The subtle homage to Kurt and Nirvana’s “come as you are with” the line “take your time hurry up the choice is yours” that went over my head as a teenager. This song has layers of thought put into it
Thank you so much for pointing that out!! I’m going to be 40 yrs old next year and in my older age all the songs from my youth are hitting different because I’m more “in tune” with the lyrics (still this reference went over my head somehow lol) ….and it’s most likely due to life experience and relating more to the songs etc. All to say I really appreciate information like what you pointed out because it just adds to my music knowledge which cherish deeply…..ROCK ON 🤘AND BE SAFE ✌️
Blink just takes me back. I'm 37 now and time won't slow down, I can never get those days or feeling back. I have a good life, but I still long for the days of old. It's a beautiful pain.
I started to have suicidal thoughts a few years ago, but the pain it would have caused my mother kept me going. She's since passed away, but it's ok. I'm in a much better place now thanks to antidepressants.
"Please tell Mom this is not her fault." That line broke my heart. Someone with suicidal ideations, that line keeps me in check because I love my mom so much and I don't want her to think that she failed. I don't want to pass my pain to her or any other people. To others, please stay strong.
Be strong bro! I know it may sound very difficult right now, but it will pass. Talk to your friends and family, they`ll help you. Be strong man, I`ve been there as well.
"I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make others happy, because they know what its like to feel absolutely worthless and don't want anyone else to feel that way."- Robin Williams Edit: never thought this would be upvoted this much or replied to! Thank you for bringing me back to this song each time. My girlfriend and I were in a very difficult relationship and she was mentally unwell, it became too much as my dad has cancer as well and I had to end the relationship because it was very abusive both physically and mentally. She committed suicide today and can't stop listening to this song to get me through
Crazy how much different a song hits from when you heard it as a child compared to as an adult. Kind of eerie. I remember loving this song because of the sound, now I'm sitting here reflecting on my life listening to it. Crazy.
It got played on the radio a lot when I was younger. I absolutely loved it. It sounded really catchy. I only got to understand it when it came on my cue by chance. It was during a period of sorrow and depression. In that instant I suddenly understood what the song meant. I could really process how I felt because the lyrics gave my emotions meaning. The ending of the song is also so reassuring. It always brought a sense of calm.
totally! this is my first time listening to this song in honestly 18 years lol. im 35 and i never really listened to lyrics as a young teen listening to this on my discman haha . but ya as an adult who has struggled with depression this song hits different now
Dude I love how in the last act of this song, the music climbs out of darkness and into hope. The build up and then the slight lyrical change. People say "it's a song about suicide" which I don't think is all the way there. It may be what it's referencing according to Mark who wrote it but I think the song itself, the music specifically, does something quite different. It's a song about _overcoming_ depression, which is a whole different tone. It's not trying to glamorize being depressed or suicidal (like a lot of late 90s/early 00s music culture did) rather, the song concludes in hope and victory over it. It's actually quite beautiful and wonderfully composed.
16 was pretty cool, I mean we all dreamed we were going to take the world by storm.... and that didn't happen.... but at 37, at least I've weathered the storms
rip Justin. Me and my younger friend played this song in elementary school, I was on guitar and he was on drums back when we were skater punks. He got into drugs and gangs, and we started to drift apart, and after 1 silly argument over nothing, we stopped talking for 12 years after being best friends for 3 years. I just found out from a mutual friend he was found murdered in a targeted gang killing. It was confirmed on the local news. Never hold grudges over silly things with the people you love. Life is too short and memories are all we really have at the end of the day. He was my best friend and the nicest happiest most giving guy I've ever met, especially for a young age. Rip bro I love you. Thanks for the memories..
I had a best friend named Jestin. We were friends for 18 years. He had a similar story, not gangs, but drugs and partying. He was killed in a car accident driving home drunk to see his newborn daughter 8 months ago.
My thoughts are that a person never truly overcomes depression. They just learn not to give it the headspace. I also agree, don't ever give up. Like Dori in finding Nemo says, just keep swimming! 😊 For myself, ever since I was a teenager with depression and I was on medication for it, I decided to get off them and control it with my thoughts alone. Having a good headspace helped me a lot. I still have high functioning depression, and some days are worse than others. But, I know I can't give up even when I feel so low. I have too many people who would miss me, and that alone keeps me going when times are tough.
To everybody listening to this and hurting - life can change for the better for each of us. I was once on the edge too, and survived somehow. We are never alone and we can all find someone to love and be loved. And that's worth living.
I've been having on and off depression for the past few weeks and just came to this song. I don't even remember what caused me to remember it but I just felt like going to this video and watch/listen. I feel much better now, probably better than I've felt all month. I'm sure I can beat this.
See also 'Let It Happen' by Tame Impala: 'But if I never come back, Tell my mother I'm sorry' Listening to that when I was actively suicidal had made that song anchored into me in ways I can't describe.
You and me both, stranger. I have been ready to go. Sometimes for weeks, months at at a time. I'm not afraid to die. I am afraid to disappoint my family even more than I already have, and offing yourself does NOT give anyone relief, it just makes their life a living hell. You are loved, you are needed, and they want you here, happy, and healthy. When I was going through the worst of my depression, I really had myself convinced that my family would be better off without me. Now that I'm a little older and starting to help out more.. I am so glad I held on. Thank you Lil Peep, and Blink182.
My father committed suicide in 2001. I've been going through some rough times. My mom's getting old, the relationship I've wanted for a year is starting to fall apart. I had some dark thoughts and went to visit him just to be reminded how painful all that was to go through. I never ever want to do that to someone.
Exactly buddy. Please. Tell. Mom. This. Is. Not. Her. Fault. That's the line that keeps me going. One, because she has already lost one child. Two, because I couldn't put her through that. Not her, she has loved me with every ounce of her little heart and soul. To break her heart actually breaks mine. Nobody else, just her that can keep me here
My cousin's husband was called Adam he loved Blink 182, riding his Yamaha YZ 250 and so much more! last week he took his own life Rip my friend I'm really missing you man! I'm putting this message up so every time someone likes it I can come listen to this and think of you and the way you were always thrashing that bike around! Rip Adam
Solid advice there, man. I'm just telling him what i know from experience and what I live by. I don't actually give a fuck about your opinion on my motto and what I live after. If it's overused and cliché. And, why the hell are you bullying people?! That's just wrong. You're trying to show that you have power? If you are gonna be a good person and be strong then stand up for people that are getting bullied! Not bully other people. Still, solid advice right there :)
"another six months i'll be unknown" this really hits me everytime i listen to this song, please, dont forget the people you love, is the biggest mistake you can make when you love someone
As someone who listened to this as a kid, and who’s stood at the 30th story window thinking about how easy “it” would be, I’m glad I’m here to listen to this again and I’m glad you are too. Whoever you are out there, I love you.
Hi you. The first time I listened to this song I was a kid in the middle school. Now I'm an adult and I can tell you: stay strong, it DOES get better. You'll never be forever alone. You WILL be loved and be happy. Don't give up
@@romko219 ya n wats the odds of that child, it's good to look at the future with future rose colored glasses but the reality is life sux so suck it up n no one does everything right - no one pal
@@AnglephileSwedenGerman not everything but as you can see alot of people are happy, even if you arent a billionaire or even a millionaire you can still be happy with what you have, you havent experienced everything so you cant talk, everyones situation is different, maybe you just arent grateful
I like both your opinions. I've been heavily depressed since childhood, been through drug and crime life, been supervisor at work and manager, been married, and divorced all before 40. If I had never been a parent I would hate my life and the whole world would seem redundant and pointless. I am a parent though, and I live to do better for the next generation. I hate the haters and those who don't comprehend the meaning of life and those who live only to destroy. The world sucks only because attention seeking people say such stupid things and then get the attention then that affects everyone else's experience of life. Being a parent makes you a f*ing crazy soldier with purpose if you know what I mean. So I guess life is always how you look at it. Glass is half full or glass is half empty. It's not easy for anyone, obviously those of us who can spend time commenting on sh*t, without doing anything, are in somewhat of a privelidge position to begin with. So, what now
Because some of us don't want to be here anymore but mom is still around and we can contemplate how hard it would it for her. I want to die but I won't do it until my mom is gone.
My blood cousin died a little bit before this song came out and we all used to skate and listen to blink and his name was Adam "I miss you" and "Adams song" are damn near sacred to us now.
My brother Nate died by suicide in 1997. He was only 21. I listened to this song slot when it came out, and tears keep flowing years later every time I hear it. The part about spilling the cup of apple juice in the hall, imagining how he must have gotten in trouble for something so simple, that gets me every time. I think it's at least helped me be a better mom, to be understanding and not get upset over the small things. Life is hard enough. No reason to get mad at your kids so much. If you are a parent reading this, please, please, let your kids know how much you love them and see them as the best people on this Earth. Miss you, Nate. I'm sorry I never knew what you were going through. You always smiled and laughed....
Nate's heart continues to beat to the rhythm of this drums, his voice as he talks to you has the sound of the singer, he has guitar riffs in his veins. Remembering him while listening to this song makes him immortal. You close your eyes, you see him smiling at you ... You smile too
The subtle shift in tense in the final chorus is the best part of the song, going from past tense to present is very symbolic of overcoming our personal struggles, and learning to live again.
I never noticed that! The last verse is in present tense, whereas the rest of the song is in past tense. What a beautiful moment to capture in such a tiny detail.
This whole song is touching, but "Please tell mom this is not her fault" and the little guitar bit that follows it hits me so incredibly hard I can't explain it.
My reason are my brothers. Specially the middle one who's almost 18. Our parents took as apart for ages (I'm 25) our life story is very hard and awful and for ages haven't talked to them. And after a Suicide attempt knowing that he needs me and is so close to me even we've been ages without speaking... Just makes me stop.
This song has added another 21 years to life so far, Blink-182 and a few others spoke exactly what I was feeling and for a tortured little girl it was nice to know someone understood.
@carljeranek5190 oh absolutely, my 2 kiddos are my main reasons but honestly life did get better for me. I left my toxic childhood home at 16,got sober at 28 and things have been great ever since
Sometimes we come back here because we lost an Adam and sometimes we come back because we are fighting to not become an Adam. Either way we are all still here and I love you all for that.
A childhood friend of mine took his life many, many years ago when we were in our 20's. To this day I still wonder if there was something more I could have done for him, today I'm 61.
probably not when i was 14 my best friend took his own life after his girlfriend was accidently shot in the head and died at a party. my brother found him hanging from a tree at a spot we all hung out at all the time. we stayed with him everyday for two weeks to stop this from happining but we faild or he would be here today. then i think now he had his mind made up and nothing we did was going to strop it from happining. i think about him and his girlfriend every day and that was 30 plus years ago.
I lost a friend in high school. This song played on the radio on the way home from his funeral. A moment forever etched in time for me. It never fails to bring me to tears.
