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Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well
He was alone into his distance
He was deep into his well
I could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn't really tell
Now the story's told that Adam jumped, but I've been thinking that he fell
Together we went traveling, as we received the call
His destination India, and I had none at all
Well, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
So free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fall
I sit before my only candle, but it's so little light to find my way
Now this story unfolds before my candle
Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
But I feel just like a candle in the way
I guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sure
When we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said
And I never heard from him again as each our lives we led
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead
I sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the way
Now this journey appears before my candle
As a song that's growing fainter the harder that I play
But I fear before I end I'll fade away
But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say for sure
Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long
And when I stood myself beside him, I never though I was as strong
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
Well I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrong
I'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my way
Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
Yes, I feel just like a candle in the way
I hope I'll get there, but I never pray
He was alone into his distance
He was deep into his well
I could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn't really tell
Now the story's told that Adam jumped, but I've been thinking that he fell
His destination India, and I had none at all
Well, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
So free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fall
Now this story unfolds before my candle
Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
But I feel just like a candle in the way
I guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sure
And I never heard from him again as each our lives we led
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead
Now this journey appears before my candle
As a song that's growing fainter the harder that I play
But I fear before I end I'll fade away
But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say for sure
And when I stood myself beside him, I never though I was as strong
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
Well I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrong
Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
Yes, I feel just like a candle in the way
I hope I'll get there, but I never pray
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It is about some one who commited suicide. I don't think he was the kid everyone lokked up too he was the one that was your friend and all your friends friend but no one knew him. He was an enigma and a ghost at the same time.
The song is about the suicide of a friend.
Adam seems to be a strong, charismatic, jovial type guy. The kind of guy everyone loves, and the singer really looked up to, so it's unbelievable that Adam would just commit suicide, so he realizes that it wasn't as simple as everyone makes it out to be. It wasn't that Adam just decided to kill himself, it was that he fell under the weight of life and pain. And it's leaving everyone else to try to figure out if they can make it.
I had a friend, Dan, who was some yeas older than I and was pretty much my hero. He was very much like Adam as you describe him. I lost track of Dan somehow in the late '90s. Over the years I tried to find him but never could. Then two years ago I heard that he had suicided himself in '03. I was so shocked. If my friend Dan, who was so positive, always ready with a smile and a kind word, could do that, it was possible, even OK, for anyone else to take their own life.
I had a friend, Dan, who was some yeas older than I and was pretty much my hero. He was very much like Adam as you describe him. I lost track of Dan somehow in the late '90s. Over the years I tried to find him but never could. Then two years ago I heard that he had suicided himself in '03. I was so shocked. If my friend Dan, who was so positive, always ready with a smile and a kind word, could do that, it was possible, even OK, for anyone else to take their own life.
i discovered this song yesterday, but didnt really listen to it that closely. and today i found out a friend of mine had committed suicide just 2 days ago. sadly i never got to know his that well... then i listened to this song and listened closely and it speaks to me so much. it exactly describes my feelings right now.
*sorry i meant "i never got to know hiM that well.
it is very hard when you hear a friend from your youth commits suicide...i always liked this song but didn't really give it due respect until i got a call from my parents one day at college (several years back now) and was told that the first boy i ever slow danced with had taken his own life...that was one of the darkest days of my life not because we had been so close but because we had been so much alike...it really hit home and this song has never been the same for me since
why hasn't anyone commented on this song?
anyways, people said that adam committed suicide, but the speaker thinks it was really society that made adam 'fall'. and now the speaker is wondering if he is loosing his way in life too. a very beautiful, sad song.
thanks for the analysis. I wasn't sure if by "fell" they meant he either accidentely killed himslef or someone else made him fall, but society making him fall sound right.