thisiswhoweare

I've been getting increasingly excited that Vagrant records is releasing Alkaline Trio's new album in May. That means a new tour, and not just the mini-set from last year's warped tour. I've never made it to one of their own shows in a nice small venue, and plan to see them as many times as I can this summer. Any shows from San Diego to Sacramento will do. I also just heard that they re-recorded "Sadie" from the B.Y.O. split disc for the new album, It'll be cool to hear a great song made (theoretically) even better...

Sadie:

You're on your own my little nightmare you cannot stay here
It's far too bright for you
If they attack you just lay there,
Play dead dear, it's your only hope of pulling through.

And seconds they seem like a lifetime.
A dream, recurring, a dream that can't come true.
And they'll pin it all on you
after all you've been put through.

"Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"
That's what the white coats say.
Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing
every opportunity to put us all away.

Go run along my little nightmare.
Your job is done here.
You've scared them all to death.
If they revive them just sit there.
Just smile dear. Make them thankful for every breath.

The sentence may seem like a lifetime,
a scream, that curdling the blood they found on you.
And your knives and clothing too.
Charlie's broken .22

"Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"
That's what the white coats say.
Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing
every opportunity to put us all away.

Well they found you and they shipped you up the river the same way that you've bound and gagged,
You've shot and stabbed.
You tried to set them free, but they've thrown away the key