Asthenia
Blink182(블링크 182) Lyrics

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Last night it came as a picture
With a good reason, a warning sign
This place is void of all passion
If you can imagine it's easy if you try
Believe me I failed this effort
I wrote a reminder this wasn't a vision
This time where are you Houston
Is somebody out there will somebody listen

Should I go back should I go back should I
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back should I go back should I
I hope I won't forget you

My head is made up of memories
Most of them useless delusions
This room is bored of rehearsal
And sick of the boundaries
I miss you so much

Should I go back should I go back should I
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back should I go back should I
This time I don't want to
Should I go back should I go back should I
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back should I go back should I
I hope I won't forget you

Should I go back should I go back should I
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back should I go back should I
This time I don't want to
Should I go back should I go back should I
I feel alone and tired

Should I go back should I go back should I
I hope I won't forget you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Blink182's song Asthenia describe a feeling of loneliness and dissatisfaction with one's current situation. The singer reflects on a warning sign that has come to him as a picture, urging him to question whether he should go back to a past he misses. He is struggling to find passion and purpose in his present circumstances, and instead finds himself trapped in the monotony of a boring and repetitive rehearsal. The memories that populate his mind are merely illusions, and the only thing he truly misses is someone from his past.

The lyrics of the song convey a sense of hopelessness and indecision, as the singer is torn between his desire to go back and the fear of forgetting what he once had. The repeated refrain of "should I go back, should I go back" underscores his sense of uncertainty, while the final line "I hope I won't forget you" expresses his fear of losing an important connection from his past.

Overall, Asthenia is a poignant and introspective meditation on the themes of memory, loss, and regret, set to the driving rhythms and impassioned vocals that Blink182 is known for.

Line by Line Meaning

Last night it came as a picture
I had a vision in my mind

With a good reason, a warning sign
It was a sign of trouble ahead

This place is void of all passion
There's no excitement or enthusiasm here

If you can imagine it's easy if you try
It's not hard to see how dull this place is

Believe me I failed this effort
I tried to change things, but it didn't work

I wrote a reminder this wasn't a vision
I made a note to myself that this was real

This time where are you Houston
I need help, where are you?

Is somebody out there will somebody listen
Can anyone hear me, can anyone help?

Should I go back should I go back should I
I'm considering going back

I feel alone and tired
I'm exhausted and lonely

I hope I won't forget you
I don't want to forget about you

My head is made up of memories
My mind is filled with past experiences

Most of them useless delusions
Most of them are meaningless and false

This room is bored of rehearsal
This room is tired of practicing over and over

And sick of the boundaries
And tired of being limited

I miss you so much
I really miss you

This time I don't want to
This time, I don't want to go back

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TRAVIS BARKER, TRAVIS L BARKER, TOM DE LONGE, MARK HOPPUS

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@guilhermeferreira2834

5y↑26

Last night it came as a picture
With a good reason, a warning sign
This place is void of all passion
If you can imagine, it's easy if you try
Believe me, I failed this effort
I wrote a reminder: this wasn't a vision
This time where are you, Houston?
Is somebody out there? Will somebody listen?

Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I hope I won't forget you

My head is made up of memories
Most of them useless delusions
This room is bored of rehearsal
And sick of the boundaries
I miss you so much

Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
This time I don't want to
Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I hope I won't forget you

Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
This time I don't want to
Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back? Should I go back? should I?
I hope I won't forget you

All comments from YouTube:

@Bhlunted

2y↑24

By far my favorite blink 182 album. Every song on here hits so hard and has a special place in my heart. I feel like this was probably their most mature album every song has meaning.

@thecat3315

2y↑35

This album is a Masterpiece

@pietropattacini7332

5y↑15

Hands down best blink song, all 3 of them at their peak in this song and everything is just perfect

@danielb913

22w

It’s crazy and it’s so underrated. Toms chorus’, Travis drumming. Marks idk but it’s a really wonderful song

@guilhermeferreira2834

5y↑26

@britishukboy2526

6y↑25

legends never dies... respect blink 182

@JP-ch8es

4y↑30

02:58 Travis rolls to Tom's vocals ... Epic!!!!

