And I’d give up forever to touch you
‘Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be
And I don’t want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later, it’s over
I just don’t wanna miss you tonight
And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know, you’re alive
And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don’t want the world to see me
‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
About GOO GOO Dolls
In 1985, guitar/vocalist John Rzeznik and bassist/vocalist Robby Takac formed Goo Goo Dolls in Buffalo, New York, USA under the name Sex Maggots (the new name was inspired by an ad in True Detective magazine at the request of a local club owner). The band is best known for the song “Iris”, which was featured on City of Angels’ soundtrack in 1998. John Rzeznik is on guitar and vocals, while Robby Takac plays bass and vocals. Two Grammy awards have been won by the band and 12 million records have been sold worldwide.
A common criticism of the Goo Goo Dolls early in their career was that they were simply imitations of The Replacements; however, the band refined its sound to be more mainstream, which helped it become one of the most popular alternative rock bands of the latter half of the ’90s, selling millions of records to audiences largely unaware of their influences. As the years progressed, their music improved in craft and accessibility, and radio was receptive to what a decade earlier would have been considered collegiate power pop. The band landed two huge hits with “Name” and “Iris.”
As a cover band with a taste for power pop and classic rock & roll, the group soon began writing its own material. In their early days, they sounded like The Replacements – melodic, snotty, and a little bit thrashy. In 1987 (known either as The Goo Goo girls or First Release), Metal Blade released the band’s debut album, which attracted the attention of the heavy metal label. A power pop record similar to Replacements’ Hold Me Up was the college radio breakthrough in 1990.
