 Hoppus : " I was actually out shopping , and management called me up and told me the story of what happened , and I was like , " But that 's an anti @-@ suicide song ! " It felt awful . I mean , the things that the kid had had to go through in his life were very saddening , and then to end it that way was really depressing . But " Adam 's Song " , the heart of the song is about having hard times in your life , being depressed , and going through a difficult period , but then finding the strength to go on and finding a better place at the other side of that . " 
