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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Wl41pHQls
its suposedlly the letter Adams Song is based on.
smiles4blink
07-30-2007, 11:33 AM
I've never read that before
It was really well written I though, but I don't like the fact that he blamed people, like those girls who turned him down..? seriously? They probably feel really guilty and responsible for his death now, and I don't think that's fair at all.
Some of what he said was really true though, like how Christians are unaccepting and such. It's sad.
mmm yeah, thanks for posting that.
thesk8ingwombat
07-30-2007, 01:23 PM
I've never read that before
It was really well written I though, but I don't like the fact that he blamed people, like those girls who turned him down..? seriously? They probably feel really guilty and responsible for his death now, and I don't think that's fair at all.
Some of what he said was really true though, like how Christians are unaccepting and such. It's sad.
mmm yeah, thanks for posting that.
he wasn't blaming them for turning him down, it was how they did it. he said they all humiliated him except for the one girl who was running for class officer. but he suspected she just wanted his vote
his letter was very well written, like he had thought about his decision for a long time and knew what he was doing. adam's my hero, not for committing suicide, but for writing that letter.
smiles4blink
07-30-2007, 01:27 PM
he wasn't blaming them for turning him down, it was how they did it. he said they all humiliated him except for the one girl who was running for class officer. but he suspected she just wanted his vote
Okay, well even if he wasn't blaming them, they probably still feel a little responsible.
It was really well written though, and he definitly was positive that he wanted to do it, and it's sad, but it's what he wanted and I'm sure he's happier than he would have if he hadn't..you know
Misfit
07-30-2007, 01:44 PM
That's interesting. I never read this before.
I like the part of the Christians, cause it sums up something, in the end it doesn't really matter if you believe in the Christian God, but whether you would want him be your God. Anyone who can't clear this question first is a God fearing moron. And he did, he didn't want a God of these christian hypocrites.
boxcarracer
07-30-2007, 02:31 PM
that was sad :(
recklessalexa
07-30-2007, 03:00 PM
ive never seen that before.
that was really sad. and it really actually made me think. like what could i do to be better or nicer. or something.
wow wow wow.
That hit me badly.
That's really sad and yet vry..I dunno...epic? I dunno. THta was big.
Brittney [loveTMD]
07-30-2007, 06:13 PM
depressing.
1blink8exists2
07-30-2007, 06:24 PM
there's this guy at my school like that. but i dont think he would kill himself. hes the type that would come to school with a gun and kill other people. i try to be nice to him. nobody else is.
there's this guy at my school like that. but i dont think he would kill himself. hes the type that would come to school with a gun and kill other people. i try to be nice to him. nobody else is.
you shouldn't judge people like that, you probably don't really know him right. thats the same as kicking the guy into the stomach while he is lying on the floor, making assumption about him without knowing how he really is and what he really feels. its good your tring to be nice to him though
Sad letter. School can be the best or worst years of someone's life. And since he reached a point where he couldn't take living anymore, he wasn't able to find out how great the rest of his life may have been.
]depressing.
very.
edit: holy crap, i watched it again, this is scary, theres gotta be no worse feeling than what this kid went through.
alliasthenia
08-05-2007, 04:01 PM
can someone get the note, and have it in normal text?
i cant watch videos, but i really want to read it.
watch1the8world2
08-05-2007, 05:26 PM
To the man and woman who chose to conceive a child. The result of which was me, when it fit in to their 5 year plan; To the teachers who never really cared, no matter what they say; To my fellow geeks, dweebs, et. al., who will no doubt receive more abuse upon my passing, as my tormentors will no longer have me to kick around; To my fellow students who made my life a living nightmare when they should have focused on their education; to those who never cared, never spoke, probably never knew my name;
To one true friend whose caring was the only thing that prevented this even from happening sooner; To the God, if he does exist, chose to play a cruel, cruel joke on me when he placed me where he did and surrounded me with so many uncaring faces; To all of you goodbye.
I am leaving a world to which I never truly belonged or fit in. Do not weep for me, or mourn my passing. I say this not because I expect to be mourned, but to allow those who truly did not care to go along with their lives with a clean conscious and dry eyes. I know you don’t want to weep for me. So don’t. But I do ask you to listen to the final words of a young man who has taken charge of his own destiny.
Perhaps my parents might feel something inside that causes them to shed tears. They may pretend it’s sorrow for their “loss”, but I hope it is something else. Perhaps sorrow for bringing a child in this world with out the time or the desire to raise him. I wasn’t the product of love, born of a desire to prepare another human being to grow and lead the human race. I was merely the next acquisition, the next task, the next project of their list of things that bring significance.
