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“Carousel” finds a lonely Tom DeLonge looking back at his school days fondly. His reminiscing of those carefree days send his emotions round like a “carousel.”
“Carousel” is also the first blink-182 song officially written by the DeLonge/Hoppus duo. According to Anne Hoppus, Mark’s sister, in Tales...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1: Tom DeLonge]
I talk to you every now and then
I never felt so alone again
I stop to think at a wishing well
My thoughts send me on a carousel
Here I am standing on my own
Not a motion from the telephone
I know not a reason why
Solitude's a reason to die
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
Just you wait and see, as school life is a
It is a woken dream, aren't you feeling alone?
I guess it's just another, I guess it's just another
I guess it's just another night alone
[Verse 2: Tom DeLonge]
Now as I walk down the street
I need a job just to sleep in sheets
Buying food every once in a while
But not enough to purchase a smile
A tank of gas is a treasure to me
I know now that nothing is free
I talk to you every now and then
I never felt so alone again
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
Just you wait and see, as school life is a
It is a woken dream, aren't you feeling alone?
I guess it's just another, I guess it's just another
I guess it's just another night alone
Carousel was written by Tom DeLonge & Mark Hoppus & Scott Raynor.
Carousel was produced by Otis “O” Barthoulameu.
blink-182 released Carousel on Fri Feb 17 1995.
Hoppus recalled in a Reddit AMA:
We wrote it the very first time I met Tom. I showed him a bassline I’d been working on, and it fit perfectly with a guitar part he’d been working on. We’d only known each other for less than an hour and the song was fairly formed even then. It was weird!