I was battling severe depression when this song came out and used to listen to it all the time. Hit me hard then but it hits me even harder now 20+ yrs later remembering how I felt at the time, thinking it was normal, and seeing the pain I put my family through when I attempted suicide.
35 now. Been listening to this song since 8th grade. I may not have taken my own life due to depression, but depression has taken so much of my life. There’s no getting that back, but hopefully better days still lie ahead.
I`m 54, the black dog is sniffing me out but nothing near as bad as at when I was 36. These have been dark days, more than 2 years of it and with Ukraine and new variants for the authorities to panic about, we aren't necessarily close to being out from under the dark clouds BUT ....... when you`re going through hell, keep going, right? It`s all about focus and determination. However, I will NEVER go too hard on anyone that chooses to punch out. It all depends on how well you can tolerate pain, and how much your passing will merely transfer that pain to those you leave behind. You`re right, though, you can`t turn back time but make the most of what remains. Carpe diem, friend.
@A Blue Spy going to be a pall bearer at an old friend`s funeral on May 10th. He went and parked somewhere peaceful with a petrol generator running in the cab. I`m his son`s godfather. Two kids, 18 and 20 and a wife left to mourn him. Hard times get harder, but I won`t let them crush me.
Good days always lie ahead. Try to find yourself, something that you enjoy doing or would love to learn to do. Such things come to you when you least expect it. I never thought that picking up the guitar and playing this song would put so much inspiration in me. Now I can’t wait, till I get home, to spend the time with my guitar alone :) Earn those days back. It is never “too late”.
I had an endless supply of haters and shit-talkers when I was younger, most were my "friends" and even my own parents. I listened to this song so much, it really spoke to me. I stayed focused and stayed in school. I'm now a doctor and have a good life. This song takes me back to those days but I think of victory and triumph instead of isolation and sadness.
"Another six months I'll be unknown....." That line is so true. Once you've completed the act, the people who treated you like a loser might feel bad for a little while. But pretty soon, they'll move on to other things and you'll be forgotten. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.
Ive lost so many to suicide still think of them daily Birthdays and anniversaries of their deaths are hard Knowing i have a family and life and they will forever be under 21
I think that line is meant for friends of the victim. Reason being, is cause people move on from them. They don't forget, but to say "Another six months and I'll be unknown", is more symbolic and refers to loved ones moving on. Maybe I'm wrong.
“Please tell mom this is not her fault” Such a cutting, tough line for me but so relatable. I never had a mom growing up. She got hit by drunk driver. So it was my dad who raised me my whole life and there were times where I didn’t want to live in this world. These guys, Green Day, and Lincoln park all helped me get through it. I remember that one line specifically hitting me because I could never do that to my dad and make him feel like he was a failure or like it was his fault because he’s greatest pops ever. Now I’m 31, came to terms with my moms death and have my own 8 year old son. Life is good. Peace and love to everyone out there and thank you Blink-182! ☮️
I discovered this song at the age of 51. It's a song with a universal, timeless relevance. No matter what era you were born in, you often feel like your best days are long behind you and that there's little point in carrying on, to the point of feeling suicidal. If you're feeling like this as you're reading this, just know that there are thousands, if not millions of people who have felt the same way that you do now. Life can get better, but if you end it now, you wipe out that possibility. The worst case scenario is not the only possible outcome.
Im 47 and this song has been on my list of favorite tracks almost 25 years now, you are so spot on, it hits just as hard now as it did then a real timeless piece, stoked you were able to find it and find meaning in it
to my friend who recently committed suicide i know that you won't see this but I miss you bro and hope you are living it up in the kingdom of heaven I hope to see you again someday it hurts me to remember you and think about you even though it's how I keep you alive in my heart and soul, rest in peace brother and I miss you so much, maybe we will meet again someday in the future
+fist-to-skull I know that feel, let me hug you... my beautiful best friend isn't here with me from last December. This is so fucking hard, I hope your bro and my girl are waiting for us with a great party up there.
True story, 3 years ago I parked in a Wal-Mart parking lot at midnight with a gun in my hand. I had every intention of ending it. Even put plastic trash bags on the seats in the car so my family wouldn't have to deal with the mess, and could sell it afterwards, Wrote a note, and left it on my kitchen table. At that point I had been been home for about 7 years since my last deployment, and wanted it to just be over. For some reason I checked my Facebook memories right after midnight, maybe I was subconsciously buying some more time, but it saved my life. I saw a memory of me holding my newborn nephew, who was born 2 days before I got back home from Afghanistan. A core memory for me. I loved that kid more than anything. I immediately thought about how my brother would have to tell my nephew that his Uncle Nick Nick wouldn't be there for him anymore, The thought of the hurt and confusion that this 7 year old would face knowing that he wasn't enough for his uncle to stick around for hurt me more than any of the worldly things that had got me to that position. I cried for hours, started the car and drove home. 3 years later, I am a college graduate, have a girlfriend and 2 dogs that I love, and my best friend is a 10 year old boy who might never know that him just being alive saved his uncle's life in a dark parking lot one night.
The "tell mom it's not her fault" line hit pretty hard, because it reminded me how my brother wrote "Tell the dogs I love them" in his note. We have 2 dogs and they were the light of his life
I get it dude. Hits hard, lost my sister to overdose this new years and almost lost her Christmas day, managed to CPR in time that time. It never does go away but it heals
Yes, what stopped me of jumpìng was thinking about the suffering I was going to cause my mother and my kids... they didn't deserved it... so, in the narrow edge of the window I had to step down for them...
i feel this. im going through an ugly divorce that i dont want any part of, losing most of what i worked for all my life and probably losing my son except a few days a month. what i would do to go back.
@@UnrecognizedBassistdepends on the decisions you make right now. Read the comments of middle age men (myself included),learn a trade, is one advice I can give u. Carpentry works for me, too bad I am learning at 41.
@@guerraespiritual8881 thanks man. I'm incredibly smart so I'm sure work won't be a problem for me. I'm just tired of being around so much heartbreak. I have had shit happen to me nonstop for a few years now and I'm just tired of it. I play bass guitar and that's my only escape from everything.
@@michaelkreibick769 Let me explain what I mean, and we are going to take a deep dive into the song too, I just taught it on Ukulele and I have it learned and ready for a guitar tutorial too, so it is fresh in my mind and I enjoy talking about music. To start, clearly not every fan took thier life, I would have a hard time writing about my opinion about the song if I was dead. That isn't what I meant by every fan relating to it, or feeling like they were singing to each one of us, I simply was referring to being a teenager and feeling sad, lonely, and depressed, and the lyrics of this song just felt like Blink knew were I was coming from, how I felt and like they were singing to me. They sang like they could relate to the way I felt and they sang like they knew how I felt. I know a lot, 10s of thousands of people, listened to this song and felt the exact same way. So now that we have established what I meant by relating to the song, it is time to take a deep dive into the actual song. This is all stuff I learned researching it as I was learning to play it. When I teach a song on my channel, if I have time, I like to research the origin story, I find that by dropping interesting facts about the song through the tutorial it helps resets people's attention span, keeping them engaged in the tutorial longer and making it more likely for them to learn the song. The song isn't about a kid named Adam, in the sense that it isn't just a first person story that a kid name Adam is telling leading up to his suicide. This song is about the loneliness that Mark felt on tour and even more so the feeling that he had as the tour was ending and they were returning home, Tom had a girlfriend, Travis had a girlfriend and Mark was going back to California to pass the time in his room alone as he was the only single person in the badn. He even mentions the tour in the lyrics "The world is wide, the time goes by The tour is over, I've survived" The rough draft of the song even had lyrics saying something like "I couldn't wait to get off the plan to pass the time in my room alone" but they changed it. So, who is Adam? Adam is nobody, the title of song was inspired by a sketch from Mr. Show. My personal interpretation. I always so it as a song of hope. The person in the song talks about suicide but never actually says he killed himself. There is no part where he say this is it, or time to kill myself, and that lack of resolution always made me feel like Adam worked it out, he felt blue, thought about suicide, but gave it time and life got a little easier and he felt a little happier, then it continued to get easier and he continued to get happier. Mark echoed that sentiment after a fan killed himself from Columbine with the song on repeat. A year after the shooting as survivor took his own life. In the tragedy he lost his best friend. When Mark heard the news he said "I was actually out shopping, and management called me up and told me the story of what happened, and I was like, 'But that's an anti-suicide song!' It felt awful. I mean, the things that the kid had had to go through in his life were very saddening, and then to end it that way was really depressing. But 'Adam's Song', the heart of the song is about having hard times in your life, being depressed, and going through a difficult period, but then finding the strength to go on and finding a better place at the other side of that." So, there you have it. My two cents on this amazing song and what I meant by first short comment. I love music, I love talking about it, I love playing it. Like I said we just taught this on Ukulele and we will be playing it on guitar either next week or the week after if you play either and want to learn. Great band, great song, great album. Take care dude and have a great day. I may have misinterpreted what your comment was and what you were saying too, but it is all good because we get to talk about music, something I really love to do. Strum on man!
@@grandmastercorruptor6483 no it’s not. Mark has said several times it’s about feeling lonely on tour as well as finding out someone in their area committed suicide.
I think it’s perfect for what’s going on right now. We’re all going through one of the toughest times in our lives, things feel hopeless, like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. A lot of us are pretending to be strong.
March 2006. New England. Just finished USMC Bootcamp. At a local Old Navy. Heard this song at the store again for the who knows many times. but decided at that time I would be a fan. still listening today (2024). love hearing blink during my runs.
i´m 34 and i was on youtube making a new playlist from 90´s songs that i liked... this showed up in the list on the right. Been here for almost an hour!
+koopinator true, dats deep. It's taken as motivation for julia instead of a penalty. As for julia, it gets better. And every time you think about ending it, think about your mother... And keep that for motivation to keep you alive and with us.
based on your comment I can tell that you're very jong and still have a long life ahead of you. I can promise you one thing, it'll get better and trust me there are more people on this world that love you then just your mother
Medic here, well former medic now. I have had 2 suicide calls where this song was left playing on repeat. I find it hard to listen to this song when I’m feeling on top of the world, but when times are hard and sometimes when you feel like you’re not worth shit I will still listen to it.
33 now and the line "16 just held such better days" hits hard....everyone I loved from back then is basically gone...I miss them all badly, but when I hear Blink I feel like they are all here sitting with me again. bored kids, miserable at the world with nothing and everything to do...if we only knew...
