yuup2000 December 15th, 2005 01:21PM  

Unfadable above has a point that suicide could be trumped by an alternative theme that the narrator's family is migratory or unstable. Indeed, many lines substantiate these as parallels, except the following:
"I laughed the loudest, who'd have known" is a classic symptom of the silent suffering of depression.
"No wonder it (the cord) was never plugged in at all" fits very well with the electrocution-attempt explanation at the top of the page.
"Please tell mom it's not her fault" should be "Someday I'll tell mom it's not her fault" to support Unfadable's interpretation.

I only hope that Blink's effect has been to make troubled teens re-think suicide as a solution.

hockeyfreak7152 December 24th, 2005 01:41PM  

I just wanted to say that this song is very deep if you listen to it. It helped me get over wanting to kill myself. Thanks Blink 182.

ladiesman January 19th, 2006 06:56AM  

It's about suicide. I believe referring to one of Mark's mates who wrote him a letter/email, he kills himself 'please tell mom this is not her fault', craps on how things were so much better when they were kids. He can't move on so the trio write that there is another alternative to kids out there who are thinking about suicide. So powerful this song and how this song has changed a person's life for the better.

anonymous February 1st, 2006 05:48PM  

This song is obviously about a suicide, watch the video clip, listen to the lyrics, obviously it is a suicide "I never thought I'd die alone..." I went to the official website of blink 182 and yes it is about a suicide, damnit it makes me want to kill myself yet I have so much but so little to lose..
Marek

anonymous March 4th, 2006 11:26PM  

This song is clearly about suicide, and it is about a former band member or friend that committed suicide. It also says at the start of the video that the video has to do with suicide.

edd April 10th, 2006 07:51PM  

I can't believe how stupid some people are... adam's song is obviously about suicide.
" I never thought id die alone" is about how the guy would probably hang himself alone in his room.
" I'm too depressed to go on youl be sorry when I'm gone" is obviously about death and depression and that he is gonna die.
"16 just held such better days" talks about how he felt better and happier when he was younger.
"another six months ill be unknown" t he thinks that when he is dead nobody will remember him.
" please tell mom this is not her fault" is about how he feels sorry for leaving his mom behind and that he forgives her for any thing in the past.
"tomorrow hold such better days, days when I can feel alive" means that he looks into a better future and he is gonna try one more time.

in my opinion this is one of the best songs because it has a great message for all the kids that think that suicide is a good choice. BLINK 182 the BEST

anonymous April 23rd, 2006 02:57PM  

Ok, first of all the song is cleary about suicide it is about them wanting to put out the message that there is a alternative to suicide... This song is based of the letter of a dead teenager who shortly before commiting suicide wrote the letter to his parents who in turn turned the song into blink 182 because they knew there child was a fan of the band.

anonymous June 12th, 2006 08:21PM  

First of all...Can you people read? Becuase there is a string of like ten comments just saying the same thing.

Okay. We have determined yes, the song IS about suicide. We can stop repeating that. Also, we have determined it is AGAINST suicide. Please stop repeating that as well.

I personally have heard a few different people this song was about. The Columbine (spelling?) story from above, the e-mail story from above. Though the kid who stabbed himself 15 times is a new one. I am sure that there was a kid who did commit suicide while listening to this song. Which shows that he missed the ending of it. It is a sad, slow song, but (I may be a little off here) it does song like the song picks up at the end. When the whole "tomorrow holds such better days" part comes on.

The one line may be a Nirvana reference, but I can't see why.

Also, note how similar the last two verses are:

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


The point of this is to show that you can make it though and that it isn't hard. You only need to change the way you look at some things. This is best shown is "I can't/couldn't wait till I get home". By switching the one word, the tone changes.

anonymous July 6th, 2006 05:03AM  

This is a great song, and like any song it can mean a million things. I think that Adam is ALL of us. When we grow up and see the world for what it is and we watch all the dreams and hopes from when you where a kid slip through your hands, Nothing seems worth living for anymore and you get to the EDGE of wanting to let go SO BADLY, but you just don't. It's a song about holding on, and ADAM does, dispite the sadness.....adam holds on.....

anonymous July 17th, 2006 01:29AM  

Posted by Mr. Wacko wackson.