No child should be brought into this world for the mere purpose of being just another possession. I am not an asset to be cataloged and listed on your tax forms beside your house and car, or fought over during your divorce proceedings. I am a human being. I am sorry that it took this to make you to realize that. If you don’t yet get it, then I am even sorrier.
What about my teachers? Will they be sorry to see another student become a statistic? Certainly the administration and Principal Chowning will mourn, as my death will not reflect well on them as an institution. Well I apologize for making the statistics for your institution worse. But I don’t expect an apology for the false sympathies of people like Mrs. Dunfee, and the broken promises of others like Mr. Richman.
As for my fellow students, those who made a more significant impact on my life, I know better than to expect my tormentors to mourn. But if I am going to address those who belittled me I would be remiss if I failed to include the ladies in my life. I guess that’s not entirely accurate, as the ones I prefer to fall into two basic categories: those who refuse to be in my life, and those who I would rather to be excluded from my life. In the former category, Melinda Tunney, Jessica Silvers, and dear Kimmy Vanover, whose laughed in my face after I asked her to homecoming dance, humiliating me in front of I don’t know how many other classmates. In the latter category are too many to mention, although I must single out Rebecca Cull and Vanessa Dietretch for the dedication to the cause of destroying any shred of self-esteem I might dare to foster. Why can’t you accept the things that make other people different rather than insisting everyone conforms to your will? Sure some did offer friendly gestures. Nicole Edwards often would greet me and ask me about my life. Not that I ever felt comfortable to tell her anything; I never trusted her enough to give her the chance. What was the purpose? Did you really give a flip about the shy, quiet kid who sat behind you in 8th grade history? Or was it all about creating an illusion that you care, just to guarantee my voting for you as class officer.
I can only conceive of one person who will truly be sad of my parting. Marty, you talked me out of this decision three times. You even called 911 when I swallowed a bottle of pills. That is why I did not tell you this time, and why I do this in secret, alone. I wish you were coming with me on this great adventure, into the final frontier. Wherever I go, yours will be the one face I carry with me. The one soul I will miss. Yours is also the only forgiveness I ask and beg for as I depart from this life. I love you and always will.
There is another group I have not yet addressed: those who like me left me alone. Or should I say ignored me. I appreciate your sparing me any further harassment, but your inaction, your withheld hellos, and how are yous did more to hurt than any name calling. Your inaction effectively excluded me from student life, from the human race. You left me isolated and alone, and no words I could say can convey to you the suffering you caused. I could name names, but in doing so I would now do more for you than you ever did for me in life.
I do not know what awaits for me at the end of this gun. Will there be a void or will I come face to face with God? I do not care anymore, if you are anything like your people I would not want to know you. You preached to love one another yet I felt everything but love from Christians. Even if I could know you were different, well, I still reject you. You have left your “followers” to treat people like me poorly. You have allowed so many of the people you “love”, including me, to suffer. So you want me to trust you with my life? I don’t want to spend the rest of eternity with a careless deity like you, or the company you keep. As my final moments tick away I wonder what impact these words will create. It depends first on this website being found, as I doubt whether school administration will want such venom spoken publicly about their lack of caring. Still the internet is a remarkable place where even the most insignificant individual can be heard. Will anyone listen? Will anyone take action? Will students pause and pay attention to the hurting hearts around them? And even if they do will it be a temporary salve for their egos, to convince themselves they’re really not bad people… or will real change happen?
My heart certainly goes out to my fellow outsiders. With me gone, some of you will certainly feel more of the pain and hurt that I did. No one understands you. No one cares how your day is going. No one gets to know you as anything more than a nerd, a geek, a loser. You can do nothing for their social status, save the occasional boost to the ego they get from putting you in your place. Some of you, like Andy Riker, will get outlets in writing. Some, like James Moon, will have an escape in art. Some, like Sean Gilbert, will live their life pursuing unicorns which they will never, ever catch. I never had a talent to lose myself in or a dream or a unicorn to chase and so I have taken a path most dreaded. Some of you may soon join me, and I look forward to welcoming a brother or sister to the land where you will never suffer the loneliness and rejection that faces you now.