@tennisjiujitsu

10y↑31

As old as this song is it will always be relevant today! All of their songs are this way! So many childhood/teenage memories I want to cry!!

@bronk1022

7y↑1

PriestofthePrinces theyve been part of my life probably since i was around 5 cause my older sister listened to this music when she was my age now like 12-18 age and still does so i always heard them all the time when i was little

@giovanniminnicelli381

8y↑67

by far best blink182 song of all time. hands down.

@giovanniminnicelli381

8y↑11

Dumpweed is one hell of a track but this is so much BLINK. If you get what I mean

@ExShinsengumi

5y↑3

Iuno man. I would say stockholm syndrome is their best but this whole album is FIRE

@speedyboi349

3y↑2

Yes this my favorite

@bedrockanarchyrealm2762

2y↑1

Eh it's one of the weaker songs on this album but that could be just me.

@YourName-ls7vq

2y↑3

Tom's vocals are just 10/10

@mattbinder7030

6y↑61

Probably their best song. Wish they would have played this song live more often, but I really don't want to hear it with Skiba.....

@oskarmarks5766

4y↑3

ok matt ;-)

@schizojit

3y↑1

@baileysmithful this is literally from their best album. Yes it's very repetitive that chorus sounds like ass. But the rest is beautiful

@lambchopzzzzzzz

2y↑1

@@schizojit nah. The chorus is sick

@michaldvorak1403

6y↑5

Damn, this whole album is about ten levels elsewhere... The whole new dimension of music.. How could they create something like this without being on drugs? xD xD

@jiesus2596

5y↑9

"Should i go back"

The album was a concept album about a toxic/dying relationship. It's damn easy to tie this to personal shit you will go through.

I'm not sure if i should go back to the person i used to be with in a relationship with. We both made mistakes and things just ain't the same anymore.

Being possessive, cheating on a lover and being in a full on toxic relationship. Both hurting each other. I never want to go back but damn i miss her so much.

@shiki494

I'm in your same situation. I was searching on the comments for some advice.. but... things can't come back the same. Years can't come back... I would like to come back, because sometimes i feel so alone, so misunderstood. You want to go on, but something, people or just yourself, always hinder you from go on. You wanna go back in the best times, with that person. But actually you know things can't back the same as they used to be.
I mean, in my case, I would like to go back. But I know that she isn't the right person to me. Even if I go back, things would be good 2-3 days, then everything will fall quickly into toxic things and same old problems... I hope you can figure it out one day, and me too...

@jiesus2596

@@shiki494 i guess things just need to flow on their own. Its stupid sometimes how people give advice telling u to go outside, be active, meet new people as if it's easy to not feel like u were scammed to spend months/years committed to one person 24/7. Had relationships after her but shits still the same. Not only do i feel like i let myself down but also the person i was with after her.

@justinj.8170

6y↑2

This is one of my favourite songs by them! Surprisingly, in my opinion, a little unknown to some people.

@jennasalzan1808

7y↑53

I was listening to this and my heart just kind of dropped because this song reminds me of Tom leaving. "Should I go back? Should I go back? Should I? I feel alone and tired... this time I don't want to" etc and I know this was before everything but I don't know. Kind of hurts to look back and read the lyrics and have them bring up bad times such as this one. Wish tom was still in Blink.

@oukei3344

6y↑1

Jenna Maybe Tom hinted that he is gonna leave?

@PatoGuzmanAd

5y↑1

Obviously yes, there were tensions between them before this album came out.

@TheGamesOfToday

5y↑1

I don’t think that was intended no, could be wrong of course but I don’t think so. Though tensions were high I don’t think that was the consideration, they broke up a year and a half- two full years after the album. Although like I said could be wrong, your description is very upsetting tho lmao

@vonjovi4849

2y↑2

I hope you have received the news. TOM IS OFFICIALLY BACK!

@e.j5813

4y↑10

Bro they go hard !!🔥💯

@grantsch1861

I don't wanna be that guy, but what?