Ok listen up you weirdos, this is a song about a guy, who dosnt feel wanted, he has friends and family around him but it still dosnt fill an empty spot in him, so he starts spending time in his room alone and soon he feels that the outside world has nothing to offer. Thats why he never conquered and rarley came.

He never thought he would die alone because he had so many people around him, but something changed, maby when he turned 16, but it changed for the worse. He was always the first one to understand a joke, or turn a bat time into a good time. He traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all, he retraced his life, and realised it was never right from the start. He was too depressed to go on, he said they'd be sorry when he was gone, he wanted people to know him, to love him, he thought after he had gon they would miss him, even if it ment taking his own life he would do it. He said he couldnt wait to get outside, the world was wide. That was when he was ahppy and he felt he had an importance. Then he said too late to try, beause he was too depressed to go outside and have fun so he stayed in his room alone. ("the tour was over we survived" was what blink were saying) give all my things to all my friends, that's all he has he dosnt want his family to have it, only his friends but yet he still wants his mum to know it wasnt her falt, it was his choise. You have to see the film clip to gt a better understanding of it, but in the end, after all the rocking and singing, it turns out blink is just another picture on the wall.... There are so many people in the world, we are as well known as a single picture among millions of other pictures. There are thousands of 'adams' out there, its easy to fall into a state of depression. Dont let our friends fall that far.

I know I just took ages explaining who adam is and what the song meens, but I am probably wrong, you are also probably wrong, but it dosnt matter, you can't talk about suicide liuke it just happens, its bad. Blink 182 showed us that if you want to know the meaning of this song, and say you understand what they are saying then you should stop talking about 'adam' as if he is a kid who killed himself. He symbolises other people! You could be an 'adam' some day, your friend could be an 'adam' I could be an 'adam' blink 182 told us what it feels like to be an 'adam' do you want to go through that?

Rock on blink 182........

anonymous October 17th, 2006 06:46AM  

People, stop repeating the same thing, because you all think your so smart that youve gotten the "hidden" meaning. This song is supposed to be obvious because it has a really important message.

Ps the song picks up at the end, hence the point moral of the whole song. Dont give up because life will get better.

anonymous November 26th, 2007 05:25PM  

Another note I forgot in my last message:
- if the user above is right, apple juice might mean -that- juice, but I don't think it is likely.

- the room might represent himself, as a person. when the tour is over he goes to his room alone, that is, he leaves the room world and goes alone to be with himself (not necessarily physically, but in a psycological way). when he is young he can't wait to go outside, that is, to interact with other people, deal with the outside world. now in his later days he wants turns into himself. notice how he says that "they" will close his room and never step into it agains. The "room" represents his person, it means they will never think of him again which is another view on the apparent absurdity of boarding up his room.

- "we'd survive" may also point out to the fact that he doesn't want to be alive and that "life" won't spare him the suffering. He was perhaps expecting more than surviving, or maybe he didn't expect to survive at all or hadn't thought about it.

- "the world was wide" may not mean what I said initially but that, when he was young, the world was full of things to explore. He implies that, today, the world shrinked and he is out of choices. His life is over, he is lonely and so he's out of things to do. In the end "was" is replaced by "is". "too late to try" is replaced by "time goes by" which might mean that he realizes time never stops and that he should live what is left to live while he still can.
the fact that the line "To pass the time in my room alone" is still present is not a mistake but is there to remember that nothing really changed, only his perspective. He is still alone and closed on himself but he sees this with happiness instead of sadness.

anonymous December 4th, 2007 08:07PM  

Well obviously this song is about suicide just listen to the line "I'm too depressed to go on you'll be sorry when I'm gone" why the hell would it say that if he wasn't gonna kill himself

anonymous December 23rd, 2007 10:19AM  

It's about a kids suicide!
Heres the actual note
To the man and woman who chose to conceive a child, the result of which was me, when it fit in with their five year plan;

To the teachers who never really cared, no matter what they say;

To my fellow geeks, dweebs, et. al., who will no doubt receive more abuse upon my passing, as my tormentors will no longer have me to kick around;

To my fellow students who made my life a living nightmare when they should have focused on their education;

To those who never cared, never spoke, probably never knew my name;
To the one true friend, whose caring was the only thing that prevented this even from happening sooner;

To the God, if he does exist, who chose to play a cruel, cruel joke on me when he placed me where he did and surrounded me with so many uncaring faces;

To all of you, goodbye.

