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Mark Hoppus allegedly wrote this song in about ten minutes after watching Can’t Hardly Wait while feeling home-sick on Valentine’s Day, 1999. He began to think about the pain of high school love and parting ways come graduation.
Mark is the only Blink-182 member to go to college, as he wanted to be...
[Verse 1: Mark Hoppus]
Please take me by the hand, it's so cold out tonight, I'll
Put blankets on the bed, I won't turn out the light, just
Don't forget to think about me, and I
Won't forget you, "I'll write you once a week," she said
[Verse 2: Mark Hoppus]
Why does it feel the same to fall in love or break it off?
And if young love is just a game, then I must've missed the kickoff
Don't depend on me to ever follow through on
Anything, but I'd go through Hell for you, and
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge]
I haven't been this scared in a long time
And I'm so unprepared, so here's your valentine
Bouquet of clumsy words, a simple melody
This world's an ugly place, but you're so beautiful to me
[Verse 3: Mark Hoppus]
I'll think about the times she kissed me after class, and
She put up with my friends, I acted like an ass, I'd
Ditch my lecture to watch the girls play soccer
Is my picture still hanging in her locker?
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge]
I haven't been this scared in a long time
And I'm so unprepared, so here's your valentine
Bouquet of clumsy words, a simple melody
This world's an ugly place but you're so beautiful
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge]
I haven't been this scared in a long time
And I'm so unprepared, so here's your valentine
Bouquet of clumsy words, a simple melody
This world's an ugly place but you're so beautiful
Going Away to College was written by Tom DeLonge & Mark Hoppus.
Going Away to College was produced by Jerry Finn.
blink-182 released Going Away to College on Tue Jun 01 1999.
In a program for one of Blink’s tours around the time of Enema’s release, Tom left a brief annotation for each track. For “Going Away to College”:
That’s a super-romantic song. Mark wrote the song as though you are a boy leaving your girlfriend, after years of school together. After high school, wh...