@bastianzorf8071

6y↑39

I've hated the Self title Album when i first Heard it, but as i grew up i strangely understood it and its Tone. It Struck Home to me. Now its my Favourite Blink Album =)

@alcatandra

3y↑2

me too! I remember not caring for it much but geez after listening to it multiple times I can't stop listening to it

@jackiemehoff8239

3y↑2

I don’t even understand how you can or would want to hate it. You must have horrible taste in music to even think such a thought. Fuck, I’ll pray for you

@jackiemehoff8239

3y↑4

You kids must be insanely young or just didn’t grow up with them. I’m an 80s boomer, so maybe stuck in my old ways but this is and was their greatest album.

@alcatandra

3y↑1

@@jackiemehoff8239 I just didn't care for it because at the time I liked their other albums more than this one and I just forgot about this one

@joseph2thag476

3y↑3

Yea this was and had been my favorite album of theirs since it came out. Take off your pants and jacket is a close second

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@bignoel32

7y↑2

These lyrics are some of Blinks best in my opinion

@fdang3ls81

26w

absolute masterpiece

@bridget6767

6y↑13

Owe these guys my life.... Thank god for blink-182. <33

@tayloremriectx

6y↑8

I used to fall asleep EVERY single night back in the early 2000’s to this

@Madmaxxx33

6y↑6

Holy fuck the memories, 2003 I was in 8th grade I remember my buddy had an osiris backpack with speakers built into it we would crank this shit through the halls at school everyday

@elektrolucas

3y↑1

Always remember in 2003 a friend of mine at school told me one of the new blink songs had actual NASA audio at the start, blew my 16 year old mind 🤣 amazing song

@rubgalax642

3y↑2

This was the only blink song which had a 3 time signature (in the bridge). Untitled was such a good record to experiment new things.

@sneeding

can you explain a 3 time signature? I’m not the brightest…

@Top-Kek

1y↑3

Always rooting for Tom 🎸

@daltonwilliams4155

9y↑166

people either love blink 182 or hate tom's voice

@kieran5026

9y↑28

In other words, some people either aren't tone deaf, or are

@settingsun3470

7y↑2

+KJ No

@r3n3gad33

7y↑1

tre coolio Wait he was in American Idol?

@sokave32lol59

5y↑3

Toms voice is the shit lol I’ve heard worst yo

@arsena5209

I really love listening to people who have a similar voice to his singing
Especially with this kind of music

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@Zero081086

5y↑3

This is the best blink 182 style song of his own album.

@KLLERSK-uh1fv

Favorite song on the album

@Sush9546

5y↑5

That rift rings my heart

@CPTBlaxican182

6y↑2

I'm going back to my child hood memories right now... damn I miss the old days

@vaporskillz

8y↑46

this threw me back into 2008 so hard, I listened to this literally everyday of the year, I miss the simple days

@mikejones-zi5et

8y↑2

agreed. 2008 to 2009 and that reunion concert.

@devvo182

THE REUNION CONCERTS 😪

@joeycarter8691

I feel the same way.

@jackiemehoff8239

2003 for me when I saw 9.

@shermancrew01

8y↑22

This song remains an all time favorite of mine. I don't take a liking towards the music that is currently popular.

@nopldipopldi8574

8y↑27

you're so cool.

@potatoman2377

4y↑2

This really brings back memories..im not crying 🥺

@jconnor609

9y↑247

"my head is made up of memories, most of them useless, delusions"

@Dover939

6y↑1

pretty legit as a schizophrenic

@clublulu399

Describes me to the T.

@PanzerAbt242

6y↑4

yead*

@jessebowles5632

6y↑3

DELL OOSH ON

@elftower907

5y↑3

duh loo zhuns

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@untouchable1368

8y↑104

I wanna go back to 2003 so bad!

@zajac3268

5y↑4

Me too ! At least i was not born

@bon2yan88

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@arsena5209

5y↑3

Me too. I was born then.

@yuhi8925

4y↑1

i want to go there because i wasn't born yet

@danielb913

4y↑1

MARTY?