Im just going to type this here, and i have 2 little brothers 13 and 8 years old, my father grown weak after my mom passed away 4 years ago, so i kinda short of the breadwinner at my home, after i lost my job recently, im thinking a lot what am i gonna do from now, without a bachelor degree in my country it seems hard to find another job to feed my family, i even wonders sometimes about the times i fucked up my own future, and ashamed of it, im thinking of hanging myself quite sometimes but when i see my little brother i kept thinking awhile, who's gonna take care of them when im gone, so im planning to keep struggling with this life, until my brothers can support themselves,i just cant talk to anyone about this around my friends or my gf, i just kept smiling and pretend it was okay, idk i just feel like writing here, so hope you guys wont get annoyed by this
@@pahrulafrizal7046 This world is pain for most people, and it's not meant to be the place where we finally find peace and happiness. The comforts of the world can make us think we're happy for a while, and distract us from the truth. The truth is Jesus, no lie. He will show you why the world is the way it is, and what the point of your life is. Don't go to a church, don't even start by reading the Bible. No, just ask Jesus to talk to you, and be willing to hear what He has to say to you. Talk with Him regularly, trust what He says, and your existence will be transformed. You will finally have true hope for the future.
I actually saw my best friend Jennifer strangled to death right in front of me by her mother's boyfriend. He did it right on the front lawn of the little house we lived in back in my hometown in Quebec (Canada.) Only a few minutes before we had been talking about the music we loved, she played bass guitar for me. RIP sweetie. I never met anyone like her ever again, just shallow broads that wanted to marry money or cared about nothing but when a guy wears.
@@devilsoffspring5519 what happened to the guy? Did legal action get involved? ( I know that’s a dumb question because it probably did I just wanna know what happened)
@@CornDogAnimations It took ~15 years to put the guy away for it. He was well-connected in the police and did "favors" for them (stalking/assault/torture.) So, he was well-protected.
My dads name was Adam and he took his life back in may . this song fits him. He thought he was a failure . He loved going outside and me spent alot of time in his room alone. As with everyone who takes there own life i never thought he would and he really did laugh the loudest.He was a loveable guy. This is Adams song.
My childhood best friend took his life about a year ago. Blink was his favorite band. Can't hear this song without crying now. To anyone that's struggling, you're not alone, you're not a burden, you are worth it, please reach out, the pain of losing someone knowing you could have done something if you'd known, is worse then the pain of the struggle. Its a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Yes it sucks right now. Be your own advocate, be the change your seek, maybe you don't know where to start, well here's a start, when you wake up, get up, literally open the shades and let the light in instead of sitting in the dark. Eat some food, go to bed early, start exercising, pray and unload your mind. These are little things that go a long way, and most important, if it's to much, reach out and keeping reaching out until you talk to someone.
I remember. I felt so alone, in high school. The worst time in my life. Not like suicidal, but I felt so shunned by my peers. I was a loner and depressed with bad anxiety. No, really. I had no friends. Well, one friend, but somehow I got thru High school. All the bad rumors about me - kids really can be cruel to other kids. I came to this music at that time. I survived and now I'm still working on myself. This brings me back to a time where I was still figuring myself out - the hard way. I'm surviving now, and doing okay for myself. That's all that matters now.
I was in the same boat man. I had no friends in highschool and everyone in my small, rural school deliberately ignored me simply for being an "out of Towner" it sucks man, life's a bitch. We got through it though, good on you man, hope your life is blessed
same man, i only have 2 friends that I can trust completely but the rest? just fkin snakes lurking in this world and waiting for a prey. Thank god i survived highschool.
They understood us because they were there before us. Until this era, this kinda stuff wasn’t often talked about at all. Let alone in music. They definitely saved me a couple times. Go for a drive and jam the fuck out
I loved this song when I was young, now it hurts to listen to because of how much I connect with it. I thought I was miserable when I was 16, all that teenage angst. Now I realise it was the best time of my life
This was my favorite song when I was in 8th grade. Very depressed and suicidal, so it checked out. But I'm over a decade past that now. Life isn't perfect but it has gotten so much better. I'm not that person anymore. Your best days are yet to come, my friend
My late boyfriend was called Adam and even before he died I loved Blink-182. I listened to 'I Miss You' on repeat a lot growing up-after he died I decided to play this in my grief, having not listened to it really before. This song was there for me along with others on that long train ride to his funeral with my mum sat silently by my side. Without music like this, I don't think I would be alive-Music is everything.
I just realized the lyrics "I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine I didn't think enough" are a reflection of the lyrics on nirvanas song "Come as you are"
25 years later and it still hits me like a truck. I haven't felt alive since I was in my mid teens. I wouldn't be here if not for my mother. It would have killed her if something happened. Guilt and absolute fear has kept me alive. I cannot comprehend how fast the time has gone by. I haven't changed at all. Keep marching on, friends. Remember those who aren't here anymore. We're can cry together now and meet on the flip side.
I remember listening to this freshman and sophomore year, worst years of my life, i didn't think id actually make it. Every day id wake up and i was miserable and now I'm 5 weeks away from graduating and it's weird because things are so much better now. I have a meaning and I'm so glad I'm alive and I get to listen to this amazing music. Thank you blink-182, you saved my life.
I used to have some damn good friends. I had a girl I liked. I had a loving family. I had hope for the future. Now all of that is gone, but I'm still here, just like the rest of you, waiting. I can't say I honestly believe something good will happen, because I don't. I'm able to delude myself during the day and that makes it easier to lie to the few people I have left, but lying here at three in the morning, I see the truth. And that's that I'm still here, still surviving and still waiting. I won't stop, ever. I know I don't believe something better will come, but I have to be wrong. I know that too. Long story short? I'm done 'just' waiting. Good luck everyone, I hope you stick around. There's too few people out there who understand darkness. It makes you kind, and we all need a bit more kindness nowadays. Goodnight.
+MH3Raiser It might not seem like anybody understands the darkness you are in, but it is something we all go through at some point in life, whether we admit it to anybody or not. You need to make it through the shit to get to a better place in life, if you can do that you will be a stronger person for it. Hang in there because your life is important and you are significant to somebody, you just can't see that right now. Life is going to get better for you if you can make it through this.
+Curtis Bernard my life has "gotten better" with every year that passed pretty much since this song came out, but ive never been happy. i know exactly how the op feels and it reminds me of something i learned when i was younger, which is that people that say taking themselves out of their glory is a weak pathetic move are actually the weak ones because they are too afraid of what comes next & they are too comfortable with their gluttonous lives. being in control of your own life and destiny is something we all possess but dont necessarily utilize. sometimes life seems like its getting better but humans are just naturally good at putting on masks
I know that I don't know you or know the extent of what you're going through but I have immense love for you. You ARE wrong in the sense that you don't believe something better will come because something better will DEFINITELY come. It just hasn't showed up yet. I know that this is easier said than done but I promise you, it will 💜
+Da KAnDyMaNFU It's so true, we do possess the ability to control our own destiny but it usually requires change in your life and when you are depressed that is something that seems impossible. Although it is often what is essential to getting out of depression. If we didn't wear masks people would see who we really are, not who we want them to see. Masks make us less vulnerable.
Thanks blink for everything This was the first ever punk/rock song I heard when I was about 5 years old, to this day it’s my favourite and it has so much meaning behind it, it also reminds me of the poor kid who committed suicide from the shooting and had this song playing on repeat, R.I.P to that poor kid.
Wow, reading the comments I wonder if the band knows how many lives they saved with this song. It’s truly the most beautiful expression someone’s soul when their art can touch so many lives in such a profound way. To everyone dealing with mental health challenges or suicidal ideation, please stay. The world needs your light.
As someone named Adam who battles depression every day, this song talks to me deeply. I want to get "Tomorrow Holds Such Better Days" tattooed on my arm so I can look at it during the dark days. Thank you for releasing this song. It helps so many people from unaliving themselves
I'm here at 33 just a couple months from 34 and I feel like this song just hits completely different now than it did back in the day. Damn near made me cry TBH.
Nirvana - Come As You Are "take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours dont be late" (1992) Blink 182 - Adams Song "i took my time, i hurried up, the choice was mine i didn't think enough" (1999) ...........................................MIND BLOWN
"I can't wait, til i get home.....to pass the time in my room alone" That hits me really hard. I've battled depression and anxiety since my mom died when i was 14, and I can remember rushing out of school, family gatherings, sporting events, whatever.......just to get away from everything. All the noise......all the people.....all the struggle to put on a show for everyone so they wouldn't ask me if i was "ok". Just so i could get to my room and sit there, staring at the walls. It was weird....I didn't want to be anywhere and yet I didn't want to be in my room either.....it was just the place where I could be me and be left alone.
I appreciate you guys. While it doesn't seem like that long ago, that was almost 20 years ago. While the later teenage years were rough, the earlier years of my life was absolutely wonderful, so i choose to recall those memories more. Honestly though, without music, I'm not sure I would have made it.....and i believe that there are thousands of people out there like me. So thanks again to you guys!!! I appreciate ya!
The sad part is that people do fake depression, just like other mental illnesses. Not sure how old you are, but back in 2006 when the concept of depression became widespread, all of a sudden everyone was "depressed" because it was "cool". It became a bandwagon everyone hopped on and the term became so watered down to the point people would become "depressed" for 20min over failing a test or being grounded. When in reality, that's just sadness, not depression. These are two VERY different things. True depression is intense feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and emptiness for an extended amount of time (lasting more than a week at minimum) while also losing interest and pleasure in things you once found enjoyable and fun. This affects all aspects of your life - sleep, appetite, mood, relationships with others, relationship with yourself, and it can also affect your mental and physical health. It's not something you feel if you got bad grades or you missed your bus and ends up going away the minute you pick up your favorite book or videogame.
I am not disputing you altogether (adding I hope); when your told you have issues by parents, family, Dr's etc; it is easy to take on those exact trates. So not faking but achieving what you are told is wrong with you and accepting it.
@@divaofthedamned365you are so right I get depressed up to months at a time before having like maybe a week couple days whatever of like where I'm not but yeah it sucks just is what it is
It's been a few weeks since someone posted but Sometimes surrounding yourself with someone you love or just getting out in the world can help a lot. For me once I graduated high school everything went downhill. I injured my lower back severely a year later in 2014 and I was out of action for a full year because of it. I could barely walk or function at all. Soon my friends would rarely talk to me because I couldn't play sports anymore or hang out with them like I used to. I was stuck in a dark room of my own mentally and physically for a whole year. I told myself that I'll be like this for the rest of my life. A useless 19 year old who has nothing going on in the world for him who could barely function. Then I realized I'm still young and that I can get through this. I just need to find the strength in me and get through it. What seems important today won't even matter tomorrow. We are still young and have a whole life infront of us so let's live it!
I'm fuckin 20 man. Have every possession every clothing too much food...still battle anxiety like a motherfucker. It holds me back and I feel like is held me back from friendships and I can't picture how shorty my life will be if I have this anxiety forever...I think about that a lot
Anthony Stone dude try having anxiety, A.D.D., depression and hyperfocus from autism. Im not saying I have it worse im saying I can relate. I hate life every second of every day and it only gets worse. I won't give you my life story... let's just say it ain't pretty
my mom died in 2013.....now i feel like once my grandmother dies.....ill have nobody or anything to live for.....i see suicide being my ending. truthfully honestly....not making some cry for attention or help....but i genuinely think im going to take my own life one day....
