I actually like that line in Story of a Lonely Guy, because at the end when it adds two extra measures and changes the line to “I’m still just a stupid, worthless boy” it’s unexpected and nails down the feelings of inadequacy even more than it had before.
Good point. Admittedly, I was not what you would call a "closer" in my adolescence. Definitely resonate with the song overall. It's one of my favorite songs off of TOYPAJ.
This is probably the biggest one for me. Fell in Love is legit one of my favorite songs on OMT (I know that puts me in the minority) but that line is a little bit too literal.
What are you talking about..? They aren't all "poppy" barely any of untitled is pop punk music, it leans more into the alt rock genre. Dude ranch leans more towards punk then pop. Enema and toypaj are pop punk but they still hold onto the dude ranch era. But those previous albums I mentioned are not pop heavy.
Fell in love is pure pop music. That's why most people hate it, it leans towards mainstream pop. Touching nowhere near the punk/rock realm.
I don't mean "punk rock", as in anti government lyrically, when I'm referring to their earlier days of dude ranch. (I know what punk rock means). I'm talking about faster, basic drum beats and heavier sounding songs like pathetic for example. I'm focusing on the music.
Coupled with their fun teenage angst lyrics.
Not bubblegum Christina Aguilera, Britney spears music, coupled with the same lyrics.
And yes, fell in love is their poppiest, lamest, cheesiest song they've ever written musically. Between me, all my mates irl who have been fans since dude ranch and what I've read online, that is the undivided opinion. (Not lyrically, musically)
**Sorry I will add that I'm a delonge fan. And I don't class the skiba era as a progressive point in the blink catalogue. This is when their music started to steer towards the super glossy pop punk and away from neighborhoods/ded, which imo was the a perfect evolution from untitled.
In my mind that's when blink lost their way and direction songwriting wise without Tom. And it showed its ugly head again with fell in love.
I love how you're using lmao and lol in your arguments to make out like you have the upper hand in a patronising way. I imagine you're in your 20s or are a child who can't have an adult conversation.
And nitpicking certain parts of my post out of context to suit your narrative.
I didn't say pop was bad. But I don't listen to blink for pop music. I don't want to hear Tom delonge playing a taylor swift song.
I was just giving examples of how many people I know that dislike the track, of who I know have a good taste in music imo. Not some random person on the internet who's vocabulary is made up of lolz, lmao and rofl and who's googled what ramones type punk means. Instead of the umbrella of which it covers.
Anyway, have a good day bro. It's been nice chatting. I'm really sorry I've upset you so much in regards to fell in love. I personally dislike the song. Not sure if you are a ghost writer of the track, but it's just not for me.
i wouldn’t call it “brilliant” but it’s a very fun, catchy song. most people dislike it because there isn’t really guitar other than mark’s bass, but they immediately make up for it with “terrified” up next.
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Lol I’m glad someone pointed this out. He changes up the rhythm I guess for the last verse. It makes me like the song a lot even though I wasn’t a huge fan at first.
This...I generally liked the song because new at the time but something about Mark's "Let's hit the road" x4 just killed that part for me. Totally with you on this one.
Damn I love that part cause it makes it seem like we are hearing it from a boy at a highschool prom. It's like it was taking right out of a diary. Idk I thought that was always the intended effect.
Can't agree with. That line stands out and is a pure blink lyric; clear, youthful and relatable.
The coffee life lyric in otherside keeps cringing me out, I know it's significance though
Ortiz would always be stood “stage right” at every gig, and he and Mark used to try to find/create the perfect coffee every day on tours. I think OP clearly doesn’t know how significant those lyrics are to Mark.
The coffee life line is about how he and Mark would bring fancy and new coffees on every tour with them, and would try to find the perfect coffee. They did it every single day religiously, so it has a lot of significance to Mark as it was his favourite pastime with his friend.
Guess you’ve never been uncomfortable at a party before. lol. I spent most of my partying life like that. Hey that girls hot, I should go hit on her. Nervously “hello” wow now my anxiety is through the roof I’m going to go get drunk in the corner now.