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@michaelbarnard3103

7y↑3

2:07 for me. love that little garage band jam sesh they had

@revoabednegofathoni23

5y↑2

Damn.. I miss this song a lot

@_chopper_

I just got a huuge wave of nostalgia I swear I remember this song from when I was five like in 2011

@peeweesherman

I like to think if aliens came to Earth and heard what Travis Barker played to Tom's writing, they'd stay and chill.

@skylersimmons4464

i love it so much

@caleb7551

2y↑1

The way he says "delusions" is so satisfying, although I don't know why.

@ogbee9690

7y↑71

reminds me of the cloudy days of early high school

@DarkMage2k

4y↑4

YES! YES! EXACTLY THE SAME HERE! AND THAT'S MY MOST FAVOURITE MEMORY EVER

@zackmiskowiec393

Wow you put this song into a feeling

@Sush9546

5y↑1

Best goodbye song from tom

@jivanbenia9711

i love this

@hsjbkdnmwm

Increíble

@pmqtpqbtmz3956

5y↑2

2003 - 2013 the best albums came out.

@jamesvelazquez1004

6y↑5

After long fucking days of being alone it’s nice to go on fucking YouTube and listen to see songs and scroll through the comments and see people with the same interests as me and could make relate and are friendly people man

@jamesvelazquez1004

Damn I’m soo lonely and will never change..

@emmawerenchuk7766

I often feel like no one understands when i talk about things I’m really passionate about and it makes me kind of sad. It makes me feel alone. But scrolling through these comments on these songs is often something i find myself doing, it’s just nice to be able to relate to other people and see what others have to say. It’s comforting.

@haydocon8937

this was the first album I brought when I was eleven. still love this band

@jf7075

best fucking song ever. i miss you so much

@MrTylerHiggins

5y↑7

I’m sick of the boundaries, I miss you so much...

@LimitedPiko

5y↑2

I love that when you put it in the perspective that this song is about an apocalypse where an astronaut is in space and Earth is dead it makes a lot more sense. "Where are you Houston? Is somebody out there?" "Should I go back?" "I feel alone and tired." "I hope I won't forget you." Or it can be about a girl, I guess.

@RM-186

2y↑2

“16 I wanna be different I’m holding this inside, aside from you
18 this year of reason these pictures they do what, I wish they wouldn’t do”

@denissesaldana5307

10y↑28

I should have never dedicated this song to that guy. I mean, this song is awesome and yet I can't listen to this without remember that idiot. Don't do that, kids.

@ryanvaldez00

This song is about a guy lost in space.

@denissesaldana5307

Yeah, that's what make this song so "dedicable".

@ryanvaldez00

Hary Golt so "that guy" was an astronaut?

@denissesaldana5307

Kinda. He was always "on space" though.

@ryanvaldez00

That's not like an astronaut.

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@speedyboi349

Scratch21 covered this and sounds identical
The heck its creepy

@yuhi8925

underrated af

@VAAlyChan1

8y↑17

You guys should listen to Scratch21's cover of this song. It's way better than the original.

@justseizurealeks

8y↑1

No offence to Blink182, but I agree

@Trunks1200

me too!

@asthenia4231

8y↑12

no, just no.

@Trunks1200

8y↑2

Lincoln Harvey Wow, what an insightful and well articulated response clearly detailing why you disagree. This has truly added to the conversion. It's not like it was a complete waste of everyone's time.

@dnelson9498

8y↑7

yeah no

it's not a bad cover but like it doesn't compare to the original. kudos to them for tackling that song though

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@fretfingerman414

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Frost_Winterfall

Don’t get me wrong, this song is great, but I’d love to hear Matt from Scratch21’s cover of this over Tom. I just prefer his singing in all honesty

@francisdaino8034

5y↑1

Blink is the best

@valentin5682

10y

this song :')