I am leaving a world to which I never truly belonged or fit in. Do not weep for me, or mourn my passing. I say this not because I expect to be missed, but to allow those who truly did not care go on with their lives with a clean conscience and dry eyes. I know you don't want to weep for me. So don't. But I do ask you to listen to the final words of a young man who has taken charge of his own destiny.

Perhaps my parents might feel something inside which causes them to shed tears. They may pretend that it's sorrow for their "loss", but I hope it is something else. Perhaps sorrow for bringing a child into this world when they really didn't have the time or desire to raise him. I wasn't the product of love, born of a desire to prepare another human being to grow and lead the human race. I was merely the next acquisition, the next task, the next project on their list of things that bring significance.

No child should be brought into this world for the mere purpose of being just another possession. I am not an asset to be cataloged and listed on your tax forms beside your house and car, or fought over during your divorce proceedings. I am a human being. I'm sorry that it took this to make you realize that. If you don't yet get it, then I'm even sorrier.

What about my teachers? Will they be sorry to see another student become a statistic? Certainly the administration and Principal Chowning will mourn, as my death will not reflect well on them as an institution. Well, I apologize for making the statistics for your administration worse. But I don't expect an apology for the false sympathies of people like Mrs. Dunfee, and the broken promises of others like Mr. Richman.

As for my fellows students, those who made a more significant impact on my life, I know better than to expect my tormentors to mourn.

But if I’m going to address those who belittled me, I’d be remiss if I failed to include the ladies in my life. I guess that’s not entirely accurate, as the ones I refer to fall in two basic categories: those who refused to be in my life, and those who I would rather have excluded from my life. In the former category, Melinda Tunney, Jessica Silvers, and dear Kimmy Vanover, whose laughed in my face after I asked her to the homecoming dance, humiliating me in front of I don’t know how many other classmates. In the latter category are too many to mention, though I must single out Rebecca Cull and Vanessa Dietrich for their tremendous dedication to the cause of destroying any shred of self-esteem I might dare to foster. Why can’t you accept the things that make other people different rather than insisting everyone conforms to your will?

Sure, some did offer friendly gestures. Nicole Edwards often would greet me and ask about my life. Not that I ever felt comfortable enough to tell her anything; I never trusted her enough to give her the chance. What was the purpose? Did you really give a flip about the shy, quiet kid who sat behind you in 8th grade history? Or was it all about creating an illusion that you care, just to guarantee my voting for you as a class officer.

I can only conceive of one person in this world who will truly be sad at my parting. Marty, my best friend, you talked me out of this decision three times before. You even called 911 after I swallowed a bottle of pills. That is why I did not tell you anything this time, and why I do this in secret, alone. I wish you were coming with me on this great adventure, into the final frontier. Where ever I go, yours will be the one face I carry with me. The one soul I will miss. Yours is also the only forgiveness I ask and beg for as I depart from this life. I love you, and always will.

There’s another group I have not yet addressed: those not like me who left me alone. Or I should say ignored me. I appreciate your sparing me any further harassment, but your inaction, your withheld hellos and how are yous did more to hurt than any name calling. Your inaction effectively excluded me from student life, from the human race. You left me isolated and alone, and no words I could say can convey to you the suffering you caused. I could name names, but in doing so, I would do more now for you than you ever did for me in life.

I do not know if what awaits me at the end of this gun. Will there be a void? Or will I come face to face with God? I just don't care any more. If you're anything like your people, I wouldn't want to know you. You preached to love one another, yet I've felt everything except love from Christians. Even if I could know you were different, well, I still reject you. You have left your "followers" to treat people like me poorly. You have allowed so many of the people you "love", including me, to suffer. So you want me to trust you with my life? I don’t want to spend eternity with a careless deity like you, or with the company you keep.

As my final moments tick away, I wonder what impact these words will create. It depends first on this web site being found, as I doubt whether school administration will want such venom spoken publicly about their lack of caring. Still, the Internet is a remarkable place where even the least significant individual can be heard. Will anyone listen? Will anyone take action? Will students pause and pay attention to the hurting hearts around them? And even if they do, will it be a temporary salve for their egos, to convince themselves they’re really not bad people… or will real change happen?