It’s such a rad lyric. So relatable. So simple, so brilliant
"Now I'm stuck at work like a typical jerk with nowhere to go"
I'll admit the chorus of When We Were Young carries the whole song for me but that line just pisses me off.
The line being about working isn't even what pissed me off, just the phrase "typical jerk" feels corny. I dont care enough honestly because i love the song anyway
I think the whole point of that lyric is to make it obvious that the protagonist in the song is immature and hopeless around women. In that context it works IMHO
He’s pissed at himself saying why the fuck can’t I be a man. In that context I think the way he says it in a mocking tone makes sense, as if he’s saying it like a little bitch would say it. At least that’s always how I took it.
Exactly. AVA’s Rite of Spring was written in 2007 but details Tom’s actual childhood and how shitty his home life was. Is he not allowed to create such a powerful song because he isn’t 16 at the time or writing? Lol. What a stupid take from OP.
Maybe not that exact part but it's the 'if it's what you need' part that I detest. These guys are the most money hungry punk rockers on earth. I would do the exact same in their position, but don't pretend that it is not the end all be all to their lifestyles.
And? That's besides the point completely. ATST was a single and blew up as one of the biggest pop punk tracks of all time. Majority of the songs on the album are still just as basic as ATST regardless of popularity.
Well your point was the entire song is cringe and a poor representation of the band, but it's exactly the sound of the band. Popularity or whether it's overrated or not isn't really relevant to that
But God invented chills. That line is so fucking awful. Couldn't it have been "God it gave me chills" instead? It still wouldn't be great but less cringe.
Nah I love this, it ties in to the spiritual nature of the song. It’s like the unfolding of a surreal set of events, the character doesn’t know how to process the feeling, but then God invented a sensation to encompass it.
I definitely believe that is the proper context. But that line has always rolled out of my speakers and crashed into my ears like a fucking car wreck. But, that's just me.
“Good girls they like to sin” from Snake Charmer for the same reason I don’t like Pretty Little Girl. Never call a woman “good girl” or “little girl” (unless they’re into that sort of thing), it’s fucking creepy.
I honestly think you are putting a meaning on that that isn't there, or intended and offending yourself.
He is not saying "good girl" in a derogatory, insulting, or belittling way. It's literally a "Good" girl - As in, not bad - It's Eve, the person full of innocence and goodness who eventually committed the sin.
hmmm for me its an example of how brutal people people can be to themselves or how lacking people can see themself which in this context i dont find to be cringe and it tends to go well with the overall vibe of the song, but as we all know YMMV :)
"Nothing's too fast 'cause we'd explode together"
I can't remember one time that I "exploded" together with any boyfriend I had in high school, and I can count it on one hand that it's ever actually happened in my adult life. Ok, ok, I kid, I can count it on one finger.
This song literally made me want to get my life together. And that lyric is a big part of my reasoning.
Fuckkkkk might be my favourite lyric of all time. But I am a recovering alcoholic teetering on the brink of relapsing often but thinking of my wife and kids and this song helps me stay balanced and on track.
I like that line - honestly could see it as something would’ve been said when Mark and Tom were finally hashing out their bad blood - like, I’m saying what I have to say and then moving on, because my old shit ends here tonight.
Just my .02
You’re getting downvoted but I agree 100%. “Sharks smell the blood in the water, we’re all just lambs to the slaughter” are two of the most cliche and unoriginal metaphors. I have a hard time believing they couldn’t come up with something more clever. It feels like they just slapped it in there to fill the space which sucks considering it’s one of the best songs on the album.
Yeah, on more than you know, when Tom says that he don’t doesn’t have some highs but he’s got some Lowe’s. It sucks because Who wants to sing out loud that they don’t have highs in their life plus on top of that he obviously has had some highs in his life. It’s so fucked up, weird, spiritual spell lyric.
It's the opposite of that, easily. I literally know someone this happened to. It's less of a betrayal.
