Adam's Song

I’ll never forget the time when the realization that my best friend(who took his own life months prior) was gone and I was never gonna see him again hit me like a freight train. We used to listen to this while playing Halo CE. This song started playing on the radio while I was driving home, and it all came and hit me, all the emotions hit me at once. I had to pull off the highway because my breakdown was so bad. It wasn’t until 2 hours later did I get back on the road. Rest In Peace Sam ✌🏻

I'm still here, alive, a decade later, and it does get better. Hold on.

I'm currently surviving cancer and this song means a lot more to me now than it ever did before

I was 19 when this came out... Remember this song being a huge staple in those alcohol-sodden days... I'm now 41, and my 9-year-old son was singing along to this today... Surreal!!! Time really does go by!

"Please tell mom this is not her fault" Legit the biggest reason I'm still here is because my mom would have never understood it wouldn't have been her fault and I couldn't do that to her

Please tell mom this is not her fault. Man that hits home.

This song meant nothing as a kid. Now I can’t listen to it without shedding a tear. RIP Max.

Depression is a hell of a drug

Lyrics: I never thought I'd die alone I laughed the loudest, who'd have known? I trace the cord back to the wall No wonder it was never plugged in at all I took my time, I hurried up The choice was mine, I didn't think enough I'm too depressed to go on You'll be sorry when I'm gone I never conquered, rarely came Sixteen just held such better days Days when I still felt alive We couldn't wait to get outside The world was wide, too late to try The tour was over, we'd survived I couldn't wait 'til I got home To pass the time in my room alone I never thought I'd die alone Another six months I'll be unknown Give all my things to all my friends You'll never step foot in my room again You'll close it off, board it up Remember the time that I spilled the cup Of apple juice in the hall Please tell mom this is not her fault I never conquered, rarely came Sixteen just held such better days Days when I still felt alive We couldn't wait to get outside The world was wide, too late to try The tour was over, we'd survived I couldn't wait till I got home To pass the time in my room alone I never conquered, rarely came Tomorrow holds such better days Days when I can still feel alive When I can't wait to get outside The world is wide, the time goes by The tour is over, I've survived I can't wait 'til I get home To pass the time in my room alone

Probably the darkest/saddest song written in a Major key I can think of. That alone is an impressive artistic achievement

One of the greatest songs of all time and it saved my life. Thank you Blink ❤

it gets better. stay strong. i love you.

Thanks Blink.. whenever I hear this song I think of all the bullshit lies I’ve told my family about hiding my addiction problems.. Live on and live strong because life is beautiful.. ‘Please tell mom this is not her fault’ is a revelation that can’t be forgotten to me.. Thanks Blink

The text really feels different when you hear it 15 years later as an adult.

I remember in high school my writing teacher played this in class to discuss song lyrics and I swear when I first heard this song it really described everything I was going through in my own life at the time. It was a very strange phenomenon

The drumming in this song is fucking phenomenal

"Please tell mom this is not her fault" Goosebumps

If you're here because you've lost someone, be strong for them. Life is too short, and you weren't the reason. Love you all.

So many memories with this song. Sept 16, 2001.....when I got the phone call and cranked this song as loud as possible in my '94 Explorer; so many tears, I could hardly see the road.

I miss these days... High school, my best friends, the whole world in front of us Time flies