Editing Stay Together for the Kids (section)

==Composition==
"Stay Together for the Kids" is set in the [[time signature]] of common time, with a tempo of 72 [[beats per minute]]. It is composed in the [[key (music)|key]] of [[D major]] with vocals spanning the tonal nodes of [[A (musical note)|A<sub>3</sub>]] to [[B (musical note)|B<sub>5</sub>]].<ref name="sheetmusic">{{Cite book|title=Blink-182 – Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (Guitar Recorded Version)|date=September 2001|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]]|isbn=978-0634036767|chapter=Stay Together for the Kids}}</ref><ref name=sheet>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0083263|title=Blink-182 Stay Together for the Kids – Digital Sheet Music|website=Music Notes|date=3 May 2010|publisher=[[EMI Music Publishing]]|access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> Hoppus and DeLonge split vocals on the song, with the former handling verses and the latter singing the choruses.<ref name="bb01"/> In the verses, the lyrics detail a marriage gone awry: "Rather than fix the problems/They never solve them/It makes no sense at all." The song [[Fade (audio engineering)|fades out]] with DeLonge singing "It’s not right."<ref name="bb01"/>