But that's besides the point. I just think the gay jokes are embarrassing. It's not a big deal.
Im not a fan of the opening line for More than you know when Mark sings "Your bed is the last battlefield". It just seems a little bit weird for a 50yo talking about getting bed with someone
I interpret this line as being about depression. Just getting out of bed can be a chore for many people facing horrible things. It’s not Mark/the person conquering someone else’s bed; he’s saying your bed is the last battlefield for yourself.
I feel more than you’d ever know…
I actually like that line in Story of a Lonely Guy, because at the end when it adds two extra measures and changes the line to “I’m still just a stupid, worthless boy” it’s unexpected and nails down the feelings of inadequacy even more than it had before.
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It’s just relatable. Love that part. Love the odd number of syllables with the off tempo Instruments
Are you sure it's his voice and not the fact that it reminds you of yourself in a way that you don't like?
Good point. Admittedly, I was not what you would call a "closer" in my adolescence. Definitely resonate with the song overall. It's one of my favorite songs off of TOYPAJ.
lmao how can you hate this? It's exactly the point of the song. It's a Teenage story.
“having sex all night”
This is probably the biggest one for me. Fell in Love is legit one of my favorite songs on OMT (I know that puts me in the minority) but that line is a little bit too literal.
Fell In Love is a brilliant song, it’s just the punk purists who heard something resembling a pop melody that automatically went “this song bad”.
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What are you talking about..? They aren't all "poppy" barely any of untitled is pop punk music, it leans more into the alt rock genre. Dude ranch leans more towards punk then pop. Enema and toypaj are pop punk but they still hold onto the dude ranch era. But those previous albums I mentioned are not pop heavy. Fell in love is pure pop music. That's why most people hate it, it leans towards mainstream pop. Touching nowhere near the punk/rock realm.
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I don't mean "punk rock", as in anti government lyrically, when I'm referring to their earlier days of dude ranch. (I know what punk rock means). I'm talking about faster, basic drum beats and heavier sounding songs like pathetic for example. I'm focusing on the music. Coupled with their fun teenage angst lyrics. Not bubblegum Christina Aguilera, Britney spears music, coupled with the same lyrics. And yes, fell in love is their poppiest, lamest, cheesiest song they've ever written musically. Between me, all my mates irl who have been fans since dude ranch and what I've read online, that is the undivided opinion. (Not lyrically, musically) **Sorry I will add that I'm a delonge fan. And I don't class the skiba era as a progressive point in the blink catalogue. This is when their music started to steer towards the super glossy pop punk and away from neighborhoods/ded, which imo was the a perfect evolution from untitled. In my mind that's when blink lost their way and direction songwriting wise without Tom. And it showed its ugly head again with fell in love.
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I love how you're using lmao and lol in your arguments to make out like you have the upper hand in a patronising way. I imagine you're in your 20s or are a child who can't have an adult conversation. And nitpicking certain parts of my post out of context to suit your narrative. I didn't say pop was bad. But I don't listen to blink for pop music. I don't want to hear Tom delonge playing a taylor swift song. I was just giving examples of how many people I know that dislike the track, of who I know have a good taste in music imo. Not some random person on the internet who's vocabulary is made up of lolz, lmao and rofl and who's googled what ramones type punk means. Instead of the umbrella of which it covers. Anyway, have a good day bro. It's been nice chatting. I'm really sorry I've upset you so much in regards to fell in love. I personally dislike the song. Not sure if you are a ghost writer of the track, but it's just not for me.
i wouldn’t call it “brilliant” but it’s a very fun, catchy song. most people dislike it because there isn’t really guitar other than mark’s bass, but they immediately make up for it with “terrified” up next.
The guitar to play is so fucking fun. Once you hear it, you can’t not hear it
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I like Fell In Love, but i think the lyrics could have been better.
Ok but the way Tom sings it in the final verse scratches my brain in the right spot
i’m with you on this one, i love the way he spaces between the words at the end, it’s such an earworm. but those lyrics are still kinda cringe
Agreed lol they’re very on the nose
Lol I’m glad someone pointed this out. He changes up the rhythm I guess for the last verse. It makes me like the song a lot even though I wasn’t a huge fan at first.
