Nosferatu Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Man, Mark's handwriting is difficult as hell to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 25 minutes ago, Elisa said: Cool to see that "I never found that special girl, who'd be there waiting at the airport terminal" was supposed to be the original line of the second verse. nice catch — i couldn’t make out his handwriting for shit lol. a rolling stone story from 2000 specifically mentions an airport: "Adam's Song," Blink's current single, is a suicide note set to music, but Hoppus says he wrote it about being lonely on tour. The couplet "I couldn't wait till I got home/To pass the time in my room alone" originally ended "to get off the plane alone." "Tom and Travis always had girlfriends waiting back home, so they had something to look forward to at the end of the tour," Hoppus explains. "But I didn't, so I was lonely on tour. But then I got home and it didn't matter, because there was nothing there for me anyway." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horchata Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, boxelder said: nice catch — i couldn’t make out his handwriting for shit lol. a rolling stone story from 2000 specifically mentions an airport: "Adam's Song," Blink's current single, is a suicide note set to music, but Hoppus says he wrote it about being lonely on tour. The couplet "I couldn't wait till I got home/To pass the time in my room alone" originally ended "to get off the plane alone." "Tom and Travis always had girlfriends waiting back home, so they had something to look forward to at the end of the tour," Hoppus explains. "But I didn't, so I was lonely on tour. But then I got home and it didn't matter, because there was nothing there for me anyway." Pretty cool. I don't know why, but I always thought they knew someone named Adam who committed suicide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theedge00 Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, horchata said: Pretty cool. I don't know why, but I always thought they knew someone named Adam who committed suicide. wasnt there some kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotNow Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Just now, theedge00 said: wasnt there some kid? That’s a middle school myth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horchata Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, theedge00 said: wasnt there some kid? I feel like this is a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisa Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I think it's a bit of both. It started out as a song about loneliness but I guess I prefer the fact that they changed those lyrics about the girl to focus on the suicidal aspect of depression. What I like the most of Adam's Song - and that I didn't understand when I was younger - is how it deals with recovering from mental illness. The last chorus is all about survival but the fact that Mark says he still wants to pass the time in his room alone is very relatable and real because when you're recovering from suicidal thoughts it isn't a flip from wanting to kill yourself to an explosion of happiness. It's more like wanting to kill yourself less and less until one day you just think "I haven't thought about killing myself in a while", and I think Mark captured an essential part of the problem that is usually ignored in music.. like all the songs that say two minutes ago I wanted to kill myself but now I'm happy!! It doesn't work like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasa Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Some kid did kill himself to “Adam’s Song,” but the song isn’t named after him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisions Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 idgaf about this band anymore but I was very saddened to read this Guy has fought a lot of battles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy030 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Blood clots are no joke. Hope the dude gets better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theedge00 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Woah, heavy stuff! Hope he's gonna be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott. Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Anyone’s else consider Elevator a Blink song. Mark and toms vocals are so good. Song is a fucking jam 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Pretty sure you've been saved Mark.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 whoah, that sounds... really serious. i hope hes alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibaut182 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Scott. said: Anyone’s else consider Elevator a Blink song. Mark and toms vocals are so good. Song is a fucking jam Glad that I'm not the only one that really likes this song, my favorite Box Car Racer song ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2point5 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 7 hours ago, decisions said: Oliver, nows your chance! Send em your Adams Song video and get your arse to Vegas! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Value Boy Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, 2point5 said: Oliver, nows your chance! Send em your Adams Song video and get your arse to Vegas! I give it a week before he's in a hot tub with Feldmann. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Scott. said: Anyone’s else consider Elevator a Blink song. Mark and toms vocals are so good. Song is a fucking jam Man. You're gonna make me listen to the damn song. Been a while since I've listened to that great song. Also has a kick ass woah unlike the woahs of California. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Man that sucks about Trav, that's serious stuff. This was the weekend I looked at going to in Vegas a few weeks back, glad I didn't book it! 5 hours ago, Scott. said: Anyone’s else consider Elevator a Blink song. Mark and toms vocals are so good. Song is a fucking jam Every time I listen to that I think, "So this is like 100% totally Blink, but not Blink?" such an odd thing when you think about it, but yes I love that song! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott. Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I gave box car a spin this morning while making brekkie. Great album. Toms voice at its prime on that record. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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