Farewell forever. I am going to another place. Where I do not know, but logic dictates it can only be an improvement. Perhaps my passing will only prove a footnote in a school year book. Then again, perhaps the sacrifice of one might bring hope to others. If my death makes life for one person a little more bearable, or a little more enlightened, do I really die in vain? “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one”
-Adam Kreiger
there it is i typed it directly from the video lol enjoy
Jenni_182J
08-05-2007, 05:31 PM
LOL I was going to type that but I had dinner :lol:
Good job!
watch1the8world2
08-05-2007, 05:32 PM
haha thanks, it took like 30 min. but i was bored so it wasn't a big deal :P
Misfit
08-06-2007, 12:34 AM
Thanks a lot!
...Chris...
08-06-2007, 10:38 AM
the song makes it more upsetting for me =(
Haywire Robot
08-06-2007, 01:22 PM
Why did you even post this shit?
What do you mean? As in it's fak or whatever?
Why did you even post this shit?
It supposedly led to the writting of Adams Song. So why not post it?
devil
08-07-2007, 12:18 AM
Why did you even post this shit?
It supposedly led to the writting of Adams Song. So why not post it?
i heard the letter adam's song was based on was re-written into the lyrics of the song. like, it took specific things from the letter and i don't see anything in this that match.
On a side note, this kid was a fucking psychopath. He doesn't have anything to fucking cry about. Big deal, he went through the same shit EVERY fucking teenage kid goes through and just couldn't handle it.
Not trying to sound insensitive, I just don't think his letter is very sad at all, except the fact he was so fucked up that he thought that stuff was worth killing himself over.
watch1the8world2
08-07-2007, 01:34 AM
^ i don't feel exactly the same way as you but i kinda agree in the fact that i wanted to comment on how some of it isn't THAT big of a deal like getting rejected lol, it's happened to me and happens to all teenagers =/
...Chris...
08-07-2007, 02:11 AM
i'm just glad the kid killed himself, instead of pulling a columbine.
boxcarracer
08-07-2007, 02:13 AM
i'm just glad the kid killed himself, instead of pulling a columbine.
agreed.
I'am just gald in general.
alliasthenia
08-07-2007, 03:46 AM
"Sean Gilbert, will live their life pursuing unicorns which they will never, ever catch."
i almost cried. but that made it so much better.
and devil made a good point.
thanks a lot though :D
Haywire Robot
08-10-2007, 01:11 AM
Why did you even post this shit?
It supposedly led to the writting of Adams Song. So why not post it?
For the exact reasons Devil posted.
Its interesting to read about anything that may have led to a blink song. And whether or not something actually did is subject to opinion unless noted by Mark or Tom. And maybe Travis.
Sorry to bump this but you guys do know that there never was an actualy Adam Krieiger right? The song is based on a fiction play about a boy that commits suicide. I dont know whether they thought it was real or not, but its not real.
Sorry to bump this but you guys do know that there never was an actualy Adam Krieiger right? The song is based on a fiction play about a boy that commits suicide. I dont know whether they thought it was real or not, but its not real.
Heres what Tom said about it:
Guitarist Tom Delonge: "The story behind that is Mark read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he committed suicide to his parents. We kind of got together and wrote this sad, slow song. It came out sadder than we ever thought it would, which is good too. Any song that moves you is good. Some people listen to it and go 'Wow, that's a real bum-out of a song.' But it's one of those things, a story of a kid not being happy in his life, crossed with us being really lonely on tour. At the end of it there's a better way out, there are better things to do than kill yourself."
The lyrics, "I traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all" were inspired when guitarist Tom Delonge was playing in his garage and he and his amp were in a puddle. Luckily, the amp was not plugged in or he could have been electrocuted.
The line "I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine, I didn't think enough" refers to the 1991 Nirvana's song "Come As You Are." There, the line is, "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late."
...Chris...
09-03-2007, 04:18 AM
Sorry to bump this but you guys do know that there never was an actualy Adam Krieiger right? The song is based on a fiction play about a boy that commits suicide. I dont know whether they thought it was real or not, but its not real.
Heres what Tom said about it:
Guitarist Tom Delonge: "The story behind that is Mark read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he committed suicide to his parents. We kind of got together and wrote this sad, slow song. It came out sadder than we ever thought it would, which is good too. Any song that moves you is good. Some people listen to it and go 'Wow, that's a real bum-out of a song.' But it's one of those things, a story of a kid not being happy in his life, crossed with us being really lonely on tour. At the end of it there's a better way out, there are better things to do than kill yourself."
The lyrics, "I traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all" were inspired when guitarist Tom Delonge was playing in his garage and he and his amp were in a puddle. Luckily, the amp was not plugged in or he could have been electrocuted.
The line "I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine, I didn't think enough" refers to the 1991 Nirvana's song "Come As You Are." There, the line is, "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late."
i knew about the last paragraph. where did you find this interview?
