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Adams Song

Adams song is a song about death, suicide, depression and remorse. Adam the subject of the song is singing a suicide note meant for a close friend or relative though not his mother. Why he is killing himself though is a mystery, we are never told although We assume he is having problems at home or maybe at school. We can make this assumption from the third verse I played to you. Adams note is saying “another 6 months I’ll be unknown” i.e. his parent/parents won’t really miss him. It could also be talking about the media’s gross representation of modern day youth today “another 6 months I’ll be unknown” i.e. even the journalist that writes an article on him won’t remember. We have been acustomed to tradjety.
Adam is clearly depressed. The pitch of the song te...

Posted by: Chad Boger

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