re: Weezer or blink 182

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More to your point, I read an article one time talking about Carousel and how Tom Delonge is exploring the realization that high school was a playpen, not a prison...and that the real, adult world is in fact much scarier, more restrictive, and depressing than what he just left. Those kinds of sobering moments that everyone can relate to are what I miss about Blink.

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Agreed. I've always loved Carousel and it absolutely encapsulated life for me in college through to now. Just barely scraping by and realizing that growing up freaking sucks. School wasn't the worst thing ever like I thought it was at the time. I mean, it's such a perfect synopsis of that feeling, that angst, the regret, the longing, the jealousy, etc.

"I talk to you every now and then
I never felt so alone again
I stop to think at a wishing well
My thoughts send me on a carousel
Here I am standing on my own
Not a motion from the telephone
I know not a reason why
Solitude's a reason to die

Just you wait and see
As school life is a
It is a woken dream
Aren't you feeling alone?
I guess its just another
I guess its just another
I guess its just another night alone

Now as I walk down the street
I need a job just to sleep in shade
Buying food every once in a while
But not enough to purchase a smile
A tank of gas is a treasure to me
I know now that nothing is free
I talk to you every now and then
I never felt so alone again

Just you wait and see (just you wait and see)
As school life is a
It is a woken dream
Aren't you feeling alone?
I guess its just another
I guess its just another
Night alone"