Lyrics for Adam's Song as interpreted by piesupreme

Adam's Song 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 couldnt wait til 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 my friends
You'll never set foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up
Remember the time 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 couldnt wait til I got home
To pass the time in my room alone

I never conquered, rarely came
Tomorrow just holds such better days
Days when I can still feel alive
When I cant wait to get outside
The world is wide, the time goes by
The tour is over, I survived
I can't wait 'til I get home
To pass the time in my room alone

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hasayo666
11-18-2009

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ur all retarted its when they were going on a tour and there friend commited suicide and parts of the song is the letter he wrote before he comitted suicide "please tell mom this is not her fault is part of the letter saying its not his moms fault that he killed himself

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cheapskate
11-17-2009

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It's obviously about wanting to kill yourself because your mom yelled at you after you spilled a cup of apple juice.

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Clud
11-16-2009

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The line ripped from Nirvana makes me laugh

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chloe13
11-14-2009

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Who ever said this was a happy song is an idiot. This song is about a kid killing themselves. Yeah that totally warms my heart. I'm so full of happiness. I mean seriously, are you kidding me? Idiots.

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NigNigBooma
11-12-2009

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This song was named after a Mr. Show sketch.

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KaliLove
10-14-2009

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I grew up listening to blink 182, i got alot alot of memories listening to blink, alot alot of good times, you can relate to all of there songs, i love em, and im happy there back together, you guys need to grow up, nothing to fight over here. and this song is about a guy writing a letter before doing it, "I took my time, I hurried up, The choice was mine" part. That's a direct reference to Nirvana's Come As You Are: "Take your time. Hurry up. The choice is yours. Don't be late." so yeah. suicide sucks, dont kill yourselfs people :( it always gets better, and it always gets worse before it gets better, keep your head up.

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thosethreewords
10-11-2009

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indicasunshine, that's an interesting way of looking at it, and i think it certainly could apply with this song.
"I never conquered, rarely came
Tomorrow just holds such better days
Days when I can still feel alive
When I cant wait to get outside "
i think the last verse is when he's realising that there's more than one way to stop feeling like this.

because it's the little things that keep you holding on, isn't it?


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indicalisunshine
09-12-2009

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I never thought about this until right NOW... the lyrics:
"The tour was over, We'd survived. I couldnt wait til I got home, To pass the time in my room alone"
They make me think that maybe this kid joined the military; since they operate in "TOURS." And came back with an entirely new perspective on life. During this perspective, he realizes what he had before and how carefree life was. When now, he's beginning to live the life of an adult... which is pretty wack. (I never wanna grow up.) But eventually he comes to a new realization and that is that he can live in this new world... or at least give it a try.


PS. If you look for the facts, it's like 1 out of every 4 american soldiers comes home depressed. Many of them eventually kill themselves. It's really crazy and sad.


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LeeAnderson
08-29-2009

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My interpretation is that the teenager, possibly around eighteen, is obviously contemplating suicide and thinking back on everything bitterly and trying to tell everyone how he feels. 'You'll be sorry when I'm gone'. I know that feeling, and that's obviously bitter reminiscence. 'I never conquered, rarely came, 16 just held such better days'. He doesn't think that he has really accomplished that much since he was that age and he wishes he was sixteen again where he then had much less cares and worries. At the end of the song, he has more hope and he has decided not to commit suicide. 'I never conquered, rarely came, TOMORROW just HOLDS such better days. Days when I can STILL feel alive, when I CAN'T wait to get outside.'

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veggiestyle
08-16-2009

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I'm loving the Nirvana reference

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joshua380316
08-06-2009

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I Think The Song Is What Would Be A Suicide Note Or Could Have Been It Says "I'm Too Depressed To Go On" And " I Never Thought I'd Die Alone Another Six Months And I'll Be Alone""Give All My Stuff Too All My Friends You'll Never Step Foot In My Room Again" And Ath The End It Says Tomorrow Holds Such Better DaysDays when I can still feel alive When I cant wait to get outside"

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bryandugan
07-06-2009

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I'm pretty sure that this song was written after some kid sent a suicide letter to blink-182. The part where mark says "I traced the cord back to the wall
No wonder it was never plugged in at all" was about when they were rehearsing, mark's guitar stopped working. When he traced the cord, there was a huge fray in the wire and the internal wiring was sitting in a puddle of water. Apparently he would have been electrocuted but his amp was never plugged in. As for the video I loved it...

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warnerhead2k9
07-05-2009

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this is a song about a kid who sent a letter to blink 182 just before he committed suicide

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warnerhead2k9
07-05-2009

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this is a song about a kid who sent a letter to blink 182 just before he committed suicide

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Sybian
07-01-2009

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This song really touches me. I'm 16 right now and I have been depressed before. Sometimes I feel like I will never get married or find someone special. I did think about suicide at one point, but I didn't do it because I didn't want my parents to think that they had failed me, it wasn't their fault.

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RebelGirl1978
06-02-2009

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very sad song i cried when this came on in the satellite radio
:( and i was kinda shaken by this song
maybe the music made the kids very suicidal and the brainwaves received as really depressing music

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MyBeautifulZygote
05-19-2009

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I heard from a friend that a kid who adored Blink-182 sent in this as a suicide note. He made it rhyme and everything because he wanted to be like them, and then they used that and added chords to it and that became Adam's Song. However, unlike most people, I think the last verse is about him actually killing himself and being happy because it's all over and he's, like, going to heaven.

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Red Leader
05-19-2009

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Yeah, this song is bad-ass. You can call them pop, and you can call them punk, and they are, and those are not points in their favour by any means... Where was I going with this? Oh yeah... but this song is still awesome. And so is 'What's my age again?'. That's the Shit. Those are the only one's I've heard and really liked. Word out.

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dannysaur
05-05-2009

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no offense shikaru.. thats kinda retarded. considering the crash was like.. last year... and the song was made a gazzilion years ago >.< think people/.... i love blink.. im like their biggest fan <3

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Shikaru
05-04-2009

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since the DJ is named adam im pretty sure this song somehow relates to him.

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pbc_girl
05-04-2009

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this song was actually based on a boy that committed suicide, and in his suicide note, he wrote about how much he loved blink 182, and how they helped him, he wanted to meet them, but he killed himself anyway. Blink 182 found out somehow, and wrote a song about it. his name was Adam.

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sXe LEXXI
04-27-2009

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i really enjoy how expressive this song is of what it's like to have only the past in what you look forward to. "16 just held such better days, Days when I still felt alive". except im 16 right now, and high school is a death trap, so for me its 14 held such better days. but i recognize i was really alive then, now im like the living dead. this song is about the bitterness that comes with growing older for me.

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Conrad182
04-19-2009

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This song is meant to be about a story of a guy called Adam that went into suicide, blink didn't actually know this person called "Adam" but they wrote the song never the less.

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Cheeserock
04-17-2009

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I love this song. I don't know why, its just one of those songs where you've got to say... that's amazing. Because it has saved lives. It has been a suicide track. Its not a normal Blink track. But its awesome all the same.

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davidskinner
03-21-2009

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Does anyone know the meaning behind the line "I traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all"?

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