@seanmatthewlucero8241

5y↑2

Blink 182 and dashboard confessional best

@mariegreen3098

11y

blink 182 times and say ur a part of them... <3<3<3<3

@vanetamona9918

4y↑1

THE DRUMS

@lexbaldwin2085

10y↑67

i'm sick of the boundaries, i miss you so much

@Isaac70065

9y↑3

One of the best songs/verses that he's ever written

@ookbarslounge4708

4y↑1

The best verse of any album they have had

@oliverdaly4550

30w

My personal favorite song is Anthem but this is is my second no doubt

@bobek111093

15y

Blink <3

@austinjosef41

5y↑3

Being from Houston I love the shout out Tom

@pmqtpqbtmz3956

5y↑2

Blame it on my youth and blink182xLil Wayne brought me here... God damn I miss the glory years.

@jetfalconer25

12y

Cyborg Ron Paul 3000! Still keeping the dream alive!

@R1453M

Awesome

@luisleonardoesparzamendoza6377

6y↑1

Should I go back, should I go back, should I!!!

@Caraviaggio

12y↑3

And at the end starts singing I've been here before....

@OrestisKaitsas

10y↑5

blink182 all the way !!

@OrestisKaitsas

I LOVE MY SELF <3

@simiskos1494

wraios

@hervoiceresides1993

5y↑2

Birth for Angels and Airwaves

@Top-Kek

Yep!

@nxtwilson

13y

watch my band play this. for once its not shitty like most of the covers on youtube. peace

@punkrockboy860

5y↑1

Is there somebody out there? will somebody listen? should I go back should I go back should I I feel alone and tierd should I go back should I go back should I I hope I won't forget you

@deathakid

3y↑1

damn mgk really coped this melody for my bloody valentine

@pmqtpqbtmz3956

5y↑2

Fucking gaaah I miss old blink. Tom come back.

@BlackMaria

2:07 Box Car Racer vibes

@tharin4400

i feel alone and tired.

@rachd1887

6y↑1

I miss you so much.

@cia7832

4y↑1

had my first kiss to this song

@bigtasty2767

32w↑1

What happened? Did they delete the original?

@aigooism

Goddammit Delonge why do u have to leave????

@vprmn

7y↑2

one guitar part is similar to song No Use For a Name - Soulmate

@RomarpunkrockSK8

I was about to write that lol

@sroliverjr8267

8y↑14

This should of been a single instead of down :/

@LazyTheCandy

8y↑3

+brenden 182 Down is pretty good too, this should have been another single :)

@statuspremier77

This and all of this were suppose to be the last two singles but the band broke up

@eliezerlampard5586

🗣️Should I Go back? , Should I Go back? , Should I? ... 🤔

@pokerockpatrolxD

6y↑4

"Always: intro" in the ending

@tnevau

11y

This video must be in 100p

@seanmatthewlucero8241

5y↑1

Blink 182

@insubordinate2056

7y↑14

last night it came as a picture with a good reason a warning sign

@slyfox6668

7y↑4

Insubordinate::: this place a portable passion

@andreibaradayenka2016

7y↑1

SLYFOX 666 *void of all passion

@nikolaipopolis1447

Only Blink 182 know how to say these things...

@insubordinate2056

7y↑2

Nikolai Popolis:: they will now never be the same 😢😢😢😢

@yeyonge

only tom

@lynzieerin

6y↑1

Damn, Tom quit😭

@Sush9546

My dream is they release an album before dying

@sneeding

Is somebody out there? Will somebody listen?

@stevetucker5851

“Shit-eye, go back, shit-eye, go back, shit-eye!”

@ImmAshley

I know how you feel. Except the guy dedicated them to me and now I hate them lmao. Good thing they're not blink songs

@trevisz182

10y↑46

I hope I WILL FORGET you!!!!

@ruo7336

8y↑3

+Sum Blink dude.. to the top/.

@vprmn

8y↑2

2003.......should i shold i go back? not this time.....

@hervoiceresides1993

This song sound much like AVA

@zachary5038

This time, I dont want to.

@naveedmanjra8718

5y↑2

Thomas Matthew Delong you said and quoted should I go back and I feel lonely and tired if you do let me know I will definitely want to be in a band with you