anonymous March 18th, 2006 12:08AM  
I thought in the album sleeve, Mark (or maybe it was Tom) left a little side note saying that it was about being in space, and not knowing whether you really wanted to go home...or not

anonymous June 22nd, 2006 06:12PM  
I think this song is about being on earth and one day just realizing that this world is filled with hate and sorrow but once you get out in space it seems so peaceful. So peaceful that it would make you want to go back to earth with the girl you love but you remember that its filled with hate and sorrow and you're torn between the two choices of staying out in space or going back to the hateful world. and finally in the end he decides not to go back. "should I go back? should I go back? should i? this time I don't want to. Should I go back? should I go back? should i? I hope I won't forget you."

PaulJohnGeorgeRingo4 June 23rd, 2006 11:07PM  
He's right about the what Tom said in the booklet about if she should stay or not (should I go back, should I go back, should i?)...Tom said he imagined this,,,a guy in a space shuttle as big as a car looking down to earth wanting to stay or go back...my theory is....guy is in space....he says this place is void of all passion if you can imagine its eas if you try...meaning there is passion in space and he misses his family...shouldi go back, I hope I won't forget you...meaning should I go back or stay here and if I stay here I hope I'll remember all my loved ones in memory and won't forget you...

bf25... July 16th, 2006 06:39PM  
This person is in space and he misses somebody at home but he doesn't know if he actually wants to go home and I think tom said it on the almbum sleeve bc now with angels and airwaves tom is into rockets and space and he has always believed in aliens

anonymous August 5th, 2006 01:28AM  
This song is about giving up and losing hope. Asthenia means losing strength or weakness. At one point in everyones life they feel this way and maybe tom or mark was feeling this way about his career and felt like giving up

anonymous February 25th, 2007 09:38PM  
well Asthenia the word means loneliness.

IcedTea June 4th, 2007 11:39AM  
If you watch the blink 182 special that was on MTV during the recording of this album, tom mentions this is about being stuck in space

Pedro182 July 4th, 2009 05:52AM  
your all right but also wrong its about being alone being troubled by what might happen, eg the theory of the man in space hes worried about if he should go back down to earth will it be the same as it once was or would he even want to go back, but the original lyrics for the chorus were should i cut cut should i cut cut should i, i feel alone and tired, should i cut cut should i cut cut should i, 16 and so different. this makes its obvious that it was meant about troubles and troubled teens but the record label probably said you have adams song and the two anthems you can't do another song like that so tom or mark or maybe all 3 of them changed it