Editing Adam's Song (section)

==Composition==
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"Adam's Song" was a departure from the content of the band's previous singles, in favor of a slower tempo and more depressing lyrics.<ref name=Tempo /> Brian Wallace of [[MTV]] wrote that Blink-182 "explores new ground on "Adam's Song," setting aside their normal pop-punk punch for a more [[emo]]-influenced approach."<ref name=Brian>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/515428/blink-182-clean-up-their-act-on-new-lp/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407060434/http://www.mtv.com/news/515428/blink-182-clean-up-their-act-on-new-lp/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |title=Blink-182 Clean Up Their Act On New LP |publisher=[[MTV News]] |last=Wallace |first=Brian |date=June 21, 1999}}</ref> The song is an emo,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mychannel957.com/awesome-mixtape-mashes-up-modern-pop-with-classic-emo-video/ |title=Awesome Mixtape Mashes Up Modern Pop With Classic Emo [Video] |publisher=[[WLHT-FM]] |date=December 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Candace Lowry |date=2014-10-22 |title=23 Songs Every Former Emo Kid Will Never Forget |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/candacelowry/songs-every-former-emo-kid-will-never-forget-crying-to |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220181703/https://www.buzzfeed.com/candacelowry/songs-every-former-emo-kid-will-never-forget-crying-to |archive-date=2022-02-20 |accessdate=2022-03-28 |website=[[BuzzFeed]] |lang=en}}</ref> [[pop punk]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stubhub.com/blink-182-tickets/performer/1247/ |title=Blink 182 Tickets |publisher=[[StubHub!]] |quote=In 1999, Blink-182 released Enema of the State, which spawned some of the greatest pop punk anthems of all time, such as "Adam's Song," "What's My Age Again," and "All the Small Things."}}</ref> and [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|author =Michael Gallucci|url=http://diffuser.fm/2000-alt-rock-videos/|title=Top 10 Alt-Rock Videos From 2000|work=Diffuser.fm|date=June 22, 2013 |access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> track composed in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[C major]] and is set in [[time signature]] of [[common time]] with a [[tempo]] of 136 [[beats per minute]]. Hoppus' vocal range spans from G<sub>3</sub> to G<sub>4</sub>.<ref name=sheet>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0063900&|title=Blink-182 "Adam's Song" Guitar Tab|work=Music Notes|date=April 7, 2008 |publisher=[[EMI Music Publishing]]|access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref>

The song begins with the narrator contemplating suicide with the lyrics "I never thought I'd die alone."<ref>{{cite news|title=Blink Song Played At Suicide|date=May 8, 2000|author =Craig Rosen|publisher=[[LAUNCH Media]]}}</ref> The lyrics continue: "I'm too depressed to go on / You'll be sorry when I'm gone."<ref name=Tempo/> "Adam's Song" includes a reference to "[[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]. "Come as You Are" includes the lyrics "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late". "Adam's Song", in turn, includes the lyrics "I took my time, I hurried up, The choice was mine, I didn't think enough".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/04/09/nirvana-influences-lil-wayne-adam-levine-demi-lovato/7500695/ |title=How Nirvana begat Lil Wayne&nbsp;... and Demi Lovato? |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |author1=Korina Lopez |author2=David Oliver |date=April 9, 2014|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>

Barker's drum track was labeled by [[Drummerworld]] as "one of the most creative beats of his career," and mainly consists of the same basic beat repeated in sections throughout the verses.<ref name="drums"/> The first measure begins with the [[kick drum]] and [[splash cymbal]] playing on the downbeat, followed by a hit on the bell of the [[ride cymbal]] on the "and" of beat two, preceding an open [[Hi-hat (instrument)|hi-hat]] that rings out for a full count on beat three.<ref name="drums"/> "The kick, [[Snare drum|snare]], and [[floor tom]] are all hit simultaneously on beat four, followed by [[floor tom]] hits on the last two sixteenth-note triplets of beat four."<ref name="drums"/> The snare is hit on beats two and four, respectively.<ref name=drums>{{cite web|url=http://www.drummerworld.com/Drumclinic/travisbarkeradam.html|title=Transcription of "Adam's Song" from Enema of the State|publisher=[[Drummerworld]].com|author =Rich Lackowski|access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref> The song "gradually builds to a powerful, piano-laden [[crescendo]],"<ref name=Brian /> and the song's final chorus and conclusion take a more uplifting view of the world: "Tomorrow holds such better days / Days when I can still feel alive/ When I can't wait to get outside."<ref name=Tempo/> DeLonge noted that over six guitar parts were recorded for the "gigantic, sad" choruses, but upon [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], only four were used. "The extra ones didn't really do anything besides make it a little more unclear what was going on."<ref>{{cite news|title=Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time: ''Enema of the State''|work=[[Guitar World]]|date=August 2006}}</ref>