different.