Although the song is somewhat sad, I love how they changed up the lyrics slightly in the last chorus to be positive and to say that it will get better.
I was just getting my license at eighteen when this song came out. Everytime i listen to it, it reminds me of my teen years. I think we all go through such a flood of emotions in that period of life, and one can feel so alone and isolated. Sometimes we want to just be alone, but then other times we push hoping someone will answer with a push back. So many kids run away and most of the time they are just trying to run away from themselves, only to find once again that they are still there. Things can be hard in life, but its our own fear that we can't face it or overcome it that we are running from. If we take courage and don't forget it, then we can face all the things and situations life will throw our way. There is no safe space to go to that will keep us. We have to keep ourselves, and let the rest go past.
Josh Adams I was about 18 when I first heard Jackson Browne sing, 'Song For Adam.' That was in the early 70s and your words ring as true for my situation then as they do yours now.
Very well said Josh. I listen to this song to remind my self of my teenage problems and contrast them against the pitfalls of being mid 30 now. With work, proper mental helth care, the Problem of each age fade away or change if you wait long enogh. I hope I live long enough to contrast these problems with the problems of my 60' and so on. :-) "16 just held such better days" said no sixteen year old ever. Only with age do we learn the irony of that lyric.
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The subtle homage to Kurt and Nirvana’s “come as you are with” the line “take your time hurry up the choice is yours” that went over my head as a teenager. This song has layers of thought put into it
Well shit. I was today years old and never realized that reference. That's incredible...
omg im 38 and you just learned me something
Duh
Subtle?
Thank you so much for pointing that out!!
I’m going to be 40 yrs old next year and in my older age all the songs from my youth are hitting different because I’m more “in tune” with the lyrics (still this reference went over my head somehow lol) ….and it’s most likely due to life experience and relating more to the songs etc. All to say I really appreciate information like what you pointed out because it just adds to my music knowledge which cherish deeply…..ROCK ON 🤘AND BE SAFE ✌️
24 years ago this song saved my life. - A father of three kids watching his oldest son get ready to go to college. Thanks guys.
20 years.
@@fadustrouble heck yeah
thx for sticking around :)
So glad you stuck around ❤
❤
Blink just takes me back. I'm 37 now and time won't slow down, I can never get those days or feeling back. I have a good life, but I still long for the days of old. It's a beautiful pain.
"Please tell mom this is not her fault"
I don't know exactly how many times this line kept me from ending it all
I think the same 😢
I'm glad you're still here
Same for me😢
I started to have suicidal thoughts a few years ago, but the pain it would have caused my mother kept me going. She's since passed away, but it's ok. I'm in a much better place now thanks to antidepressants.
stay afloat buddy. Keep being strong. I'm sending you a virtual hug.
"Please tell Mom this is not her fault."
That line broke my heart. Someone with suicidal ideations, that line keeps me in check because I love my mom so much and I don't want her to think that she failed. I don't want to pass my pain to her or any other people.
To others, please stay strong.
So much of this.
When she's gone I have no idea what is going to happen. It frightens me, and it's slowly creeping up on me.
@@hermanlombard9814 just get the fuck out of here
Facts brother 💯 keep livin brother do it for me & ill do it for you 😎
We're gonna make momma proud trust me 💯
Be strong bro! I know it may sound very difficult right now, but it will pass. Talk to your friends and family, they`ll help you. Be strong man, I`ve been there as well.
"I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make others happy, because they know what its like to feel absolutely worthless and don't want anyone else to feel that way."- Robin Williams
Edit: never thought this would be upvoted this much or replied to! Thank you for bringing me back to this song each time. My girlfriend and I were in a very difficult relationship and she was mentally unwell, it became too much as my dad has cancer as well and I had to end the relationship because it was very abusive both physically and mentally. She committed suicide today and can't stop listening to this song to get me through
A beautiful quote...
it's insane. it's a sad world overall for nice people
That man died to soon God rest his soul.
Oh man so true....
Same.
Crazy how much different a song hits from when you heard it as a child compared to as an adult. Kind of eerie. I remember loving this song because of the sound, now I'm sitting here reflecting on my life listening to it. Crazy.
I'm crying listening to it
It got played on the radio a lot when I was younger. I absolutely loved it. It sounded really catchy. I only got to understand it when it came on my cue by chance. It was during a period of sorrow and depression. In that instant I suddenly understood what the song meant. I could really process how I felt because the lyrics gave my emotions meaning. The ending of the song is also so reassuring. It always brought a sense of calm.
When I got diagnosed with anxiety I started listening to this song from a different point of view. It became one of my favorite songs ever.
totally! this is my first time listening to this song in honestly 18 years lol. im 35 and i never really listened to lyrics as a young teen listening to this on my discman haha . but ya as an adult who has struggled with depression this song hits different now
makes me appreciate even more the time I have now. Live in the moment.
Dude I love how in the last act of this song, the music climbs out of darkness and into hope. The build up and then the slight lyrical change. People say "it's a song about suicide" which I don't think is all the way there. It may be what it's referencing according to Mark who wrote it but I think the song itself, the music specifically, does something quite different. It's a song about _overcoming_ depression, which is a whole different tone. It's not trying to glamorize being depressed or suicidal (like a lot of late 90s/early 00s music culture did) rather, the song concludes in hope and victory over it. It's actually quite beautiful and wonderfully composed.
"16 just held such better days".. Hits home so well.
Jazmyn Keup ngl 16 was such a shitty age for me lots happened and I can’t redo any of it
16 was pretty cool, I mean we all dreamed we were going to take the world by storm.... and that didn't happen.... but at 37, at least I've weathered the storms
So well 🙁
Exactly. Yet I was also depressed when I was 16. I’m 19 now and I had 3 suicide attempts. These kind of songs help me thru it all
Right as i saw this they said that
rip Justin. Me and my younger friend played this song in elementary school, I was on guitar and he was on drums back when we were skater punks. He got into drugs and gangs, and we started to drift apart, and after 1 silly argument over nothing, we stopped talking for 12 years after being best friends for 3 years. I just found out from a mutual friend he was found murdered in a targeted gang killing. It was confirmed on the local news. Never hold grudges over silly things with the people you love. Life is too short and memories are all we really have at the end of the day. He was my best friend and the nicest happiest most giving guy I've ever met, especially for a young age. Rip bro I love you. Thanks for the memories..
Sorry for your loss.
And such great advice.
your coment are insane+Insane
I had a best friend named Jestin. We were friends for 18 years. He had a similar story, not gangs, but drugs and partying. He was killed in a car accident driving home drunk to see his newborn daughter 8 months ago.
this made me feel harder than the fucking song
Almost exactly the same story with me... ten years went by... RIP Kuvesh - Sorry I wasn't there to listen when you needed - I'm listening now.
Today I listened to Adam's Song for the first time in 15 years ... I started crying. It's really crazy how different it hits when you're in your 30s.
37 years old and going through some heavy shit. This popped in my head. I haven’t listened to it in more than 20 years.
Same here. The last time I listened to this song was 3 years ago. This song really hits me hard. I just straight up cried at the start of the song
Unbelievably the truth. You don’t only simply relate you feel it. I miss my younger self so much.
This song saved me .. Iam 45yrs young now … one of the deepest songs in my life
this year i get to be 36. i could have not.
Never thought I would overcome depression. It's possible. Don't give up
My thoughts are that a person never truly overcomes depression. They just learn not to give it the headspace. I also agree, don't ever give up. Like Dori in finding Nemo says, just keep swimming! 😊
For myself, ever since I was a teenager with depression and I was on medication for it, I decided to get off them and control it with my thoughts alone. Having a good headspace helped me a lot. I still have high functioning depression, and some days are worse than others. But, I know I can't give up even when I feel so low. I have too many people who would miss me, and that alone keeps me going when times are tough.
Me too
"16 just held such better days, days when I still felt alive"
Right in the feels
hits especially hard when youre depressed at 16
I tried to commit suicide when I was 16 so that line hit's deep
Blink-182 saved lives with this song.
LMFAO
whats funny about that?
+Thomas Tintle funny how?
The Nameless Maggot JTNugget said LMFAO and so i was asking what he found funny
100%
To everybody listening to this and hurting - life can change for the better for each of us.
I was once on the edge too, and survived somehow.
We are never alone and we can all find someone to love and be loved.
And that's worth living.
I've been having on and off depression for the past few weeks and just came to this song. I don't even remember what caused me to remember it but I just felt like going to this video and watch/listen.
I feel much better now, probably better than I've felt all month. I'm sure I can beat this.
Happy to hear that. I'm sure too. Be strong, friend.
You too.
“Please tell mom this is not her fault”
That line alone has kept me alive more than any other singular lyric
See also 'Let It Happen' by Tame Impala:
'But if I never come back,
Tell my mother I'm sorry'
Listening to that when I was actively suicidal had made that song anchored into me in ways I can't describe.
I'm a mum , this line makes me cry
We’re glad you’re still around
Same. This song saved my life more then once
My mom's eyes after waking up in the hospital after my attempt made me never want to do it again. Now she's gone & I'm a mom.
“Please tell mom this is not her fault”
This line has kept me alive. I don’t want to hurt the people I love
You and me both, stranger.
I have been ready to go. Sometimes for weeks, months at at a time. I'm not afraid to die.
I am afraid to disappoint my family even more than I already have, and offing yourself does NOT give anyone relief, it just makes their life a living hell.
You are loved, you are needed, and they want you here, happy, and healthy. When I was going through the worst of my depression, I really had myself convinced that my family would be better off without me. Now that I'm a little older and starting to help out more.. I am so glad I held on. Thank you Lil Peep, and Blink182.
My father committed suicide in 2001. I've been going through some rough times. My mom's getting old, the relationship I've wanted for a year is starting to fall apart. I had some dark thoughts and went to visit him just to be reminded how painful all that was to go through. I never ever want to do that to someone.
Exactly buddy. Please. Tell. Mom. This. Is. Not. Her. Fault. That's the line that keeps me going. One, because she has already lost one child. Two, because I couldn't put her through that. Not her, she has loved me with every ounce of her little heart and soul. To break her heart actually breaks mine. Nobody else, just her that can keep me here
This song kept us alive and together
my mom is the reason I haven’t done it too.
this is one of the saddest songs i know of, and also the one that makes me feel the better when i'm sad
Some say by Sum 41 is a brilliant song quite similar to this one.
i should look it up
Fraktallity - Fifa 15 Content try Crash - Sum41
marie torres Yes totally right
marie torres try fade to black by metallica or tout le monde by megadeth
My cousin's husband was called Adam he loved Blink 182, riding his Yamaha YZ 250 and so much more! last week he took his own life Rip my friend I'm really missing you man! I'm putting this message up so every time someone likes it I can come listen to this and think of you and the way you were always thrashing that bike around!
Rip Adam
Im so sorry
Stay up bro
RIP Adam, may God have mercy on all of us who can't find the light
So sorry for your loss depression is such an awful feeling for people and its ecspecially awful when it causes a loss ❤
Rip to Adam
Dying alone could be a reality for me if I don't change right now
Same.
