Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls
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Goo Goo Dolls - Name Lyrics

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TitleName
ArtistGoo Goo Dolls
AlbumGreatest Hits Volume One: The Singles [2007], Track 5
Live In Buffalo [2004], Track 9
Live In Buffalo [2004], Track 10 Disc 2
Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce [2001], Track 9
Boy Named Goo [1995], Track 6
GenreAlternative, Rock
Duration04:30
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Song lyrics
And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
'Cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost or thrown away

And now we're grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame

But if you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name

Scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
Did you get to be a star
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are

You grew up way too fast
And now there's nothing to believe
And reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name
I won't tell 'em your name
Mmm, mmm, mmm

I won't tell 'em your name...

Mmmmmm

I think about you all the time
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are come back down
And I won't tell 'em your name
submitted by Brad Fraser
corrected by Ginna on 25-11-2011


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 Song comments
  07-07-2009 05:50 illinichris 
illinichris
 
1 posts
Definitely GGD's best song! I'm pretty sure the song is about his sister who had to raise him after his parents died. Raising a younger brother caused her to miss a big part of her youth and didn't allow her to chase her own dreams. Sad, but awesome!
  08-08-2008 00:26 OrangeIris 
OrangeIris
 
325 posts
This is one of my favorite songs and in my opinion one of the Goo Goo Dolls best songs. It is really sad and makes me want to cry when I hear it.
  06-09-2007 23:01 TimForeman108 
TimForeman108
 
36 posts
this song is definetly the best of the best!! goos rock!
  24-07-2007 21:14 sweetxcharade 
sweetxcharade
 
10 posts
I just love this song. I can't find anything bad to say about it. It never gets old and I listen to it all the time.

Reruns all become our history

Just another amazing song by the Goo Goo Dolls!
  27-05-2007 13:26 Veronica_2011 
Veronica_2011
 
125 posts
this song is phenomenal. the tune makes me cry and the lyrics are beautiful. my favorite part is the line 'scars are souvenirs you never lose'. that is amazing.
  17-05-2007 21:00 CJ89 
CJ89
 
110 posts
This is definitley an amazing song, there is no argueing that fact. I have loved it since my friend burnt it to a CD for me last spring. However, personally I think its about a past relationship. He loved a girl and for some reason they split, but he just can't seem to move on: "Even though the moment passed me by, I still can't turn away". He is hurting a little too because the girl had big dreams and somehow after they ended she lost them all and did not become the person she always dreamed she could be. Now that both of them are alone again he says she can hide beside him, he will keep her company and no one has to know.
My favorite line is "scars are souvenirs, the past is never far". It is so true, and fits in with the loss of the girl he loved.
He says she has lost who she is, and she grew up way too fast which made her feel like there is nothing to believe, but even though she has lost hope he will still let her hide beside him and no one will have to know.
He still thinks about her, but he doesn't need to be broken again ("but I don't need the same"). He says its lonely where she is, without him, and he wants to get back together, even if no one knows.
And that folks is my interpretation.
  15-05-2007 09:50 modernmyth 
modernmyth
 
72 posts
I adore this song so much.
  11-01-2007 02:59 dmbhearter46 
dmbhearter46
 
14 posts
I heard this song on the radio right before I fell asleep, and I thought it was beautiful!! It took me two months to get the song, since they almost never put it on the radio (in two months i heard it just once). Finally, I was just sitting there when it came on, so I tried to remember the first words, typed it on LetsSingIt, and found it! I love this song and the meaning behind it!! it's beautiful!!
  17-10-2006 03:00 krystalIceQueen 
krystalIceQueen
 
11 posts
This is my favorite song I think of all times. It creates this feeling of nostalgia or somthing and its so beautiful. The goo goo dolls have really incredeble lyrics and this song is no exception. Its really an amazing song.
  15-08-2006 03:09 DaniCrz 
DaniCrz
 
4 posts
i have no words...!! i love this song...!!...its awsome!!
  03-08-2006 04:34 LunaticGirl_x 
LunaticGirl_x
 
