"The choice was mine

I didn't think enough

I'm too depressed to go on

16 just held better days

Days when I still felt alive

We couldn't wait till I got home to pass the time in my room alone"

Adam's Song by Blink 182

Andy's depression took over his life. In the end, he just wanted the pain and hurt to go away, so he felt the only way to accomplish that was ending his life. Days were better when he, Robert, and the other boys were playing basketball and hanging out. In the end, he found himself alone in his bedroom with his father's shotgun.