Stay Together for the Kids
blink-182 * Track #7 On Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
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Stay Together for the Kids by blink-182
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blink-182Produced by
Jerry FinnWrited by
Travis Barker & Mark Hoppus & Tom DeLongeAbout
“Stay Together For the Kids” is written from the point of view of a child with divorced parents. Duel vocalists Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus were growing up when both their parents divorced.
From an interview Blender Magazine in 2002:
The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don’t kno...
Stay Together for the Kids Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1: Mark Hoppus]
It's hard to wake up
When the shades have been pulled shut
This house is haunted, it's so pathetic
It makes no sense at all
I'm ripe with things to say
The words rot and fall away
What stupid poem could fix this home?
I'd read it every day
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost?
[Post-Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
It's not right...
[Verse 2: Mark Hoppus]
Their anger hurts my ears
Been running strong for seven years
Rather than fix the problems
They never solve them, it makes no sense at all
I see them everyday
We get along, so why can't they?
If this is what he wants, and it's what she wants
Then why's there so much pain?
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost?
[Post-Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
It's not right...
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost?
[Post-Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
It's not right...
It's not right...
It's not right...
It's not right...
[Instrumental Outro]
Stay Together for the Kids Q&A
Who wrote Stay Together for the Kids's ?
Stay Together for the Kids was written by Travis Barker & Mark Hoppus & Tom DeLonge.
Who produced Stay Together for the Kids's ?
Stay Together for the Kids was produced by Jerry Finn.
When did blink-182 release Stay Together for the Kids?
blink-182 released Stay Together for the Kids on Tue Feb 19 2002.
What did blink-182 say about "Stay Together for the Kids"?
In the official program for the band’s 2001 TOYPAJ tour, Mark wrote:
Divorce sucks. It’s so fucked. But hey, I’m not the only one to go through it. I guess parents are people too. Just lock yourself in a room, mine was my personal sanctuary.
What inspired the song?
In 2016, Tom DeLonge described the event that inspired this song in an episode of Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone.
It was my 18th birthday, I came home and there were these scratch marks all the way across the sidewalk from the front door out to the driveway. I was like, ‘What the hell are all thes...