Then change! I live by one rule, Never Quit. So change and Never Quit. Be yourself and everything will work itself out
***** Whats some better advice you would give?
***** I appreciate the advice man, very well written and thought out thanks!
Solid advice there, man. I'm just telling him what i know from experience and what I live by. I don't actually give a fuck about your opinion on my motto and what I live after. If it's overused and cliché. And, why the hell are you bullying people?! That's just wrong. You're trying to show that you have power? If you are gonna be a good person and be strong then stand up for people that are getting bullied! Not bully other people.
Still, solid advice right there :)
"another six months i'll be unknown"
this really hits me everytime i listen to this song, please, dont forget the people you love, is the biggest mistake you can make when you love someone
I've never thought i die alone
It really hurts me this song matches with my life
'It is so final - been to enough funerals - memorials - its heartbreaking-
As someone who listened to this as a kid, and who’s stood at the 30th story window thinking about how easy “it” would be, I’m glad I’m here to listen to this again and I’m glad you are too. Whoever you are out there, I love you.
Safe to say …We love you too!
been there... much love my friend
Hang in there brother don't ever give up or give in.
Radiator fluid
I'm glad your here too 🖤💜
Hi you. The first time I listened to this song I was a kid in the middle school. Now I'm an adult and I can tell you: stay strong, it DOES get better. You'll never be forever alone. You WILL be loved and be happy. Don't give up
You are not always right, trust me child
@@AnglephileSwedenGerman Why not? Things for most people if they do everything right do get better
@@romko219 ya n wats the odds of that child, it's good to look at the future with future rose colored glasses but the reality is life sux so suck it up n no one does everything right - no one pal
@@AnglephileSwedenGerman not everything but as you can see alot of people are happy, even if you arent a billionaire or even a millionaire you can still be happy with what you have, you havent experienced everything so you cant talk, everyones situation is different, maybe you just arent grateful
I like both your opinions. I've been heavily depressed since childhood, been through drug and crime life, been supervisor at work and manager, been married, and divorced all before 40. If I had never been a parent I would hate my life and the whole world would seem redundant and pointless. I am a parent though, and I live to do better for the next generation. I hate the haters and those who don't comprehend the meaning of life and those who live only to destroy. The world sucks only because attention seeking people say such stupid things and then get the attention then that affects everyone else's experience of life. Being a parent makes you a f*ing crazy soldier with purpose if you know what I mean. So I guess life is always how you look at it. Glass is half full or glass is half empty. It's not easy for anyone, obviously those of us who can spend time commenting on sh*t, without doing anything, are in somewhat of a privelidge position to begin with. So, what now
"Please tell mom this is not her fault."
I don't know why, but this is the most saddening line in the song for me.
Same
every time i hear that line i get choked up. i think thats also one of the only times he actually looks at the camera
thats because it is...
YES.
Because some of us don't want to be here anymore but mom is still around and we can contemplate how hard it would it for her. I want to die but I won't do it until my mom is gone.
My blood cousin died a little bit before this song came out and we all used to skate and listen to blink and his name was Adam "I miss you" and "Adams song" are damn near sacred to us now.
nitepanda209 Tipton that sucks man... I hope he didn't take his own life :/
Sergio0hf he drowned
nitepanda209 Tipton How and why?
nitepanda209 Tipton cool story bro
This is without a doubt the best song by blink-182
I know right
And I Miss You
+Xenon631 there all good
it's combined with my black dahlia by hollywood undead the best song I know
+Xenon631 & stay together for the kids
Idk where i'd be without music man
Same.....it always gets me through
My brother Nate died by suicide in 1997. He was only 21. I listened to this song slot when it came out, and tears keep flowing years later every time I hear it. The part about spilling the cup of apple juice in the hall, imagining how he must have gotten in trouble for something so simple, that gets me every time. I think it's at least helped me be a better mom, to be understanding and not get upset over the small things. Life is hard enough. No reason to get mad at your kids so much. If you are a parent reading this, please, please, let your kids know how much you love them and see them as the best people on this Earth. Miss you, Nate. I'm sorry I never knew what you were going through. You always smiled and laughed....
Beautiful comment, ty for this. I'm sure Nate would be so proud of you
Nate is probably smiling about this comment. May you have a great mothers day!
RIP Nate. As another person who lost his brother too soon, my heart breaks for you. Much love!
Nate's heart continues to beat to the rhythm of this drums, his voice as he talks to you has the sound of the singer, he has guitar riffs in his veins. Remembering him while listening to this song makes him immortal. You close your eyes, you see him smiling at you ... You smile too
a bless to the sky to your brother, just as all our loved ones who left
The subtle shift in tense in the final chorus is the best part of the song, going from past tense to present is very symbolic of overcoming our personal struggles, and learning to live again.
yes 😭 it’s so simple but so effective
that part always makes me sad happy because that part of the song signifies theres still hope
I love that so much ! Happy sad song still love it.
That part is the saddest for me, because it makes me think that the person passed away.😢
I never noticed that! The last verse is in present tense, whereas the rest of the song is in past tense. What a beautiful moment to capture in such a tiny detail.
This whole song is touching, but "Please tell mom this is not her fault" and the little guitar bit that follows it hits me so incredibly hard I can't explain it.
You and me both.
Me Too
That's the only reason stopping me to commit suicide
cus maybe you felt like that
My reason are my brothers. Specially the middle one who's almost 18. Our parents took as apart for ages (I'm 25) our life story is very hard and awful and for ages haven't talked to them. And after a Suicide attempt knowing that he needs me and is so close to me even we've been ages without speaking... Just makes me stop.
This song has added another 21 years to life so far, Blink-182 and a few others spoke exactly what I was feeling and for a tortured little girl it was nice to know someone understood.
Glad you are still here!
@carljeranek5190 I appreciate that more than you know!
@@Jordanhutchens1 keep fighting and keep looking for positive influences in your life!
@carljeranek5190 oh absolutely, my 2 kiddos are my main reasons but honestly life did get better for me. I left my toxic childhood home at 16,got sober at 28 and things have been great ever since
@Jordanhutchens1 congrats! Proud of you! On multiple levels. Keep telling your life because you are helping and saving others by talking about it!
Sometimes we come back here because we lost an Adam and sometimes we come back because we are fighting to not become an Adam. Either way we are all still here and I love you all for that.
Such a beautiful comment
this is so beautiful and poetic, it’s making me cry
So poetic and beautiful.
I love you continue your fight
Indeed this song connects with us but as the years carry on we find out the past shouldn’t define our future. 🖤👍
A childhood friend of mine took his life many, many years ago when we were in our 20's. To this day I still wonder if there was something more I could have done for him, today I'm 61.
I’m sorry for your loss Phil
Your a good man phil
Sorry bro but probably not
probably not when i was 14 my best friend took his own life after his girlfriend was accidently shot in the head and died at a party. my brother found him hanging from a tree at a spot we all hung out at all the time. we stayed with him everyday for two weeks to stop this from happining but we faild or he would be here today. then i think now he had his mind made up and nothing we did was going to strop it from happining. i think about him and his girlfriend every day and that was 30 plus years ago.
Phil and sapperjason... I'm sorry to here about your losses... that's sad af... 😟
I lost a friend in high school. This song played on the radio on the way home from his funeral. A moment forever etched in time for me. It never fails to bring me to tears.
I feel you, a savage bit of catharsis
lost the love of my life back in high school and her funeral was on the same day whisky lullaby came out.
I was battling severe depression when this song came out and used to listen to it all the time. Hit me hard then but it hits me even harder now 20+ yrs later remembering how I felt at the time, thinking it was normal, and seeing the pain I put my family through when I attempted suicide.
35 now. Been listening to this song since 8th grade. I may not have taken my own life due to depression, but depression has taken so much of my life. There’s no getting that back, but hopefully better days still lie ahead.
I`m 54, the black dog is sniffing me out but nothing near as bad as at when I was 36. These have been dark days, more than 2 years of it and with Ukraine and new variants for the authorities to panic about, we aren't necessarily close to being out from under the dark clouds BUT ....... when you`re going through hell, keep going, right? It`s all about focus and determination. However, I will NEVER go too hard on anyone that chooses to punch out. It all depends on how well you can tolerate pain, and how much your passing will merely transfer that pain to those you leave behind. You`re right, though, you can`t turn back time but make the most of what remains. Carpe diem, friend.
@A Blue Spy going to be a pall bearer at an old friend`s funeral on May 10th. He went and parked somewhere peaceful with a petrol generator running in the cab. I`m his son`s godfather. Two kids, 18 and 20 and a wife left to mourn him. Hard times get harder, but I won`t let them crush me.
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@Eg Fuck Covid and the new world order. Life goes on. And God always wins in the end, have hope and you will be blessed.
Good days always lie ahead. Try to find yourself, something that you enjoy doing or would love to learn to do. Such things come to you when you least expect it. I never thought that picking up the guitar and playing this song would put so much inspiration in me. Now I can’t wait, till I get home, to spend the time with my guitar alone :)
Earn those days back. It is never “too late”.
“Please tell Mom this is not her fault”
Hits me every time
The most powerful line in this. Some of the songs from these guys are genius.
Yeah that hit me too. Because they’re right. It’s not my moms fault. It’s my dads.
Damn right it hits hard cos mums think that they are the reason to blame when they aren't no parent should ever have to bury their kids
For real; mothers are 50/50 Saviors or Kryptonite....
well it's not her fault, it's my own
I had an endless supply of haters and shit-talkers when I was younger, most were my "friends" and even my own parents. I listened to this song so much, it really spoke to me. I stayed focused and stayed in school. I'm now a doctor and have a good life. This song takes me back to those days but I think of victory and triumph instead of isolation and sadness.
Ralphie Leonard That's such an inspirational story. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤❤
Those haters made you stronger,a badass my friend!!!So be happy they existed
Being a doctor is ok, but i'd be bored shitless doing that shit. and the 8 years of study, lol, no thanks.
Ralphie Leonard Thanks for inspiring us :)
thx for opening my eyes that's some inspirational stuff right there I hole you do well in life
Just heard this song for the first time as an adult. It cuts a lot deeper than it did when I was 13. Im barely hanging in there yall, love you.
Hang in there brother, sending you love ❤
Hang in there bud!
You got this dude, it will get better I promise, just stay strong I know you got it. sending you love and prayers
To those who constantly come back to this song, please keep smiling, keep breathing, and keep loving.
You too
❤
Thank you I'll try
Thank u ❤🥺
And will keep coming back.
I've been battling depression since I was 14. 22 years later this song still stops me from doing it
@@iongrl802 Don't say that!! Adam, please don't do It!!
Adam, don't listen do this guy!!
big love man
Give it to the LRD JESUS
This song is for u, thats why is called adams song
"Another six months I'll be unknown....."