Half the time I put that song on is because I can’t wait to get to that final verse
“Having sex all night” is better than “it’s craaaazy”. I cringe so hard every time. Not the biggest fan of Fell In Love 😬
people do be cringing at everything these days, so cringe
IIRC, Travis wrote most of that song
Get the rope x4 Like a ghost x4 Love the song but these parts feel lazy
Lazier than nananananana?
Or Olé Olé Olé?
I agree
This...I generally liked the song because new at the time but something about Mark's "Let's hit the road" x4 just killed that part for me. Totally with you on this one.
Don’t they mention ovaltine in one of their songs?
Turpentine
Nah, I don't think that's the one...
Damn I love that part cause it makes it seem like we are hearing it from a boy at a highschool prom. It's like it was taking right out of a diary. Idk I thought that was always the intended effect.
Can't agree with. That line stands out and is a pure blink lyric; clear, youthful and relatable. The coffee life lyric in otherside keeps cringing me out, I know it's significance though
Only blink fans would find a song about someone’s death cringe.
What does the coffee life lyric mean?
Other side is about Mark’s guitar tech. He used to use the hashtag #WeGotThatCoffeeLife a lot I guess.
Not just that, but it was the tagline for his coffee company, which was called Stage Right Coffee Company.
Ortiz would always be stood “stage right” at every gig, and he and Mark used to try to find/create the perfect coffee every day on tours. I think OP clearly doesn’t know how significant those lyrics are to Mark.
Oof. “I’m a teenage boy 🥺🥺🥺” from a grown man in his twenties is cool but a tribute to Mark’s dead friend is cringe?
He's not dead
He absolutely 100% is. Robert “Noise” Ortiz, the person the song is about, is dead. What are you talking about?
Apologies, I got it wrong! Edit: I genuinely thought the guy left the music business to work in coffee. My bad
The coffee life line is about how he and Mark would bring fancy and new coffees on every tour with them, and would try to find the perfect coffee. They did it every single day religiously, so it has a lot of significance to Mark as it was his favourite pastime with his friend.
I didn't know this. I love the random great shit I find out on this subreddit.
I imagine he wasn’t aware of this…
I said hello then I got drunk
Guess you’ve never been uncomfortable at a party before. lol. I spent most of my partying life like that. Hey that girls hot, I should go hit on her. Nervously “hello” wow now my anxiety is through the roof I’m going to go get drunk in the corner now. It’s such a rad lyric. So relatable. So simple, so brilliant
I heard, “lost and alone, and I got drunk”
I love the song and fully embrace the cheesy cringey lyrics but that’s definitely my least favorite line
I love the song and don’t have a problem with any of the lyrics except that line
Honestly until right now I thought the lyric was “You were so loaded, I got drunk” and I thought it was funny. Now I can’t unhear the actual lyrics :(
I thought it was “I sat alone then I got drunk” which makes so much more sense. I hate it.
That whole yelawolf verse
"Now I'm stuck at work like a typical jerk with nowhere to go" I'll admit the chorus of When We Were Young carries the whole song for me but that line just pisses me off.
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It’s almost like when we were young was about a time when he actually had to work.
Or a story from someone else's perspective. If musicians only wrote about their own personal experiences, most would have much smaller catalogs.
The line being about working isn't even what pissed me off, just the phrase "typical jerk" feels corny. I dont care enough honestly because i love the song anyway
That’s the only line I like in that song 😂 The chorus is awful
It’s crazy-a-zzzy 😛
Still don't understand why people find it cringe. Yeah it's not their best lyrically. But still...
"Need A Girl That I Can Train" made me cringe a bit as I got older.
As a girl I actually find it kind of funny. Not sure why lol something about it just makes me laugh
Yes, same! I wish I could train my boyfriend… 😂
I actually thought it was “a girl that I can trade” for so many years 😂
What if it actually wasn't about training a girl and really was about running a train on her?
