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This song has been reviewed 20 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.
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Offspring - Gone Away Lyrics

Song details
TitleGone Away
ArtistOffspring
AlbumIxnay On The Hombre (1997) , Track 7 ,
Greatest Hits (2005) , Track 6
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Rank8,362 (-1,381) history
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Song lyrics
Maybe in another life
I could find you there
Pulled away before your time
I can't deal it's so unfair

And it feels
Yeah it feels like
heaven's so far away
And it feels
Yeah it feels like
the world has grown cold
Now that you've gone away

Leaving flowers on your grave
Show that I still care
(But) black roses and hail marys
Can't bring back what's taken from me

I reach to the sky
And call out your name
and if I could trade
I would

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it stings
Yeah it stings now
(The) world is so cold
Now that you've gone away
Gone away, gone away, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Ouuhhh, ouhhh, ouhh yeah

I reach to the sky
And call out your name
oh please let me trade
I would

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it feels
Yeah it feels like
(The) world is so cold
Now that you've gone away
GoneaAway, gone away, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Ouuhhh, ouhhh, ouhh ohh oh yeah
lyrics submitted by Rachel Menkens
lyrics corrected by ema on 28-01-2007




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15-05-2004 17:38psychedelichic is offline psychedelichic 

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yeah this has to be one of the best Offspring songs,its about some one who died young and about how unfair it is
20-06-2004 17:27Corvalus is offline Corvalus 

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yes it is my favorite offspring song!!!
19-10-2004 22:02missconfused is offline missconfused 

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Oooh.. yeah. This is one of my favorite Offspring songs, too. The first time I heard it all the way through I was all, "OMGZZZZ I LOVE THIS SONG!!11!1!1!!1" and I ended up forgetting my binder on the bus. (I was listening to it on the bus.)

Anyway.

The Offspring are GENIUSES. This song makes my jaw drop every time I hear it. Because I'm just so cool and not obsesssive.
15-11-2004 23:17SswEeTneSs is offline SswEeTneSs 

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this songs amazing. original prankster is my fav song by themm this song takes second. then i would sayy pretty fly for a white guy!
24-11-2004 05:23HiMoon is offline HiMoon 

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This Song Came Out The Same Year My Cousin Killed Himself, He Was 16

"gone away before your time
I can't deal it's so unfair"

So True
24-11-2004 05:26HiMoon is offline HiMoon 

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on a lighter note i think this is one of offsprings best Right after "I Choose"
03-01-2005 22:02natju is offline natju 

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I JUST LOVE THIS
19-03-2005 11:11Zombie2532 is offline Zombie2532 

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This song is about Kevin Wasserman's daughter. She died when she was six, and he and Dexter Holland wrote it at a tribute. The ironic thing is, this song wasn't originally going to be released, but they needed one more track for Ixnay, and this was it. It turned out to be one of their first crossover hits.
17-04-2005 05:57LOTR1378 is offline LOTR1378 

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so fun to play on guitar
21-05-2005 22:36DragonNinja13 is offline DragonNinja13 

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omg
this song is so sad..
but i love it
5*
12-06-2005 04:20AlphaDrake is offline AlphaDrake 

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Zombie you are incorrect, Dexter and Noodles (Kevin Wasserman) never said who it was for, the main rumours are Dexters wife or Dexters daughter who died young. These are rumours and if anyone says their statement is true its not...
06-07-2005 22:25LadyMeltintalle is offline LadyMeltintalle 


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Ive always read that it was Dexters daughter. She died on the same day that my best friend was born. March 10th 1988. I havnt read about it in years, so I may have a rusty memory, but I think that was the case. She died in a car accident, if I remember. Of course the sites I read it from may have just been assuming it was for Dexter's daughter. But she did die around that time.

In other news, this IS The Offsprings best song. I cant hear it without tearing up or at least getting goose bumps.

Its a terrible thing, to lose a child. I dont know from experience, but I imagine it must be the worst feeling in the entire world. "No parent should have to bury thier child" said King Theoden
20-07-2005 12:16Gaffelmannen is offline Gaffelmannen 

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Aw man, when I heard this song for the first time, I cried for hours. It must be the most emotional song Offspring ever did. This was around the time where I was all suicidal, and I was about ready to shoot myself when I heard this song. It made me understand that it wasn't worth it. I have Dexter and the other guys to thank for my life.
25-07-2005 04:18Mesouki is offline Mesouki 

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I'm with LadyMeltintalle. Gone Away is The Offspring's Best song. It's a pure, beautiful and sad song.

01-08-2005 11:10woven_red is offline woven_red 

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i remember first hearing this song heaps..at vacation care...when i was about seven or eight, and hearing it now, makes me like remember that time but then i like didnt listen to lyrics or anything.
but a couple of weeks ago me and my friend were jsut sittign around talking and listening to Ixnay on the hombre, and this came on in one of those silences in the conversation, and we just sat and listened and started crying. it was so sad.
08-08-2005 11:00lehtimaki is offline lehtimaki 

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omg this is my favorite offspring song too!! it's just sooo good . 3
13-08-2005 07:35heartxracing is offline heartxracing 

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Yep. Good song, 'tis...
13-02-2006 22:55WOOOincubus is offline WOOOincubus 

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brill song, first one that got me into the band!! loving it!!
30-07-2006 00:19gholen is offline gholen 

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The Offspring is just another college-band, or so I used to think. Until I'd stumbled over this song.
The rhythm i the song is really good, and the lyrics did hit me.
Recently one of my friends died in a car accident, and the loss is heavy.
They say that music can if not cure, at least make the pain somewhat lighter to bear inside.

I agree with the singer in the text, and if I was able to switch with her, so that she could live.
The sorrow is heavy, and the tears are if not many, they are hard to keep back.

And it feels like heaven has gone away.

This song is and will truly one of the best songs ever. Period.

From a heart of sorrow and pain, and a mind full of nice memorys.
R.I.P
Sandra Lilja 1985-2006

// Johannes
03-11-2006 14:02nicolalala is offline nicolalala 

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what an awesome song. the lyrics are touching as i think most people would relate to losing somebody close and just going through a period of time where it just feels as though it isnt fair. i cried when i listened to this for liek the millionth time.
18-02-2007 04:33LIVEOREXIST is offline LIVEOREXIST 

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no matter how i think of this song it will always remind me of my brother and how it felt losing him way way before his time he was only a baby but hey everything happens for a reason even if it makes no sense and makes us feel so terrible.

there are so many songs by offspring that just make so much sense to me especially self-esteem and kids aren't alright
11-07-2007 02:40Prahx is offline Prahx 


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I reach to the sky
And call out your name
and if I could trade
I would


Just brilliant!! Best Offspring song ever!
09-08-2007 17:47mcase616 is offline mcase616 


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LOVE this song. Amazing, my fav by Offspring
19-10-2007 22:21Bricksauce is offline Bricksauce 

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My favorite Offspring song, just reminds me of all my friends that've been lost along the road of life.


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