The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKApril

The Hippos, "Wasting My Life" from Heads Are Gonna Roll (The Last Angry Rude Boy)

Skammentary: Ah, good old third wave ska-punk, wherein love is a lie & following your heart inevitably leads to heartbreak! I love roots ska from Jamaica, the 2-Tone revival, & the emerging "fourth wave," but ska-punk is where I started. It's a place like home (Wayback Machine).

"Something in the way she never looks my way—
I'm in love, I'm in love.
Something in the way she doesn't hear a word I say—
I'm in love, I'm in love.

"But people say we're not the same,
She's out of my league, I'm insane.

"Am I wasting my life waiting for you?
Wasting my life waiting for you?
Wasting my life waiting for you?
Is it true, am I wasting my life on you?

"So tell me it's not true, ooo-wee-ooo.

"Something in the way she looked at me today—
I'm in love, I'm in love.
Something in the way she says for me to get away—
I'm in love, I'm in love.

"Am I wasting my life waiting for you?
Wasting my life waiting for you?
Wasting my life waiting for you?
Is it true, am I wasting my life on you?

"So tell me it's not true, ooo-wee-ooo.
Yeah!

"Wasting my life waiting for you!
Wasting my life waiting for you!
Is it true, am I wasting my life on you?
Wasting my life waiting for you!
Wasting my life waiting for you!
Is it true, am I wasting my life on you?
On you?"

The accompanying photo is from the feature film She's Out of My League, the choice inspired by the line in "Wasting My Life's" pre-chorus. Yes, I am aware of the essential unsuitability of this photo, since in She's Out of My League the boy gets the girl, &, no, I don't care.