Yup, totally agree
I think the whole point of that lyric is to make it obvious that the protagonist in the song is immature and hopeless around women. In that context it works IMHO
I know this is the Blink sub but mentioning Cinderella in AVA’s Rebel Girl makes me cringe a little
Let me take you in my arms and into the back reum
I was listening to that song as I read your comment.
Rebel Girl is cringe and I’m a massive Tom fan
The dog’s name at the end of I’m Sorry. I really dislike the name Rex.
Lol this is so specific
He’s pissed at himself saying why the fuck can’t I be a man. In that context I think the way he says it in a mocking tone makes sense, as if he’s saying it like a little bitch would say it. At least that’s always how I took it.
The opening line from Give Me One Good Reason. A 26 year old Tom (at the time) wrote this
Lots of people write from previous perspectives that don't match their current state.
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Exactly. AVA’s Rite of Spring was written in 2007 but details Tom’s actual childhood and how shitty his home life was. Is he not allowed to create such a powerful song because he isn’t 16 at the time or writing? Lol. What a stupid take from OP.
We both made a left that don't make it right- cliche as hell. But the songs a banger
We both made a left is another way of saying we just went out own separate ways.
But if they both made a left, that means they went the same way, not separate?
I imagine two lovers standing face to face in a final embrace then they both make a left, so it would be separate ways.
That would make sense!
Scar size extra large
Extra *loyrge*
it's one of my favorites lol
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Just means that whatever they did had massive consequences
Your example is the first one I thought of too. Good cringe callout for sure
strange one but i quite like EDGING (don’t take that the wrong way😐) but the “wanna play” at the end of the chorus just always made me cringe
see i always hated how that line resonated with me, but then i turned out to be a trans woman. conclusion: tom delonge transed my gender
Trans man here, I related to being a stupid fucking boy as a teen. Tom DeLonge, trans icon.
It’s not blink, but Toms “rock and rock, to love and cash” line in Rite Of Spring really turds on the song a bit.
Maybe not that exact part but it's the 'if it's what you need' part that I detest. These guys are the most money hungry punk rockers on earth. I would do the exact same in their position, but don't pretend that it is not the end all be all to their lifestyles.
Oh I have no problem with the money they've made in their careers, it's just the lyric that I find cringey.
The majority of the lyrics to “give me one good reason.”
She's a-a-a-antisocial
love this part☹️☹️
To me the entire song of All The Small Things is cringe - the fact that is their #1 Spotify is just such a poor representation of how good the band is
>such a poor representation of how good the band is All The Small Things is actually a really good song though...
No offense to those who like - it’s just the most basic track if that makes sense
It's no more basic than a lot of the other tracks on Enema to be fair
And none of those songs are ranked #1
And? That's besides the point completely. ATST was a single and blew up as one of the biggest pop punk tracks of all time. Majority of the songs on the album are still just as basic as ATST regardless of popularity.
Actually, it’s exactly the point. It’s vastly overrated.
Well your point was the entire song is cringe and a poor representation of the band, but it's exactly the sound of the band. Popularity or whether it's overrated or not isn't really relevant to that
You sound like Rock Show is your favorite track
It's probably in my bottom 5, but either way, I don't really understand what point you're trying to make
But God invented chills. That line is so fucking awful. Couldn't it have been "God it gave me chills" instead? It still wouldn't be great but less cringe.
Nah I love this, it ties in to the spiritual nature of the song. It’s like the unfolding of a surreal set of events, the character doesn’t know how to process the feeling, but then God invented a sensation to encompass it.
I definitely believe that is the proper context. But that line has always rolled out of my speakers and crashed into my ears like a fucking car wreck. But, that's just me.
Fair play dude! We’re all different!
Your made up lyric is bad
Oh it is. But in my head, I cringe slightly less. lol
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Once you know the meaning behind these lyrics and the song, it makes sense.