My heart certainly goes out to my fellow outsiders. With me gone, some of you will certainly feel more of the pain and hurt that I did. No one understands you. No one cares how your day is going. No one bothers to get to know you as anything more than a nerd, a geek, a loser. You can do nothing for their social status, save the occasional boost to the ego they get from putting you in your place. Some of you, like Andy Riker, will find outlets in writing. Some, like James Moon, will have an escape in art. Some, like Sean Gilbert, will live their lives pursuing unicorns that they will never, ever catch. I never had a talent to lose myself in, or a dream or unicorn to chase, and so I have taken the path most dreaded. Some of you may soon join me, and I look forward to welcoming a brother or sister to the land where you will never suffer the loneliness and rejection that faces you now.

Farewell forever. I am going to another place. Where, I do not know. But logic dictates that it can only be an improvement. Perhaps my passing will only prove a footnote in a school yearbook. Then again, perhaps the sacrifice of one might bring hope to others. If my death makes life for one person a little more bearable, or a little more enlightened, do I really die in vain?

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."

- Adam Krieger

twinkle_toes February 18th, 2008 01:43PM  

I really agree w/ the first person, but when you listen 2 the last chorus part, it changes and it sounds like he found hope, that there's a way out of it. I think the narrator found that you decide your happiness, sometimes its just easier 2 get depressed and give up then fight back and get urself on track and work 4 a better life, so in the end the narrator realizes he can still enjoy life like he did when he was 16, the trick was 2 just simply ENJOY LIFE! this song really got me through some tough times when I thought there wasnt any hope and I would play this song 2 just sit in my misery, but I would always somehow 4get the happy ending, and then it would make me feel better! that's why I luv this song so much, you think its just another slit my wrist I hate life song, but its a stop slitting wrists save lifes song!

anonymous March 23rd, 2008 02:18AM  

It's actually about two things: suicide and how Mark was bummed out on tour.
Mark got a letter about a kid who committed suicide around the time that Blink was touring and Mark was homesick. So they wrote this song, and it was coincidental that after the columbine shooting, a kid hung himself in his garage with this song on repeat.

Throughout the lyrics you can interpret this.

We all have established its a suicide song.
But in the chorus "The tour was over, we'd survived"

It is supposed to say a message such as "We all have our ups and downs and we can all conquer them even if you don't think you can" Like the suicidal person "I'm too depressed to go on" He's like "I can take it anymore" but mark who was homesick ("the tour was over we'd survived") is like "I can get through the rough times"

In the last verse especially, it's essentially the light at the end of the tunnel...meaning suicide is never the answer.

Other Stuff:
"I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine I didn't think enough"--reference to Nirvana's "Come as you are"

anonymous April 9th, 2008 03:55PM  

This song oringinally was made from a suicide letter sent to the lead singer. The suicide note was from a kid who killed himself and wanted it to be known. when the lead signer got the lettter he wrote a song about it. The song relates to many things. one is "come as you are" or so I think by nirvana. another is about how they went on tour and came back depressed. and lin later years a man from columbine commited suicide listening to this song. I think this is what the song means.

hanukkah50 June 6th, 2008 10:35AM  

This song makes me appreciate life and how good I have it its also fucken RAD

anonymous September 15th, 2008 12:21AM  

OK maybe I'm the only one who read up on it. The song is about suicide. A young kid commited suicide but before doing so he wrote a letter. The letter his parents emailed the band. The band got together wrote the song.. This a mixature of how they feel on tour. Hence the part
"The tour was over we'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone"

the band being on tour they made it again. and can spend some time with out fans all over them.

this is one of the saddest songs out there. and its just sad how many people don't see the light at the end of the tunnel and do kill them selfs thinken it will help.

another song that proves death is not the way is Jeremy by pearl jam..
talken about a kid who killed him self in school. It's just as good

anonymous October 1st, 2008 02:38AM  

This song has to do with the original band member, Adam, before he turned to alcoholism and was kicked out of the band by mark and tom. Adam committed suicide when blink got big, blink did not want to publicize this fact since adam was only a part of the band when they were just coming up.

Adam and Scott were two members kicked out by Tom and Mark. Adam actually founded the band blink182 that is now defunct, except under a different name. Adam wrote them and told them he was ending his life and that he felt betrayed and had no reason to live...his dream was stolen.

This is Adam's song. research previous blink182 members...Adam was the founder, he killed himself due to alcoholism and being kicked out by Mark and Tom.