AlouViseA
09-03-2007, 04:20 AM
I love this song...
Sorry to bump this but you guys do know that there never was an actualy Adam Krieiger right? The song is based on a fiction play about a boy that commits suicide. I dont know whether they thought it was real or not, but its not real.
Heres what Tom said about it:
Guitarist Tom Delonge: "The story behind that is Mark read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he committed suicide to his parents. We kind of got together and wrote this sad, slow song. It came out sadder than we ever thought it would, which is good too. Any song that moves you is good. Some people listen to it and go 'Wow, that's a real bum-out of a song.' But it's one of those things, a story of a kid not being happy in his life, crossed with us being really lonely on tour. At the end of it there's a better way out, there are better things to do than kill yourself."
The lyrics, "I traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all" were inspired when guitarist Tom Delonge was playing in his garage and he and his amp were in a puddle. Luckily, the amp was not plugged in or he could have been electrocuted.
The line "I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine, I didn't think enough" refers to the 1991 Nirvana's song "Come As You Are." There, the line is, "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late."
i knew about the last paragraph. where did you find this interview?
I just typed "adams song meaning".
Sorry to bump this but you guys do know that there never was an actualy Adam Krieiger right? The song is based on a fiction play about a boy that commits suicide. I dont know whether they thought it was real or not, but its not real.
Heres what Tom said about it:
Guitarist Tom Delonge: "The story behind that is Mark read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he committed suicide to his parents. We kind of got together and wrote this sad, slow song. It came out sadder than we ever thought it would, which is good too. Any song that moves you is good. Some people listen to it and go 'Wow, that's a real bum-out of a song.' But it's one of those things, a story of a kid not being happy in his life, crossed with us being really lonely on tour. At the end of it there's a better way out, there are better things to do than kill yourself."
The lyrics, "I traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all" were inspired when guitarist Tom Delonge was playing in his garage and he and his amp were in a puddle. Luckily, the amp was not plugged in or he could have been electrocuted.
The line "I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine, I didn't think enough" refers to the 1991 Nirvana's song "Come As You Are." There, the line is, "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late."
i knew about the last paragraph. where did you find this interview?
I just typed "adams song meaning".
it's also in the description on the youtube video.
...Chris...
09-03-2007, 01:51 PM
Sorry to bump this but you guys do know that there never was an actualy Adam Krieiger right? The song is based on a fiction play about a boy that commits suicide. I dont know whether they thought it was real or not, but its not real.
Heres what Tom said about it:
Guitarist Tom Delonge: "The story behind that is Mark read a letter someone sent him as an email, that a kid wrote before he committed suicide to his parents. We kind of got together and wrote this sad, slow song. It came out sadder than we ever thought it would, which is good too. Any song that moves you is good. Some people listen to it and go 'Wow, that's a real bum-out of a song.' But it's one of those things, a story of a kid not being happy in his life, crossed with us being really lonely on tour. At the end of it there's a better way out, there are better things to do than kill yourself."
The lyrics, "I traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all" were inspired when guitarist Tom Delonge was playing in his garage and he and his amp were in a puddle. Luckily, the amp was not plugged in or he could have been electrocuted.
The line "I took my time, I hurried up, the choice was mine, I didn't think enough" refers to the 1991 Nirvana's song "Come As You Are." There, the line is, "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late."
i knew about the last paragraph. where did you find this interview?
I just typed "adams song meaning".
it's also in the description on the youtube video.
thanks. (someone quote this please)
Anyway here is the link to the play.
http://www.adamsletter.com/
Go down to the bottom and click enter, then click about the play. Here is some that I copied and pasted.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Adam’s Letter is a work of fiction. There is no such person as Adam, nor is the author aware of this sort of story ever happening in real life. Any resemblance between the characters, places, and events to any real people is purely coincidental.
The underlying theme of this play is the idea of community, getting young people to see the need to put their differences aside and care for one another. Our biggest problem is not drugs, depression, suicide, premarital sex, teen pregnancy, or any one social problem. It's a lack of love for one another. I hope this play will inspire young and old to take an interest in those around them. Only by opening our eyes can we stop our friends and classmates from taking a path from which there is no return.
In addition to the play, I created this website, AdamsLetter.com. The website not only features production information, but a complete draft of the script, Adam’s letter, and links and resources for students and adults who need answers to tough questions after the play is done. If the play touched you in some way and led you here seeking answers, I pray one of the resources on this website will help you.
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