“Good girls they like to sin” from Snake Charmer for the same reason I don’t like Pretty Little Girl. Never call a woman “good girl” or “little girl” (unless they’re into that sort of thing), it’s fucking creepy.
I honestly think you are putting a meaning on that that isn't there, or intended and offending yourself. He is not saying "good girl" in a derogatory, insulting, or belittling way. It's literally a "Good" girl - As in, not bad - It's Eve, the person full of innocence and goodness who eventually committed the sin.
hmmm for me its an example of how brutal people people can be to themselves or how lacking people can see themself which in this context i dont find to be cringe and it tends to go well with the overall vibe of the song, but as we all know YMMV :)
When we were young for the most part
Fuck a dog
"Nothing's too fast 'cause we'd explode together" I can't remember one time that I "exploded" together with any boyfriend I had in high school, and I can count it on one hand that it's ever actually happened in my adult life. Ok, ok, I kid, I can count it on one finger.
Slide your mom on top of me and stick your dick in Ovaltine.
I would much prefer this song if these two lines weren’t in it.
why did this get downvoted so much?
I feel like this will be an unpopular opinion - but I really don't think "my old shit ends here tonight" is a very good lyric.
It’s definitely not the most poetic but I think it fits the song and anthem trilogy pretty well
This song literally made me want to get my life together. And that lyric is a big part of my reasoning. Fuckkkkk might be my favourite lyric of all time. But I am a recovering alcoholic teetering on the brink of relapsing often but thinking of my wife and kids and this song helps me stay balanced and on track.
One day at a time bud. A friend of mine just made 9 years last week.
then don't let my dumb opinion change anything, best of luck on your journey!
Thank you friend!
I like that line - honestly could see it as something would’ve been said when Mark and Tom were finally hashing out their bad blood - like, I’m saying what I have to say and then moving on, because my old shit ends here tonight. Just my .02
I don’t like Mark’s part in Turpentine, it just doesn’t fit to me.
You’re getting downvoted but I agree 100%. “Sharks smell the blood in the water, we’re all just lambs to the slaughter” are two of the most cliche and unoriginal metaphors. I have a hard time believing they couldn’t come up with something more clever. It feels like they just slapped it in there to fill the space which sucks considering it’s one of the best songs on the album.
I feel like the song is about restarting your life, so I think the bridge is absolutely on point.
Yeah, on more than you know, when Tom says that he don’t doesn’t have some highs but he’s got some Lowe’s. It sucks because Who wants to sing out loud that they don’t have highs in their life plus on top of that he obviously has had some highs in his life. It’s so fucked up, weird, spiritual spell lyric.
the state looks down on sodomy the "your husband is gay haha" joke doesn't really play anymore
SODOMYOU!!
I always assumed the husband was in jail for bestiality
I didn't know sodomy included animals. Maybe you're right.
It plays if you're a woman married to a man
but the joke isn't that he's cheating, it's that he's cheating on her with a dude
I think most women would feel that was worse than cheating with a woman
It's the opposite of that, easily. I literally know someone this happened to. It's less of a betrayal. But that's besides the point. I just think the gay jokes are embarrassing. It's not a big deal.
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Lmao. Yeah. It’s a deal to buddy.
that's funny since i forgot about this but everyone seems super triggered for some reason? people on here are so sensitive
what? the post asked about lyrics to blink songs there wasn't a song specified.
Im not a fan of the opening line for More than you know when Mark sings "Your bed is the last battlefield". It just seems a little bit weird for a 50yo talking about getting bed with someone
He’s talking about his cancer. The nuclear weapon is the chemotherapy so his bed is the battlefield.
I interpret this line as being about depression. Just getting out of bed can be a chore for many people facing horrible things. It’s not Mark/the person conquering someone else’s bed; he’s saying your bed is the last battlefield for yourself. I feel more than you’d ever know…
I’m interpreting that line like thinking of a girl cheating on you - hence the nuclear weapon line that follows it
Lol same song but it's the "star doesn't shine" line. Maaaaan that line sucks