Adam's Song
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Adam's Song is a song by pop punk band blink-182 from their album Enema of the State. According to band member Tom Delonge, "The story behind that is Mark (band member Mark Hoppus) read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he committed suicide to his parents. We kind of got together and wrote this sad, slow song. It came out sadder than we ever thought it would, which is good too. Any song that moves you is good. Some people listen to it and go 'Wow, that's a real bum-out of a song.' But it's one of those things, a story of a kid not being happy in his life, crossed with us being really lonely on tour. At the end of it there's a better way out, there are better things to do than kill yourself."
The line "I took my time, I hurried up, The choice was mine, I didn't think enough" is a reference to the song Come As You Are by Nirvana, in which the line is "Take your time, Hurry up, The choice is yours, Don't be late". The line "I traced the cord back to the wall/No wonder it was never plugged in at all" is a reference to the narrator's previously attempted suicide, in which the narrator attempted to electrocute himself unsuccessfully. By the end of the song, however, all thoughts of suicide are abandoned and the narrator looks forward to days ahead.
Lyrics:
I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest who'd have known
I traced 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.
I never conquered, rarely came
16 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 till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone.
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 set 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.
I never conquered, rarely came
16 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 till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
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'd survived
I can't wait till I get home
To pass the time in my room alone.