 " Adam 's Song " is a song recorded by the American rock band Blink @-@ 182 for its second studio album , Enema of the State ( 1999 ) . It was released as the third and final single from Enema of the State on September 5 , 2000 through MCA Records . " Adam 's Song " shares writing credits between the band 's guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus , but Hoppus was the primary composer of the song . The track concerns suicide and depression . It incorporates a piano in its bridge section , and was regarded as one of the most serious songs the band had written to that point . 
