goo goo dolls: what i learned about ego, opinion, art and commerce

What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce

what i learned about ego, opinion, art and commerce

What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce

Remixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Image Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Assisted by Steve Kaplan
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles

Bullet Proof

Do you listen to yourself
Never live for someone else
Do you like the way you feel
Nothing hurts when no one's real
She wants to shake this scene
Yeah she wants to shake with me
She's not looking for the holes in all the lies 

I wanna bullet proof your soul
Would you like to lose control
I won't let you fall until you tell me so 

What are we
Everything 
All I need 
I've know before 

Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name
 
Yeah she wants to tear you down
And she leaves without a sound
It's like falling backwards
Into no one's arms
 
You're a bullet through my soul
And I'll never let you know
I won't let you fall until you let it go
 
What are we
Everything
All I need 
I've known before 

Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name

All Eyes On Me

Daylight burns your sleepy eyes and
It's hard to see you dreaming
You hide inside yourself and
I wondered what you're thinking
And everything you're chasing
It seems to leave you empty 

And it won't take long to burn
Through the nothing that you've learned
And the things you choose to be
All eyes on me 

But your eyes look away
It's so hard to be someone
Strung out from today
And all that you knew slips away 

You drown in deeper oceans
Inventing new religions
They smile and stab my back and
I lie and have to laugh 

And it won't take long to burn
Through the nothing that you've learned
And the things you choose to be
All eyes on me 

But your eyes look away
It's so hard to be someone
Strung out from today
And all that you knew slips away
 
And you hide in your room
And the light burned away
And you move from the truth
It's all so far from you

Amigone

Every time you point your finger
Three more point right back at you
I'm not saying that it's something wrong with life
Cause that's a sad excuse 
And age old game of rat and mouse
Chasing us from house to house
I'm not saying that there's something wrong with you
It's wrong with me as well 

Are you alive
Amigone 
Is it to late to call and tell you to be strong
Are you alive
Amigone 
Was the poison in our love there all along
Amigone 

Heavenly intoxication
Love's been marred by medication
Ain't it funny how a life can take a turn
When the end is near 

Are you alive
Amigone 
Is it too late to call and tell you to be strong
Are you alive
Amigone 
Is it too late to face the truth that it was wrong
Amigone 

I ain't saying that it's something
I ain,t gonna play along
I ain't wishing for a miracle
That miracle's gone wrong
And you're too strong

Amigone 
Is it too late to call and tell you to be strong
Are you alive
Amigone 
Was the poison in our love there all along
Are you alive
Amigone 
Is it too late to call and tell you to be strong
Are you alive
Amigone 
Was the poison in our love there all along
Amigone

Acoustic #3

They painted up your secrets
With the lies they told to you
And the least they ever gave you
Was the most you ever knew

And I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
No one's listening anyway

Your voice is small and fading
And you hide in here unknown
And your mother loves your father
Cause she's got nowhere to go 

And she wonders where these dreams go
Cause the world got in her way
What's the point in ever trying
Nothing's changing anyway 

They press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But you're falling anyway
 
And you know I see right through you
Cause the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
You're not listening anyway

Naked

Yeah I'm fadin
And I call out 
No one hears me 
Never been never felt never thought I'd say a word

Weighed 
Down
Safe 
Now
 
You're naked inside your fear 
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone 
Never heard by anyone


Yeah I'm hiding 
in the fallout 
Now I'm wasted 
They don't need me don't want me don't hear a word I say

Weighed 
Down
Safe 
Now
 
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years 
Shots in the dark from empty guns 
Are never heard by anyone 
Never heard by anyone

Inside your head 
No one's there 
And I don't think I'll ever be 
And I don't care

You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years 
The shots in the dark from empty guns 
Are never heard by anyone

Ain't That Unusual

Could you talk to me 
Honestly
Cause I never heard a word you said now 
And I ain't just being mean
Cause all we are is what we're told 
And most of that's been lies 
It's like a made for TV movie 
And I just blew my line

Someday you never made it 
and maybe it never will 
Hey, you never made it 
Ain't that unusual

Now I feel unknown 
And it's safe that way 
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared now
What's that supposed to mean

I'm burned out on some empty reasons 
Another waste of time 
There's somethin' that I wish I'd said 
But I don't think it'd rhyme

Someday you never made it 
and maybe it never will 
Hey, you never made it 
And ain't that unusual

See I'd love to be you 
At least then I'd see you 
Sorry I put them words in your mouth 
But you wouldn't talk to me 

And everyhing, I want haven't got 
I'm sick of everything now I'm not 
I put my heavy coat on for a while 
It's freezing in the corner of my mind

Someday you never made it 
and maybe it never will 
Hey, you never made it 
Ain't that unusual?

