"All Wrong" features Dana Colley switching from his usual baritone to tenor saxophone for a solo that adds a different timbral color to Morphine's palette on Cure for Pain. The higher-pitched horn cuts through the song's murky, minor-key arrangement with a sharper edge, Colley's solo unfolding over a slow, deliberate groove in D minor. His playing combines jazz phrasing with the raw, emotive quality that defined Morphine's approach to the saxophone, each phrase shaped to serve the song's brooding atmosphere rather than to display technical virtuosity. Mark Sandman's two-string bass and mumbled vocals create the signature Morphine mood of late-night unease, and Colley's tenor solo amplifies that feeling with its searching, slightly menacing quality. Jerome Deupree's sparse, controlled drumming holds the arrangement together with understated precision. The track exemplifies Morphine's gift for creating maximum atmospheric impact with minimal instrumentation, the trio's sound so complete that the absence of guitar or keyboards is never noticed. Cure for Pain established Morphine as one of the most original bands of the 1990s alternative rock scene, and "All Wrong" is a prime example of their ability to create music that was simultaneously accessible and utterly unlike anything else being made at the time.
