 Bassist Mark Hoppus penned " Adam 's Song " to vent these frustrations and the loneliness he experienced on the tour ; while the other members had longtime girlfriends to return home to , Hoppus was single . " When you ’ re on tour , you 're so lonely , " Hoppus said . " You hang out with all your bros and it ’ s a great time and everything , but everybody wants to come home and have a girlfriend . And every time we 'd fly home , Tom and [ former drummer ] Scott [ Raynor ] always had girlfriends waiting for them at the airport , and I didn 't . It ’ s about me being depressed and lonely out on tour , and not really having anything to come home to . " The couplet " I couldn ’ t wait til I got home / To pass the time in my room alone " originally ended " to get off the plane alone . " 
