Genius Meanings
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blink-182 – This Is Home
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[Verse 1: Tom DeLonge] / We work and slave the day away / We're raised in perfect families / We fuck and fight like vagabonds / We dance like fucking animals / Don't stop the band
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blink-182 – Stay Together for the Kids
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“Stay Together For the Kids” is written from the point of view of a child with divorced parents. Duel vocalists Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus were growing up when both their parents
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blink-182 – All the Small Things
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Blink-182 founder Tom DeLonge wrote this song with bassist/singer Mark Hoppus. DeLonge wrote this song about his then-girlfriend and eventual wife, Jenna Jenkins. His anecdotes—
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blink-182 – Please Take Me Home
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[Verse 1: Tom DeLonge] / Oh no, it happened again / She's cool, she's hot, she's my friend / I'd drive for hours, it's so / You leave me nowhere to go / [Pre-Chorus: Tom DeLonge
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blink-182 – What's My Age Again?
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Arguably one of the greatest pop-punk anthems and one of the most popular blink-182 songs. “What’s My Age Again?” was written by Mark Hoppus and was inspired by the fact that he
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blink-182 – After Midnight
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The second official single from the album Neighborhoods narrates the story of a troubled couple looking for an escape. The song is about complex and damaged people falling in love
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blink-182 – I Won't Be Home for Christmas
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Originally released in 1997 as a radio promo, “I Won’t Be Home for Christmas” is one of the two Christmas-themed songs by blink-182—the other being “Happy Holidays, You Bastard"—
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blink-182 – Remember to Forget Me
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The closer of NINE, is about someone telling his mom to forget him, and let him go into life. This reflects on the band, showing how they became famous, and then toured all around
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blink-182 – Bored to Death
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“Bored To Death” is the first single from Blink-182’s 2016 album, California, and the first to feature Matt Skiba, who replaced long-time guitarist Tom DeLonge in 2015.
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blink-182 – Last Train Home
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[Verse 1: Matt Skiba] / Late at night on mercy street, the summer air is way too sweet / The way I feel inside is worse than poison / Washed up standing on a beach, something
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blink-182 – Anthem
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“Anthem” is the twelfth and final track from blink-182’s third studio album, Enema Of The State, released in 1999. The song discusses the aftermath of a massive party booked by the
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blink-182 – Don't Mean Anything
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Don’t Mean Anything is the fourth song on the 2nd CD of Blink-182’s 2017 Album California (Deluxe Edition).
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blink-182 – The Party Song
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This song is about a really bad party Mark goes to. Just when he think the party can’t get any worse, he sees a girl that he likes. However it soon turns out that this girl isn’t
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blink-182 – Shut Up
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“Shut Up” is a vulgar track where Mark Hoppus writes about the fallout of a toxic relationship involving him and his ex-lover. Nothing screams “break-up song” like lots of swearing
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blink-182 – Voyeur
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In “Voyeur,” Tom DeLonge sings from the perspective of a young pervert who follows a girl from his school to her home in order to watch her change through her window from a tree.
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blink-182 – Josie
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Mark Hoppus confirmed on his Tumblr that “Josie” was written with “an imaginary ideal girlfriend” in mind. When looking for a name, his friend—Elyse Rogers from Dance Hall Crashers
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blink-182 – BAD NEWS
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[Intro: Mark Hoppus] / I'm givin' you bad, bad news / I think I might've fallen out of love with you / Years of fighting and hiding feelings / All those nights staring at the
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ROPEFUEL – Blink 182
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Rocking back and forth / No sense of self worth / My mom and dad think I'm depressed / I think I need a cigarette / I am so slow / I will not go / Turn the lights on / I wanna go
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blink-182 – Pathetic
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“Pathetic” is the first track on blink-182’s second studio album Dude Ranch.
The song’s lyrics describe how the band members are romantically inept and, simply put, pathetic. But
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Blink-182's “Heaven” Addresses The 2018 Mass Shooting In Thousand Oaks, California
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The tragedy occurred just a few miles from drummer Travis Barker’s home.
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blink-182 – FELL IN LOVE
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[Verse 1: Tom DeLonge] / Late nights, feelin' kinda lonely / Drive home, no one's waiting for me / I don't miss the days before I fell for you / Last time was fun, but overrated
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blink-182 – Natives
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This song is about the ever discussed ‘punk rock credentials’ that bands like blink-182 have to keep proving, but they’re beyond that now.
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blink-182 – Online Songs
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A classic song about jealousy and wishing you could have another chance.
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blink-182 – Adam's Song
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A popular song by Blink-182 describing a young boy’s suicide note. It’s a break from their usual light-hearted material, but the end is still life affirming as he decides not to go
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blink-182 – Go
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“Go” is a song about domestic violence. It tells the story of a protagonist named Mark (based off of Mark Hoppus, the lead singer) who heard his father yelling inside and saw his
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