This is indeed a "perfect" song, if there is such a thing, from a production and musicality standpoint. The moodiness that Lindsey creates and blasts away with the loud parts is wonderful. Great guitar work on this song. This Is the Time grew on me years later, and now I don't listen to it much. But one of the best moments in his solo tour was the dueling guitar bit on this song. Great stuff.
I'm not sure the lyrics are all that meaningfu. As Nancy pointed out, the choice of rhymes indicates that he was going for the sound, rather than substance of the message.
Overall, I think Out of the Cradle songs are produced better than SYW. That was the perfect album.
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