The first single from If Not Now, When?, Adolescents is about recognizing that you are getting older, and not being able to accept it. Wanting to stay forever young, the protagonist expresses his fear of ageing and eventually dying.
[Verse 1]
I'm feeling out of bounds, out of bounds
I'm running out of time, out of time
I know there's no such thing as either of them, but
That doesn't make me feel any better
[Chorus]
Out of sight, out of mind, out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time, we're out of mind
Out of mind, out of mind
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah, yeah)
[Verse 2]
I'm feeling overwhelmed, overwhelmed
It's getting out of line, line, line
I know I'm not alone, just adolescents, you and I
It doesn't make me feel any better
[Chorus]
Out of sight, out of mind, out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time, we're out of mind
Out of mind, out of mind
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah, yeah)
[Interlude]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooooh
[Chorus]
Out of sight, out of mind, out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time, we're out of mind
Out of mind, out of mind
We're out of mind, yeah
[Outro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Adolescents was written by Ben Kenney & Chris Kilmore & Mike Einziger & José Pasillas & Brandon Boyd.
Adolescents was produced by Brendan O’Brien.
Incubus released Adolescents on Tue Jul 12 2011.
Mike Einziger, the guitarist:
I think it’s the most easily digestible song for our fans. I was surprised when we turned all this music in, “Adolescents” was actually the last song we wrote for this album. We actually had a few other songs that we left off of the album and we didn’t even know if we...