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A popular song by Blink-182 describing a young boy’s suicide note. It’s a break from their usual light-hearted material, but the end is still life affirming as he decides not to go through with it.
“Adam” is used as a metaphor towards Mark’s depression he experienced while on tour with Blink-182. H...
[Verse 1]
I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest, who'd have known?
I trace the cord back to the wall
No wonder, it was never plugged in at all
I took my time, I hurried up
The choice was mine, I didn't think enough
I'm too depressed to go on
You'll be sorry when I'm gone
[Chorus]
I never conquered, rarely came
Sixteen just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over, we'd survived
I couldn't wait 'til I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
[Verse 2]
I never thought I'd die alone
Another six months, I'll be unknown
Give all my things to all my friends
You'll never step foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up
Remember the time that I spilled the cup
Of apple juice in the hall
Please tell Mom this is not her fault
[Chorus]
I never conquered, rarely came
Sixteen just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over, we'd survived
I couldn't wait 'til I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
I never conquered, rarely came
Tomorrow holds such better days
Days when I can still feel alive
When I can't wait to get outside
The world is wide, the time goes by
The tour is over, I've survived
And I can't wait 'til I get home
To pass the time in my room alone
Adam’s Song was written by Travis Barker & Tom DeLonge & Mark Hoppus.
Adam’s Song was produced by Jerry Finn.
blink-182 released Adam’s Song on Tue Jun 01 1999.
Excerpt from Rolling Stone’s 2000 interview, Blink-182: The Half-Naked Truth:
Hoppus and [Skye] Everly have been together for about a year; before that, he was unhappily single. “Adam’s Song,” Blink’s current single, is a suicide note set to music, but Hoppus says he wrote it about being lonely on...
It has been falsely rumoured that the song is actually inspired by fictional character, Adam Krieger’s suicide note. The following is from one the band’s tour programs' description of the song:
The story behind that is Mark read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he comm...