That line is so true. Once you've completed the act, the people who treated you like a loser might feel bad for a little while. But pretty soon, they'll move on to other things and you'll be forgotten.
The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.
Wouldn't care what anyone thinks but myself.
To do such good things that you can't be forgotten, and to only care about those who have your back....
Ive lost so many to suicide still think of them daily
Birthdays and anniversaries of their deaths are hard
Knowing i have a family and life and they will forever be under 21
I think that line is meant for friends of the victim. Reason being, is cause people move on from them. They don't forget, but to say "Another six months and I'll be unknown", is more symbolic and refers to loved ones moving on. Maybe I'm wrong.
Those that really love you will never forget you
“Please tell mom this is not her fault”
Such a cutting, tough line for me but so relatable. I never had a mom growing up. She got hit by drunk driver. So it was my dad who raised me my whole life and there were times where I didn’t want to live in this world. These guys, Green Day, and Lincoln park all helped me get through it. I remember that one line specifically hitting me because I could never do that to my dad and make him feel like he was a failure or like it was his fault because he’s greatest pops ever. Now I’m 31, came to terms with my moms death and have my own 8 year old son. Life is good. Peace and love to everyone out there and thank you Blink-182! ☮️
Chyaaaa! This is so good but you have to hear “Cage” or “City” by SLT 🔥🤘🌇🤘🔥
I discovered this song at the age of 51. It's a song with a universal, timeless relevance. No matter what era you were born in, you often feel like your best days are long behind you and that there's little point in carrying on, to the point of feeling suicidal. If you're feeling like this as you're reading this, just know that there are thousands, if not millions of people who have felt the same way that you do now. Life can get better, but if you end it now, you wipe out that possibility. The worst case scenario is not the only possible outcome.
This song is like take a coffee and read a page of a ramdon day in your life.
Thanks for your advice, man. I wish the young ones knew what it took for guys like you to make it this far.
Thanks man. I’m feeling this way currently what you wrote made me cry happy tears.
Im 47 and this song has been on my list of favorite tracks almost 25 years now, you are so spot on, it hits just as hard now as it did then a real timeless piece, stoked you were able to find it and find meaning in it
Thank you…sincerely…I’ll try to hang in there…for my kids. But it’s a thin, easily broken thread, so…i wish myself the best of luck then…
to my friend who recently committed suicide i know that you won't see this but I miss you bro and hope you are living it up in the kingdom of heaven I hope to see you again someday it hurts me to remember you and think about you even though it's how I keep you alive in my heart and soul, rest in peace brother and I miss you so much, maybe we will meet again someday in the future
I'm sorry for your loss, love towards you and your friend, brother.
+Luis Tellez thank you
+fist-to-skull Sorry for your loss bro, stay strong !
I feel you man my best friend drowned 7 years ago 😢
+fist-to-skull I know that feel, let me hug you... my beautiful best friend isn't here with me from last December. This is so fucking hard, I hope your bro and my girl are waiting for us with a great party up there.
True story, 3 years ago I parked in a Wal-Mart parking lot at midnight with a gun in my hand. I had every intention of ending it. Even put plastic trash bags on the seats in the car so my family wouldn't have to deal with the mess, and could sell it afterwards, Wrote a note, and left it on my kitchen table. At that point I had been been home for about 7 years since my last deployment, and wanted it to just be over. For some reason I checked my Facebook memories right after midnight, maybe I was subconsciously buying some more time, but it saved my life. I saw a memory of me holding my newborn nephew, who was born 2 days before I got back home from Afghanistan. A core memory for me. I loved that kid more than anything. I immediately thought about how my brother would have to tell my nephew that his Uncle Nick Nick wouldn't be there for him anymore, The thought of the hurt and confusion that this 7 year old would face knowing that he wasn't enough for his uncle to stick around for hurt me more than any of the worldly things that had got me to that position. I cried for hours, started the car and drove home. 3 years later, I am a college graduate, have a girlfriend and 2 dogs that I love, and my best friend is a 10 year old boy who might never know that him just being alive saved his uncle's life in a dark parking lot one night.
❤❤
Thank you for sharing your experience. It gives hope to others who might be feeling hopeless.
Absolutely amazing story my guy. I'm genuinely so happy to hear how things turned our for you :) I hope your future only gets brighter brother
❤
Oh sweet love..
Here for buddy that passed away 20 yrs ago. He was the biggest blini fan and this song always sounded like those days.
Chyaaaa! This is so good but you have to hear “Cage” or “City” by SLT 🔥🤘🌇
Now at 35 this lyric hits me the hardest. "Sixteen just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive"
We couldn’t wait to go outside is very relatable.
Quit feeling sorry for yourself, I'm 36. You got to enjoy the good times and people like you made this world shit
Hang on buddy
Just came back to this song at 37 and thought the same thing while listening
35 too... keep your chin up
22 years ago this song and this video saved my life. I am still here… Thanks, Blink 182 ❤️
Lmao everyone literally copies someone else's comments
Good for you my dear friend, happy that you still here with us ! :)
love you dude
@@ktc3733 it's 2023 you're awesome! i
You’re still here. You’re surviving. Stay strong.
i dont know. i think im just living in an echo of who i was.
Era lo que necesita leer, no sé si será suficiente
Shut up foo
Thanks❤️
thanks
Props to blink 182 for making this, they saved thousands of lives
The comment section becoming a huge support group is the most wholesome thing I've seen on YT
Amen
Hear hear.. Some comments though, they really get you thinking, huh..
Support group for what lol
@@truckbros35 This is a song about suicide. Take a wild guess.
Gheyyy
The "tell mom it's not her fault" line hit pretty hard, because it reminded me how my brother wrote "Tell the dogs I love them" in his note. We have 2 dogs and they were the light of his life
I know the feelin'. Stay strong man.
I get it dude. Hits hard, lost my sister to overdose this new years and almost lost her Christmas day, managed to CPR in time that time. It never does go away but it heals
I'm so sorry 🥺
My brother wrote “I’m sorry, it’s nobody’s fault, I love you all”
Yes, what stopped me of jumpìng was thinking about the suffering I was going to cause my mother and my kids... they didn't deserved it... so, in the narrow edge of the window I had to step down for them...
“Tomorrow holds such better days, days when I can still feel alive” this line is what gets me going.
😢
"16 held such better days. Days when I could still feel alive"
HIts me straight in the feels every single fucking time.
I miss being 16 man.
i feel this. im going through an ugly divorce that i dont want any part of, losing most of what i worked for all my life and probably losing my son except a few days a month. what i would do to go back.
Me too
Im 15 and life is shit. Does it get better?
@@UnrecognizedBassistdepends on the decisions you make right now. Read the comments of middle age men (myself included),learn a trade, is one advice I can give u. Carpentry works for me, too bad I am learning at 41.
@@guerraespiritual8881 thanks man. I'm incredibly smart so I'm sure work won't be a problem for me. I'm just tired of being around so much heartbreak. I have had shit happen to me nonstop for a few years now and I'm just tired of it. I play bass guitar and that's my only escape from everything.
never gets old and i'm still listening to this in 2015
Hien Thai me too man ;)
Riad Chinoui I'm not. I'm listening in 2014
2035 and I am
Yess !! 😩😩💞
yeah
It’s like they are talking to every single Blink fan. All these years later and the song is perfect still.
@@michaelkreibick769 Let me explain what I mean, and we are going to take a deep dive into the song too, I just taught it on Ukulele and I have it learned and ready for a guitar tutorial too, so it is fresh in my mind and I enjoy talking about music.
To start, clearly not every fan took thier life, I would have a hard time writing about my opinion about the song if I was dead. That isn't what I meant by every fan relating to it, or feeling like they were singing to each one of us, I simply was referring to being a teenager and feeling sad, lonely, and depressed, and the lyrics of this song just felt like Blink knew were I was coming from, how I felt and like they were singing to me. They sang like they could relate to the way I felt and they sang like they knew how I felt. I know a lot, 10s of thousands of people, listened to this song and felt the exact same way.
So now that we have established what I meant by relating to the song, it is time to take a deep dive into the actual song. This is all stuff I learned researching it as I was learning to play it. When I teach a song on my channel, if I have time, I like to research the origin story, I find that by dropping interesting facts about the song through the tutorial it helps resets people's attention span, keeping them engaged in the tutorial longer and making it more likely for them to learn the song.
The song isn't about a kid named Adam, in the sense that it isn't just a first person story that a kid name Adam is telling leading up to his suicide. This song is about the loneliness that Mark felt on tour and even more so the feeling that he had as the tour was ending and they were returning home, Tom had a girlfriend, Travis had a girlfriend and Mark was going back to California to pass the time in his room alone as he was the only single person in the badn. He even mentions the tour in the lyrics "The world is wide, the time goes by
The tour is over, I've survived" The rough draft of the song even had lyrics saying something like "I couldn't wait to get off the plan to pass the time in my room alone" but they changed it.
So, who is Adam? Adam is nobody, the title of song was inspired by a sketch from Mr. Show.
My personal interpretation. I always so it as a song of hope. The person in the song talks about suicide but never actually says he killed himself. There is no part where he say this is it, or time to kill myself, and that lack of resolution always made me feel like Adam worked it out, he felt blue, thought about suicide, but gave it time and life got a little easier and he felt a little happier, then it continued to get easier and he continued to get happier. Mark echoed that sentiment after a fan killed himself from Columbine with the song on repeat. A year after the shooting as survivor took his own life. In the tragedy he lost his best friend. When Mark heard the news he said "I was actually out shopping, and management called me up and told me the story of what happened, and I was like, 'But that's an anti-suicide song!' It felt awful. I mean, the things that the kid had had to go through in his life were very saddening, and then to end it that way was really depressing. But 'Adam's Song', the heart of the song is about having hard times in your life, being depressed, and going through a difficult period, but then finding the strength to go on and finding a better place at the other side of that."
So, there you have it. My two cents on this amazing song and what I meant by first short comment. I love music, I love talking about it, I love playing it. Like I said we just taught this on Ukulele and we will be playing it on guitar either next week or the week after if you play either and want to learn. Great band, great song, great album. Take care dude and have a great day. I may have misinterpreted what your comment was and what you were saying too, but it is all good because we get to talk about music, something I really love to do. Strum on man!
Because we lived to hear it and understand a time and place in our hearts of an epic band:)
This song is about masturbation. Its not a card or note to their fans.
@@grandmastercorruptor6483 no it’s not. Mark has said several times it’s about feeling lonely on tour as well as finding out someone in their area committed suicide.
I think it’s perfect for what’s going on right now. We’re all going through one of the toughest times in our lives, things feel hopeless, like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. A lot of us are pretending to be strong.
my older brother who died in a car crash at 17 played me this song when he would take me to school, i think of this song everyday.
RIP
R.i.p 🙏
💔
rip bro
Im sorry
March 2006. New England. Just finished USMC Bootcamp. At a local Old Navy. Heard this song at the store again for the who knows many times. but decided at that time I would be a fan. still listening today (2024). love hearing blink during my runs.
