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Lead singer Stephan Jenkins has said that the song “comes from a story our manager told us about a high school friend of his who was gay. He went to a conservative school in San Diego all sons of military types. Being gay was just not acceptable. He offed himself—he jumped off a bridge. The song is also about Jenkins’ own difficult, often alienating childhood experiences, he says, “My parents divorced, and that hurt me. We were poor and I went to a rich high school. I was dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder, which I still have. So I carried all these things with me. One afternoon I had this epiphany. I said ‘You know what? I don’t have it all together. I come from stuff that was really difficult, and that’s me. That’s who I am.’ I embraced that. There’s a line in the song that says, ‘Everyone’s got to face down the demons/Maybe today we can put the past away.’ It’s very much a song about putting the past away.”
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  • Jumper
    Third Eye Blind
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  • Totally Hits
    Various Artists Play
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  • Now! 4
    Various Artists Play
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  • Big Shiny 90's, Volume 2 (disc 2)
    Various Artists Play
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  • Araknusfm

    March 2012
  • tortACh

    ахуенно!

    March 2012
  • Araknusfm

    January 2012
  • readaryan

    Great guitar solo

    January 2012
  • JWT155

    One of the worst tracks on the album... speaks more on how powerful their self-titled album is than Jumper as a song.

    January 2012
  • djohnny

    Official music video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FXU3RuX8eo

    September 2011
  • lhdragonsrule20

    great song!

    September 2011
  • Stocktontova

    Great song

    September 2011
  • GeFeS

    Yes Man!

    August 2011
  • lyrik_raydio

    Who couldn't love this song? <3

    May 2011
  • jessielou910

    One of my favorite songs of all-time. Great memories from when I was a kid. Absolutely phenomenal song. <3

    February 2011
  • CubiqueZirqoni

    this song pretty much has it all...great melody, fantastic lyrics, a really good hook...love it.

    January 2011
  • DanChorley

    Absolutely epic. From the heart, and actually God damn awesome.

    January 2011
  • dilute

    favorite song ever since i was a young lad.

    November 2010
  • FCA19795

    Love this song. One of my favorites. Great guitars,excellent vocals, and very meaningful lyrics. One of the best songs of any genre.

    November 2010
  • donutdan

    yes man :P

    November 2010
  • ZelosWilder88

    One of my favorite songs from my childhood

    October 2010
  • theotherpart

    i wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend~ [2]

    October 2010
  • skalaso

    Weird... i never appreciated how great this song is until just now.

    August 2010
  • fledgehog

    QQ-worthy

    July 2010
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