Editing Enema of the State (section)

==Songs==
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"[[Dumpweed]]" kicks off the record, and explores sexual frustration.<ref name="rs"/> The song is based around the hook "I need a girl that I can train," as in [[dog training]]. DeLonge, the song's primary lyricist, explains the song in a 2000 tour booklet: "Girls are so much smarter than guys and can see the future as well as never forget the past. So that leaves the dog as the only thing men are smarter than."<ref name="tourprogram1">{{cite book |last=DeLonge |first=Tom |title=Blink-182: The Mark Tom and Travis Show 2000 Official Program |year=2000 |publisher=MCA Records |page=14}}</ref> The song is a "callow complaint about girls not always doing exactly what you wish they would," and is followed by Hoppus's "Don't Leave Me," a song about a [[breakup]], in irony.<ref name="newyork"/> Hoppus wrote the song in ten minutes.<ref name="kerrang15"/> The guitar swell preceding the second chorus is actually a digital reversal of the [[Delay (audio effect)|delaying]] guitar preceding it.<ref name="tourprogram2">{{cite book |last=Hoppus |first=Mark |title=Blink-182: The Mark Tom and Travis Show 2000 Official Program |year=2000 |publisher=MCA Records |page=14}}</ref> "[[Aliens Exist]]" originates from DeLonge's interest in [[UFOs]] and [[conspiracy theories]].<ref name="rs"/><ref name="tourprogram3">{{cite book |last=DeLonge |first=Tom |title=Blink-182: The Mark Tom and Travis Show 2000 Official Program: Tom's Stupid Alien Page |year=2000 |publisher=MCA Records |page=17}}</ref> "Going Away to College" was written in ten minutes by Hoppus while at home sick on [[Valentine's Day]] 1999. While watching the movie ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]'', Hoppus began to think about "how much it sucks when people are in love in high school" and are forced to be separated after graduation by different colleges in different cities. Since it was recorded late in production, the band had to go back to Los Angeles to record Barker's drum track.<ref name="tourprogram2"/>

The track segues directly into "[[What's My Age Again?]]," also penned by Hoppus, who created it partially as a joke to amuse friends.<ref name="kerrang15"/> It was originally titled "[[Peter Pan Complex]]," referencing the subject matter: one who refuses to grow up.<ref name="tourprogram4">{{cite book |last=Hoppus |first=Mark |title=Blink-182: The Mark Tom and Travis Show 2000 Official Program |year=2000 |publisher=MCA Records |page=17}}</ref> "Dysentery Gary" leads off the second half of the album, and was written by DeLonge about a crush that instead chooses someone else. Left with "nothing better to do," the devastated friend chooses to mock her boyfriend.<ref name="tourprogram1"/> It was one of the first songs the band wrote with Barker.<ref name="kerrang15"/> "[[Adam's Song]]," the [[piano]]-laced seventh track of the record, was written primarily based on the loneliness that Hoppus experienced during the unending days of touring the previous year.<ref name="p83" /> When Hoppus brought the song to the band, the trio reacted positively but showed reluctance to add it to the record, believing the dark subject matter might off-put listeners.<ref name="enemaofthestage">{{cite web |author=MTV News staff |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index.jhtml |title=Blink-182: Enema of the Stage |publisher=MTV News |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195646/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index.jhtml |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Although usually vocals would take many alternate takes to complete, Hoppus completed the vocal track for "Adam's Song" in a single take.<ref name="tourprogram2"/> The [[power pop]]-inspired "[[All the Small Things]]" was composed by DeLonge as both an ode to his girlfriend and one of his favorite bands, the [[Ramones]].<ref name="blender1"/><ref name="rs"/> During the recording process of ''Enema of the State'', DeLonge came home to find roses at the top of the stairs from his girlfriend, which inspired the line: "She left me roses by the stairs; surprises let me know she cares."<ref name="tourprogram5">{{cite book |last=DeLonge |first=Tom |title=Blink-182: The Mark Tom and Travis Show 2000 Official Program |year=2000 |publisher=MCA Records |page=17}}</ref>

"The Party Song" was inspired by when Hoppus attended a "[[Jock (athlete)|jock]]-infested" party at [[San Diego State University]] and met some students who thought highly of themselves.<ref name=altpress99>{{cite magazine |date=September 1999 |title=Blink-182 Article |magazine=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=134 |location=[[Cleveland, Ohio]] |issn=1065-1667}}</ref> Uninterested in the party, he felt he would much rather be at home, which found its way into the song's lyrics.<ref name="kerrang15"/> "Mutt" was written by DeLonge for his friend Benji Weatherly and his appearance in the [[Taylor Steele (filmmaker)|Taylor Steele]] surf video ''The Show''.<ref name="tourprogram1"/> An early version of "Mutt," with Scott Raynor behind the drum kit, was recorded with producer [[Mark Trombino]] and appears on the film's 1998 soundtrack.<ref name="linernotestheshow">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Show |year=1998 |author=Various artists |type=liner notes |publisher=Theologian Records |location=[[United States|US]] |id=T-67}}</ref> The title of "Wendy Clear" comes from Hoppus's boat, named "Wendy," and how boaters end transmissions by letting other boaters know the channel is open for use, or "clear."<ref name="kerrang15"/> Hoppus wrote the song while on tour with [[MxPx]] about having a crush on "someone that you are not supposed to like."<ref name="tourprogram4"/> Lastly, "Anthem," the final song on ''Enema of the State'', is about being trapped in the suburbs, longing for freedom and the age of 21.<ref name="Edwards 2000"/> It is based on when DeLonge was in high school and told his peers that his band would be playing at a friend's house. The party was later busted by the police and a "giant fight broke out."<ref name="tourprogram1"/> Hoppus felt it a perfect summary of the album's themes: "lots of youthful angst, energy, and suburban unrest."<ref name="kerrang15"/>