739 posts
I read that this song was written about how Johnny Rzeznik was an orphan.
It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, and the lyrics are very meaningful. Definently my favorite by the Goo Goo Dolls.
  12-07-2006 03:22 kkatherine 
kkatherine
 
21 posts
it makes me wanna cry, but in a good way. this one and iris.
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<BR>♥
  19-06-2006 03:46 PerfectByNature 
PerfectByNature
 
287 posts
Beautiful song.
  27-04-2006 14:02 dmone 
dmone
 
3 posts
Love this song alot. Gives me the chills everytime I hear it. Until now I still love listening to it!

For me its about friendship. Losing that friend and missing him in the process. Its about pain, past and changes.
  24-03-2006 19:11 georgia_cy 
georgia_cy
 
1,540 posts
i love this song...
  24-03-2006 19:09 aloneandtired 
aloneandtired
 
8 posts
i didn't know about his partents dying right before he wrote this-that theory may be right- but, from listen ing to it, i just got that he was writing this to a friend that he can relate to, maybe even himself. It's about how dreams die, and magic fades and everything that means something everntually loses meaning. And how sad that is.

"And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
'Cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost or thrown away"

and this is where the parent's death makes sense:
"And now we're grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame"

If you're just tired of life, and having a presonality to lose, if no one knows you, it's less like living life on your own, facing people.

"But you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name"

growing up messed up is hard. You lose what you meant to be, because you can never escape your past. It doesn't matter what you want or want to be, because life will swallow you up in the end:

"Scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
Did you get to be a star
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are"

You jsut end up disillusioned (possibly by parent's death?). or just by life itself.

"You grew up way too fast
And now there's nothing to believe
And reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name"

missing them..missing someone that can relate..someone that's as lost as he is...

"I think about you all the time
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are come back down
And I won't tell 'em your name"


at least that's my impression of it. it's about realizing that everything is meaningless- and that hurts.

I love this song
  14-03-2006 02:39 LiveLifeAgain 
LiveLifeAgain
 
28 posts
'tis very sad, indeed 'tis i love the lyrics..and its slow paced melody...just brilliant...quite the melancholy song that will make you cry..half for sadness...and the other quite full of joy..
  24-01-2006 14:48 SmileStruck 
SmileStruck
 
134 posts
This song is beautiful. Has to be one of my all time favorites!
  15-01-2006 04:16 NemesisDarkbane 
NemesisDarkbane
 
63 posts
Absolutely incredible.
  25-08-2005 20:17 shabby 
shabby
 
18 posts
this song is beautiful...its just sooo hard to describe it
  18-08-2005 04:37 xoparisxo617 
xoparisxo617
 
3,035 posts
I LOVE this song.
  11-08-2005 18:59 GoO_gIrL 
GoO_gIrL
 
5 posts
This song always makes me think about the meaning of it. and i think thats what it's purpose was! its an amazingly emotionally activating song, does anyone agree?

love you goos forever!
  26-07-2005 18:45 oldskool_uncool 
oldskool_uncool
 
6 posts
This is one of the beautiful songs out there. I cant say enough. The lyrics are so powerful and amazing. It makes you look at life. Really look at it. Purely Beautiful.
  09-05-2005 05:37 kraziemegz 
kraziemegz
 
75 posts
you know, i always assumed this song was about a lost love whom he knew very little about even though they grew up together; because my favourite line "i think about you all the time, but i don't need the same" is kind of like... he has resigned himself to being in love with someone who he knows doesn't really need him the same way...
so thank you everybody for giving throwing a different light on it =), i love goo goo dolls music - of course that i'm half in love with john rzeznik is incriminating, but hey - who can resist a man who sings with such conviction..and writes haunting lyrics?
  17-03-2005 19:59 vintage_love 
vintage_love
 
5 posts
i think thiss songg has suchh prettyy lyricss...and john rzeznik has sucha hott voicee...and when have the goo goo dolls not made an awesomee song???seriouslyyy...i love themm so muchh

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