Lyric discussion by bobbyjib 

theres much to analyze about this song. but i only feel compelled to leave a note about how Tom explained it...

during their show, he started talking about how he was in this band called blink 182. and how he didnt want to discuss what happened, but that here was this song called "start the machine"

the song has clear intentions about the break up of blink.

on a side note, on their set list, it called this song "restart the machine." didnt understand why.

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