Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus explained the meaning behind this paranoia-fueled track in the liner notes of the band's untitled fifth album: "The beginning of this song has letters that my grandfather wrote to my grandmother in World War II. Joanne Whalley came into the studio and read them. The song itself is about paranoia. Being afraid of the outside world convinced that people can hear your thoughts."
Stockholm Syndrome is when you connect with people who have kidnapped or detained you, and you and begin to feel protective of them because they are all you really have. The condition is named after a famous robbery in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973 where captives were kept in a bank vault for 6 days. They felt sympathy for and defended the robbers, even after the ordeal.
Joanne Whalley is an English actress who got her start in film playing a non-speaking groupie in the 1982 musical drama Pink Floyd - The Wall, based on the album of the same name. That album's engineer, James Guthrie, also mixed a version of blink's single "I Miss You."
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