In “Give Me One Good Reason,” Tom DeLonge asks for ‘one good reason’ to be another casualty of society. He critiques everyone around him and feels like an outcast; he believes punk rock is about hating everyone else, hence, he proceeds to judge everyone around him. In the official program for the band’s 2001 TOYPAJ tour, Tom wrote: "I felt like I was the only one in high school who liked my kind of music. Punk rock was only listened to by me, and a couple of skinhead friends.

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