Chyaaaa! This is so good but you have to hear “Cage” or “City” by SLT 🔥🤘🎶🤘🔥
Man ...I’m 33 now ...and Blink still lives on with me. 🤟🏽 I survived
32 here and I still feel like I'm 16 inside when listening to this.
i´m 34 and i was on youtube making a new playlist from 90´s songs that i liked... this showed up in the list on the right.
Been here for almost an hour!
33 years old now and still listen to Blink. 🤘
Hell ya! Same here!
I got 4 years on you buddy, still going strong
My mom is the only reason I'm still alive. "please tell mom this is not her fault" kills me
+Julia It doesn't actually kill you. On the contrary, it keeps you alive.
+koopinator true, dats deep. It's taken as motivation for julia instead of a penalty. As for julia, it gets better. And every time you think about ending it, think about your mother... And keep that for motivation to keep you alive and with us.
based on your comment I can tell that you're very jong and still have a long life ahead of you. I can promise you one thing, it'll get better and trust me there are more people on this world that love you then just your mother
+runo35k what a perfect thing to have said
thanks everyone. I still think about it from time to time, but I can't do that to her or my dad. so living it is
Medic here, well former medic now. I have had 2 suicide calls where this song was left playing on repeat. I find it hard to listen to this song when I’m feeling on top of the world, but when times are hard and sometimes when you feel like you’re not worth shit I will still listen to it.
Damn
Jeez. Thats so deep.
I am so sorry
I start tearing up dude this song evokes emotion
😢
33 now and the line "16 just held such better days" hits hard....everyone I loved from back then is basically gone...I miss them all badly, but when I hear Blink I feel like they are all here sitting with me again. bored kids, miserable at the world with nothing and everything to do...if we only knew...
Chyaaaa! This is so good but you have to hear “Cage” or “City” by SLT 🔥🤘🌇🤘🔥
Reading all these comments is like sitting in a big room full of people who don’t know each other, but understand they’re and problems and feelings
Im just going to type this here, and i have 2 little brothers 13 and 8 years old, my father grown weak after my mom passed away 4 years ago, so i kinda short of the breadwinner at my home, after i lost my job recently, im thinking a lot what am i gonna do from now, without a bachelor degree in my country it seems hard to find another job to feed my family, i even wonders sometimes about the times i fucked up my own future, and ashamed of it, im thinking of hanging myself quite sometimes but when i see my little brother i kept thinking awhile, who's gonna take care of them when im gone, so im planning to keep struggling with this life, until my brothers can support themselves,i just cant talk to anyone about this around my friends or my gf, i just kept smiling and pretend it was okay, idk i just feel like writing here, so hope you guys wont get annoyed by this
*their
@@pahrulafrizal7046 This world is pain for most people, and it's not meant to be the place where we finally find peace and happiness. The comforts of the world can make us think we're happy for a while, and distract us from the truth.
The truth is Jesus, no lie.
He will show you why the world is the way it is, and what the point of your life is.
Don't go to a church, don't even start by reading the Bible.
No, just ask Jesus to talk to you, and be willing to hear what He has to say to you.
Talk with Him regularly, trust what He says, and your existence will be transformed.
You will finally have true hope for the future.
Yess well.said tou feel us xoxox
Reading these comments just makes me realize how many people are starved for attention
“At some point in your childhood, you and your friends hung out together for the last time and nobody knew it" is more true now than ever
True indeed
I actually saw my best friend Jennifer strangled to death right in front of me by her mother's boyfriend. He did it right on the front lawn of the little house we lived in back in my hometown in Quebec (Canada.)
Only a few minutes before we had been talking about the music we loved, she played bass guitar for me.
RIP sweetie. I never met anyone like her ever again, just shallow broads that wanted to marry money or cared about nothing but when a guy wears.
@@devilsoffspring5519 what happened to the guy? Did legal action get involved? ( I know that’s a dumb question because it probably did I just wanna know what happened)
@@devilsoffspring5519 Probably heard of that story at the time I guess, i'm 40 and I grew 30 minutes from Montreal. Hope you're doing okay
@@CornDogAnimations It took ~15 years to put the guy away for it. He was well-connected in the police and did "favors" for them (stalking/assault/torture.)
So, he was well-protected.
My dads name was Adam and he took his life back in may . this song fits him. He thought he was a failure . He loved going outside and me spent alot of time in his room alone. As with everyone who takes there own life i never thought he would and he really did laugh the loudest.He was a loveable guy. This is Adams song.
Rip to your pop ❤
So sorry for your loss buddy!!
Rip to Our Adam's. Lost my cousin Adam last year.
@@theyreoutthere.huntinggear Im sorry for your loss.
@@a_forest_lullaby7356 thank you for the condolences, same about your pops.
My childhood best friend took his life about a year ago. Blink was his favorite band. Can't hear this song without crying now. To anyone that's struggling, you're not alone, you're not a burden, you are worth it, please reach out, the pain of losing someone knowing you could have done something if you'd known, is worse then the pain of the struggle. Its a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Yes it sucks right now. Be your own advocate, be the change your seek, maybe you don't know where to start, well here's a start, when you wake up, get up, literally open the shades and let the light in instead of sitting in the dark. Eat some food, go to bed early, start exercising, pray and unload your mind. These are little things that go a long way, and most important, if it's to much, reach out and keeping reaching out until you talk to someone.
I remember.
I felt so alone, in high school. The worst time in my life. Not like suicidal, but I felt so shunned by my peers. I was a loner and depressed with bad anxiety. No, really. I had no friends. Well, one friend, but somehow I got thru High school. All the bad rumors about me - kids really can be cruel to other kids.
I came to this music at that time. I survived and now I'm still working on myself. This brings me back to a time where I was still figuring myself out - the hard way. I'm surviving now, and doing okay for myself. That's all that matters now.
I was in the same boat man. I had no friends in highschool and everyone in my small, rural school deliberately ignored me simply for being an "out of Towner" it sucks man, life's a bitch. We got through it though, good on you man, hope your life is blessed
I feel you. I had the same experience. I never really belong. Music was my only escape. Now im 36. Still alive.
We all got those Naruto vibes, same here
same man, i only have 2 friends that I can trust completely but the rest? just fkin snakes lurking in this world and waiting for a prey. Thank god i survived highschool.
I was in the same boat bro 💀 I’m glad you’re ok . I hope I’ll be fine one day too
Owe you guys a lot. This song changed everything. How you understood us back then is a mystery
"how you understood us back then is a mystery" bro noone could have said that better!love you all,live your life to the maximum!
They understood us because they were there before us. Until this era, this kinda stuff wasn’t often talked about at all. Let alone in music. They definitely saved me a couple times. Go for a drive and jam the fuck out
Thank you to the comments. These lyrics spoke to a lot of us back then
because they were us
😒
These guys were the big brothers I never had growing up
same here
can we just go back to when this song was new, the world made so much more sense
Chyaaaa! This is so good but you have to hear “Cage” or “City” by SLT 🔥🤘🌇
I loved this song when I was young, now it hurts to listen to because of how much I connect with it. I thought I was miserable when I was 16, all that teenage angst. Now I realise it was the best time of my life
things inevitably change, if you give them enough time they will change for the better as well, have courage internet stranger, wishing you the best
Just turned 40 and think about my teen years of the late 90's everyday. Was living like a king with my best friends.
this hits right in a feel
This was my favorite song when I was in 8th grade. Very depressed and suicidal, so it checked out. But I'm over a decade past that now. Life isn't perfect but it has gotten so much better. I'm not that person anymore. Your best days are yet to come, my friend
I just commented something almost identical to this...I agree 100%!
My late boyfriend was called Adam and even before he died I loved Blink-182. I listened to 'I Miss You' on repeat a lot growing up-after he died I decided to play this in my grief, having not listened to it really before. This song was there for me along with others on that long train ride to his funeral with my mum sat silently by my side. Without music like this, I don't think I would be alive-Music is everything.
I just realized the lyrics "I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine I didn't think enough" are a reflection of the lyrics on nirvanas song "Come as you are"
or you saw a comment that said that.
dangerdave McKinney either way they realized, does it matter how he/she made their conclusion?
Nope I actually realized it myself, believe it or not.
Iclickudrop
I thought that, too.
25 years later and it still hits me like a truck. I haven't felt alive since I was in my mid teens. I wouldn't be here if not for my mother. It would have killed her if something happened. Guilt and absolute fear has kept me alive.
I cannot comprehend how fast the time has gone by. I haven't changed at all.
Keep marching on, friends. Remember those who aren't here anymore. We're can cry together now and meet on the flip side.
I remember listening to this freshman and sophomore year, worst years of my life, i didn't think id actually make it. Every day id wake up and i was miserable and now I'm 5 weeks away from graduating and it's weird because things are so much better now. I have a meaning and I'm so glad I'm alive and I get to listen to this amazing music. Thank you blink-182, you saved my life.
Italia182 congratulations hope you have a long and happy life
Congratulation✌️
Italia182 congrats! I'm just starting my freshman year and my middle school years were hard so I'm hoping I get a break.
Keep it up your doing good
Congrats, I'll brace myself to go through that already, it's life.
I used to have some damn good friends. I had a girl I liked. I had a loving family. I had hope for the future. Now all of that is gone, but I'm still here, just like the rest of you, waiting. I can't say I honestly believe something good will happen, because I don't. I'm able to delude myself during the day and that makes it easier to lie to the few people I have left, but lying here at three in the morning, I see the truth.
And that's that I'm still here, still surviving and still waiting. I won't stop, ever. I know I don't believe something better will come, but I have to be wrong. I know that too.
Long story short? I'm done 'just' waiting. Good luck everyone, I hope you stick around. There's too few people out there who understand darkness. It makes you kind, and we all need a bit more kindness nowadays.
Goodnight.
I know exactly how you feel,my brother ended it in 09 and the only thing that stops me is the feelings of the few ppl that care I'll leave behind....
+MH3Raiser It might not seem like anybody understands the darkness you are in, but it is something we all go through at some point in life, whether we admit it to anybody or not. You need to make it through the shit to get to a better place in life, if you can do that you will be a stronger person for it. Hang in there because your life is important and you are significant to somebody, you just can't see that right now. Life is going to get better for you if you can make it through this.
+Curtis Bernard my life has "gotten better" with every year that passed pretty much since this song came out, but ive never been happy. i know exactly how the op feels and it reminds me of something i learned when i was younger, which is that people that say taking themselves out of their glory is a weak pathetic move are actually the weak ones because they are too afraid of what comes next & they are too comfortable with their gluttonous lives. being in control of your own life and destiny is something we all possess but dont necessarily utilize. sometimes life seems like its getting better but humans are just naturally good at putting on masks
I know that I don't know you or know the extent of what you're going through but I have immense love for you. You ARE wrong in the sense that you don't believe something better will come because something better will DEFINITELY come. It just hasn't showed up yet. I know that this is easier said than done but I promise you, it will 💜
+Da KAnDyMaNFU It's so true, we do possess the ability to control our own destiny but it usually requires change in your life and when you are depressed that is something that seems impossible. Although it is often what is essential to getting out of depression. If we didn't wear masks people would see who we really are, not who we want them to see. Masks make us less vulnerable.