Burnin' Up

Said you're burnin up inside, no one seems to tell 
You're living from a personalized manual from hell 
Life seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair 
And you're burnin up inside and no one cares

Said you had enough this time cause time don't treat you well 
You always cried coincidence while I drew parallels 
Life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair 
And you're burnin up inside and you hurt me

Come and take my hand tonight I'll show you where to start 
Cause every word that left your lips like a needle through my heart 
And life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair 
And you're burnin'up inside and you hurt my eyes

Flat Top

Flat top intervention 
Bringing home the new invention 
See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints 
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Sleeping on the white house lawn ain't never changed a thing 
Look at all the washed out hippie dreams

And it's falling all around us 
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? 
Falling all around us 
I'll turn my head off for a while

Tabloid generation's lost 
Choking on it's fear 
Used to be that's all we had to fear
conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak 
There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the streets
A visionary coward says that anger can be power 
As long as there's a victim on tv

And it's falling all around us 
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us
Falling all around us 
I'll turn my head off for a while

And my dirty dreams all come alive 
On my TV screen 
And assassination plots 
Show me what I haven't got 
Show me what I love and who I'm supposed to be 
Show me everything I need 
Show it all to me 

And it's falling all around us 
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? 
Falling all around us 
I'll turn my head off for a while

Name

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 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

Fallin' Down

Do you know, where you want to go
I ain't got time for it now 
Do you think, that I'll ever be

Cause all I ever wanted so far gone 
And if I had my chance, I'd go along

You're making me fall down 
I'm fallin' down again 
I wish you could fall down 
Can you catch me darling

Do you see, what you do to me 
You ain't got time for it now 
Do you think, that I'll ever be

Cause all I ever wanted so far gone 
And if I had my chance I'd go along

You're making me fall down 
I'm falling down again 
I wish you could fall down 
Can you catch me darling

Cause all I ever wanted so far gone 
And if I had my chance I'd go along

You're making me fall down 
I'm falling down again 
I wish you could fall down 
Can you catch me darling

Another Second Time Around

Happy smiling crying all put to my past 
I guess those stormy gray skies simply couldn't last 
And now I find myself tugging at your dress 
The  thought of holding you down or seeing you frown is never gonna pass

Somewhere there's a place a soul can never go 
Gray like stormy skies I hoped you didn't know 
All on postcards full of things I won't forget 
And now it's coming down that laughing clown is all I ever get

Another second time around I've been running from ya 
Another second time around 
Another second, one more second time I waited for ya 
Another second time around

Couldn't help myself 
I felt like everything was gonna pass 
It was an awkward time 
I hoped it wouldn't, hoped it couldn't last 

And I didn't know exactly what to say 
About the things you saw me do my evil way 
And I know you're lying crying in your bed 
While I'm all tired out so wired out it's ringing in my head
Another second time around I've been running from ya 
Another second time around 
Another second, one more second time I waited for ya 
Another second time around

Cuz You're Gone

You whispered in my mouth 
And I spit you words right back 
How good do you think I'll look 
When the words start to break and crack

You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad and I don't know how 
No I don't know how

Cuz you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and you ain't coming back 

You held your hand so close 
And I just can't push you away 
I wished you could be my girl 
But you're stuck in your a grown-up world
 
You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how 
No I don't know how

Cuz you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and you ain't coming back 

You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad and I don't know how 
And I don't know how

Cuz you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and I wish you'd come back

We Are The Normal

It's a beautiful day I heard everybody say 
The sun shines down for all of us 
Just the same you know I like the rain 
That ain't so obvious
It's a beautiful sight I guess everybody's right 
This day belongs to all of us 
Even still I like with a chill 
That ain't so obvious

We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why 

It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights 
And that ain't for all of us 
It's a beautiful sound 
My life comes crashing down 
That ain't so obvious 
It's a beautiful sin and I'm doing it again 
And that ain't for all of us 
It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights 
Ain't that so obvious

We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why

Girl Right Next To Me

You changed my face, I think I like it better now 
It doesn't matter anyhow, cause that's the way it is 
You said hello where the hell you been? 
I said I feel like I've been off to war and I may never be the same again

I made my bed but now I can't sleep at night 
I'm tossing and turning you know you know it ain't right 
I'd love to beg, see, but I'm just too proud 
And I don't even know what to say so I'm thinking out loud

And when you dream 17 
I ain't there so I don't care 
Cause in all my dreams, I'm 23 
And she's the girl right next to me 
See that girl right next to me

I lie in my bed you're running through my head 
Going over and over and over the things that you said 
I'm caught in the trap I'll run like hell right back to you 
Cause I'm sober with you and you know it beats drinking alone

And when you dream 17 
I ain't there so I don't care 
Cause in all my dreams I'm 23 
And she's the girl right next to me 
See that girl right next to me

Lucky Star

If I could walk a straight mile 
And write it down in shorthand I could show you 
If you want me to 
And if I had an hourglass 
I'd save the grains of time I spent with you 
That's what I'd do

