The song describes a dysfunctional family that stays together for the sake of their child but fails to address their problems. They get along but there is still much pain. The singer hopes the parents will enjoy the holidays but knows they gave everything away and questions whether they will remember this lost time together after they pass.

1. Stay together for a kid
By: Blink 182
It’s hard to wake up Rather than fix the
When the shades have problems, they never
been pulled shut solve them
This house is haunted It makes no sense at all
It’s so pathetic I see them every day
It makes no sense at all. We get along so why
I’m ripe with things to can’t they?
say If this is what he wants
The words rot and fall and this is what
away. she wants
If a stupid poem could fix Then why is there so
this home much pain?
I’d read it every day.
So here’s your holiday
So here’s your holiday Hope you enjoy it this
Hope you enjoy it this time
time You gave it all away
You gave it all away It was mine
It was mine So when you’re dead and
So when you’re dead and gone
gone Will you remember this
Will you remember this night, twenty years now
night, twenty years now lost
lost. It’s not right
It’s not right
So here’s your holiday
Their anger hurts my ears Hope you enjoy it this
Been running strong for time
seven years You gave it all away

2. It was mine night, twenty years now
So when you’re dead and lost
gone It’s not right x4
Will you remember this