Looking back, you saved my life with this song. Thank you
Hey I hope you are doing ok, How are you?
I don't know what you're going through or your current situation, believe me, you just need to pull up and hold on tight. You got this. Be here today.
Thanks blink for everything
This was the first ever punk/rock song I heard when I was about 5 years old, to this day it’s my favourite and it has so much meaning behind it, it also reminds me of the poor kid who committed suicide from the shooting and had this song playing on repeat, R.I.P to that poor kid.
This is something that made my puberty days hell of a better time.
Any advice for puberty
+L0ST S0UL there is no advice. Enjoy it because it will be the best time of your live.
np ly ol I didn't really need anything I was just bored
see, puberty at its best right there. :) have fun
made my mojado days a little better
Wow, reading the comments I wonder if the band knows how many lives they saved with this song. It’s truly the most beautiful expression someone’s soul when their art can touch so many lives in such a profound way. To everyone dealing with mental health challenges or suicidal ideation, please stay. The world needs your light.
This is a really good comment. ❤
Beautiful words
As someone named Adam who battles depression every day, this song talks to me deeply. I want to get "Tomorrow Holds Such Better Days" tattooed on my arm so I can look at it during the dark days. Thank you for releasing this song. It helps so many people from unaliving themselves
Why so much depression brother? I’m here to talk if you want to, I’m all ears buddy 😃
❤️ hope you’re doing well.
Get it. I’ll send you a Venmo to help cover it if you need
❣️
i feel you man, when i was 18 i got " Life goes on " Tattooed on my under right arm for those reasons. Hope the best for you going forward.
I'm here at 33 just a couple months from 34 and I feel like this song just hits completely different now than it did back in the day. Damn near made me cry TBH.
Chyaaaa! This is so good but you have to hear “Cage” or “City” by SLT 🎶🤘🔥
One of the best songs ever written.
This. I have listened all kinds of music since I was 5 (I'm 20 now) and always come back to blink and especially this song.
That opening guitar riff is one of the most nostalgic sounds from my childhood.
I hear ya man ✌️
First riff I ever taught myself on guitar as a kid 😅
Same bruh - takes me right back.
6th grade for me
"Please tell mom this is not her fault."
This broke me in so many parts that I can't even measure
That line always hits a nerve with me
20 years later that line still crushes my heart.
Can't even measure what? The broken parts..?
feel the same bro
i feel this lyric too much.
Nirvana - Come As You Are "take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours dont be late" (1992)
Blink 182 - Adams Song "i took my time, i hurried up, the choice was mine i didn't think enough" (1999)
...........................................MIND BLOWN
+UNGIRTHED OBEDEAR Adam's song (1999), Adam's song video (2000)
+UNGIRTHED OBEDEAR *91.
The single came out in 92, but since you mention Adam's Song (album), its logic for it to be C.A.Y.A 91 (album)
+UNGIRTHED OBEDEAR Chin dropped to the floor; kinda funny my fav nirvana and fav blink 182 song fit toghter. And i didnt even know about this before
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!!
Definitivamente
Due stfu stop saying that every song I listen too
@@lag2675 Hahaha im everywhere,im famous,deal with it : )
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u got hear this … :) :) :) … :) :) :)
Agreed
I never thought listening to this song almost 20 years later...
BR?
+SkateRat182 Vim pq pesquisei sobre columbine e um sobrevivente do massacre se matou ouvindo essa musica 😃
+Wolly intoxic me lembro da noticia desse cara que se matou ouvindo adams song
Why not? Usually people listen the songs which has been so nice since about youngster and young, first relationships and that all joy and fun.
+Hentai Dad uhh anime i love but hentai is rude
Im getting older, Time flies in the Blink of 182 eyes 💔
Man I miss being a kid and not knowing the meaning of these songs but just jamming out instead
Finnie Mac was thinking exactly the same good old days 😢
Yeah, I’m fourteen and I’ve been listening to this song my entire life, and I never understood it until a couple years ago.
Wait till ur 17-18
Kinda miss the days when I didn't know the meaning.
Hesn Apple na wait till your 36 thinking damn my teen years was awesome.
Twenty five years old and I still come back to this song
TheShinbotatron Nothing wrong with that.
+TheShinbotatron Actually fifteen years old... :)
***** oh well okay :D
Actually "Adam's Song" is about a letter that Mark read from a kid before he commited suicide. Then he got the idea for the song.
Tristan Ivie :O really?
"I can't wait, til i get home.....to pass the time in my room alone" That hits me really hard. I've battled depression and anxiety since my mom died when i was 14, and I can remember rushing out of school, family gatherings, sporting events, whatever.......just to get away from everything. All the noise......all the people.....all the struggle to put on a show for everyone so they wouldn't ask me if i was "ok". Just so i could get to my room and sit there, staring at the walls. It was weird....I didn't want to be anywhere and yet I didn't want to be in my room either.....it was just the place where I could be me and be left alone.
I don't think it could've been put much better than this. Idk you but you know what, stay up and I hope you're doing OK right now.
Hope you're doing better
I appreciate you guys. While it doesn't seem like that long ago, that was almost 20 years ago. While the later teenage years were rough, the earlier years of my life was absolutely wonderful, so i choose to recall those memories more. Honestly though, without music, I'm not sure I would have made it.....and i believe that there are thousands of people out there like me. So thanks again to you guys!!! I appreciate ya!
pls learn/ read spiritual Books, it helps a lot ;)) Meditation too love youu
This sums up how I feel everyday hope your doing well now man
People don't fake depression, they fake being okay.
hits right in the kokoro
The sad part is that people do fake depression, just like other mental illnesses. Not sure how old you are, but back in 2006 when the concept of depression became widespread, all of a sudden everyone was "depressed" because it was "cool". It became a bandwagon everyone hopped on and the term became so watered down to the point people would become "depressed" for 20min over failing a test or being grounded. When in reality, that's just sadness, not depression. These are two VERY different things.
True depression is intense feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and emptiness for an extended amount of time (lasting more than a week at minimum) while also losing interest and pleasure in things you once found enjoyable and fun. This affects all aspects of your life - sleep, appetite, mood, relationships with others, relationship with yourself, and it can also affect your mental and physical health. It's not something you feel if you got bad grades or you missed your bus and ends up going away the minute you pick up your favorite book or videogame.
I am not disputing you altogether (adding I hope); when your told you have issues by parents, family, Dr's etc; it is easy to take on those exact trates. So not faking but achieving what you are told is wrong with you and accepting it.
@@divaofthedamned365you are so right I get depressed up to months at a time before having like maybe a week couple days whatever of like where I'm not but yeah it sucks just is what it is
@@divaofthedamned365depression is thinking about dying all day and being a little jealous of those who have passed.
It's been a few weeks since someone posted but Sometimes surrounding yourself with someone you love or just getting out in the world can help a lot. For me once I graduated high school everything went downhill. I injured my lower back severely a year later in 2014 and I was out of action for a full year because of it. I could barely walk or function at all. Soon my friends would rarely talk to me because I couldn't play sports anymore or hang out with them like I used to. I was stuck in a dark room of my own mentally and physically for a whole year. I told myself that I'll be like this for the rest of my life. A useless 19 year old who has nothing going on in the world for him who could barely function. Then I realized I'm still young and that I can get through this. I just need to find the strength in me and get through it. What seems important today won't even matter tomorrow. We are still young and have a whole life infront of us so let's live it!
I'm fuckin 20 man. Have every possession every clothing too much food...still battle anxiety like a motherfucker. It holds me back and I feel like is held me back from friendships and I can't picture how shorty my life will be if I have this anxiety forever...I think about that a lot
Shitty*
Anthony Stone dude try having anxiety, A.D.D., depression and hyperfocus from autism. Im not saying I have it worse im saying I can relate. I hate life every second of every day and it only gets worse. I won't give you my life story... let's just say it ain't pretty
Here here!
"What seems important today might not matter tomorrow," That line rattled my chakras.
I'm over 40 and I'm Japanese, but I still love this song. I will keep listening.
Go eat some sushi for us
Hello from France !
Can I take your order prease
Ikeh 😃
no one asked
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This song saved my life, “Please tell mom this is not her fault.” I could never leave this plane thinking my mom didn’t do enough for me.
@atombrain111 well I understand that. My mom wasn’t that way I’m sorry if yours was
My family is what keeps me here. I don’t know what I would do without people who would be hurt by my death.
My mom did everything she could to provide for me, I cant imagine if she thought she did something wrong when I was growing up.
my mom died in 2013.....now i feel like once my grandmother dies.....ill have nobody or anything to live for.....i see suicide being my ending. truthfully honestly....not making some cry for attention or help....but i genuinely think im going to take my own life one day....
@@dallasp8359 stay strong, man, everything is gonna be alright , you just need to go through it
Call me silly, but I believe that line from this song "Please tell Mom this is not her fault." coud've saved more lives than a hot line
Yes I think so ❤
Although the song is somewhat sad, I love how they changed up the lyrics slightly in the last chorus to be positive and to say that it will get better.
That was the whole point of it, haha.
well the history of this song is a true story a guy named adam wrote Blink a letter a and shortly after he commited suicide its really quite sad
Victoria Barker indeed
thats what takes the song from mediocre to amazing
no shit hahahaha come on man
I was just getting my license at eighteen when this song came out. Everytime i listen to it, it reminds me of my teen years. I think we all go through such a flood of emotions in that period of life, and one can feel so alone and isolated. Sometimes we want to just be alone, but then other times we push hoping someone will answer with a push back. So many kids run away and most of the time they are just trying to run away from themselves, only to find once again that they are still there. Things can be hard in life, but its our own fear that we can't face it or overcome it that we are running from. If we take courage and don't forget it, then we can face all the things and situations life will throw our way. There is no safe space to go to that will keep us. We have to keep ourselves, and let the rest go past.
Josh Adams I was about 18 when I first heard Jackson Browne sing, 'Song For Adam.' That was in the early 70s and your words ring as true for my situation then as they do yours now.
Very well said Josh. I listen to this song to remind my self of my teenage problems and contrast them against the pitfalls of being mid 30 now. With work, proper mental helth care, the Problem of each age fade away or change if you wait long enogh.
I hope I live long enough to contrast these problems with the problems of my 60' and so on. :-)
"16 just held such better days" said no sixteen year old ever. Only with age do we learn the irony of that lyric.
Shawn being 34, I totally relate!!
36 here and couldn't agree more.
your interpretation again why do you do this ? why do you need so much to logicalise everything ? amateurs phycology prognosis de la utube