Who is Adam from Adam's song?

Question

The blink 182 song, Adams Song, who is Adam or whats the story behind the song?

Answer 1

"The story behind that is Mark read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he committed suicide to his parents. We kind of got together and wrote this sad, slow song. It came out sadder than we ever thought it would, which is good too. Any song that moves you is good. Some people listen to it and go 'Wow, that's a real bum-out of a song.' But it's one of those things, a story of a kid not being happy in his life, crossed with us being really lonely on tour. At the end of it there's a better way out, there are better things to do than kill yourself."

that's a quote from tom delonge himself

Answer 2

that song sounds very personal, so adam may have been a friend who committed suicide
OR
blink-182 was looking into the head of a suicidal teen and trying to explain what his thoughts might be

either way, adams song is, without a doubt, their best, and most mature song that they have recorded to date

Answer 3

Well, I've always thought that they just took an average name for that song to represent that t could happen to anybody.
Or they could really havea friend named Adam, but I think the first one is more likely.

Answer 4

I'm still wondering who Paul is from Paul's song..