But I remember
You always said it could be great 
And I knew it could be

Well there's a way you look at things 
That no one needs to know but you 
And you shared them with me 
Like every time the leaves would fall 
You promised me that they'd be back again 
And I believed in you

You always said it could be great 
But I hadn't time to waste 
Now it seems that I've gone too far

As bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star 
Bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star

Written down in hard bound books 
The way things used to be they ain't for me 
I'd swear they're all for you 
Ri said sugar, gram said shoot 
Her mom said shit I don't know what she'll do 
As if it's up to you

But I remember
You always said it could be great 
But I hadn't time to waste 
Now it seems that you've gone too far
As bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star 
Bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star
Your lucky star will burn  you 
Your lucky star can turn you 'round 
Your lucky star will burn out 
Your lucky star can turn you 'round

On The Lie

He burnt down the house one night 
He had a loaded sixpack gun 
He said that jesus christ was just like a cop 
You know you never know when they'll come 
She said every day above ground 
Was another dream come true 
He said I'd hang and swap cliches all night 
But I'm not in love with you

And I never got serious 
Til everything went black 
And I ain't so curious 
That I'm ever going back

On the lie 

He said man you want to be Elvis 
I said I ain't dying face down 
He said you've got to die facing up in the world 
Cause there's too many holes around 
He asked what was wrong with me 
He said I looked like a hollywood girl 
I said that hollywood can fall into the ocean, man 
Cause it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world

And I never got serious 
Til everything went black 
And I ain't so curious 
That I'm ever going back

On the lie

Just The Way You Are

I'm in love because I know you 
And I'm sorry I don't show you 
And if I find that you ain't by me 
I'm afraid no one will know the things you see
How could you believe in someone sorry and sad like me 
I know the deal and I thank you anyways 
And if you leave you know I'm crawling at your feet 
You never get weak when I'm leaning hard on you

And I guess that's just the way you are 

And all the things that you don't show me 
Like when you pretend that you don't know me 
I waste a dime and I can't call you 
I'll spend a lifetime if I fall for you
How could you believe in someone sorry and sad like me 
I know the deal and I thank you anyways 
And if you leave you know I'm crawling at your feet 
You never get weak when I'm leaning hard on you

And I guess that's just the way you are 

Hold Me Up

Two Days In February

I hung your picture on the wall and that's all it is 
I break my fingers to make a call and that's all it is 
I know you're living way out west and I don't think that I confessed 
Everything I feel

You say you got no faith in things that you can't see 
Well I'm sorry I ain't there with you but you ain't here with me 
And I'm down in all my fears 
But I ain't crying no tears over you

Cause everything's wrong
Well it's all right 
Everything's wrong 
Well it's all right

You said that this is crazy you're a half a world away 
Well I'm sitting and I'm thinking but I didn't know what to say 
So I said something I can't touch, I always want way too much 
Anyway

Cause everything's wrong 
Well it's all right 
Everything's wrong 
Well it's all right

I hung your picture on the wall but that's all it is 
I break my fingers to make a call and that's all it is 
I know you're living way out west 
Don't get me wrong I'm not impressed 
With you no more

Laughing

I wake up I'm staring at the clock 
My belly hurts and my head is like a rock 
I get up to see what I can see 
Furthest I got was my black and white TV 
Eyewitness News brought to you at noon 
Oh my God guess I got up too soon because
 
Oh I feel like laughing 
All because of you

I didn't mean to wear this disguise 
But I can't stand the look in my eyes 
Oh I didn't mean to lie 
I was doing what I thought was right 
Come on walk on down the line 
You'll be walking till the end of time because

Oh I feel like laughing 
All because of you

There You Are

Give me a reason now that I can understand 
Pick up the pieces now and put them in my hand
I've been up and down for you 
My suffering extreme 
I fell on my face for you 
Now I know what it means
And I self destruct 
I close my eyes and there

There you are 

Yeah you can run out west, forget you know my name 
You say you got your shit together, but you ain't got no faith
Method in madness 
Now there's madness in my soul 
I'd run from the darkness now 
I've got no place to go
And I self destruct 
I close my eyes and there

There you are

Up Yours

Up yours
Stop your whining
Feeling swell
I'm doing fine
Yeah fuck your suicide
It's all bullshit 'cause I tried
And it really don't impress me all that much

Up yours
What you find
Sit right down
I got time
And you say here comes the end 
And you haven't got a friend
And I'm standing here just screaming at the wall

Up yours 
Stop your whine
What ya got
I got mine
And you shake your stupid head
And you wish that you were dead
And I swear sometimes you're happier than me

And you know it's hard to be
All the things you want me to be
And you go and make it hard on me
But I swear that anything you could be I could be can't you see
 
Up yours
Got no mind
That's too bad
You got time
Yeah, fuck your silly game
'Cause it's driving me insane
And it really doesn't matter much to me

I'm Addicted

Walking round this dirty town
Drinking up till we fall down
Don't want to live forever this way
But it's gonna have to do for today 
I'm addicted as I want to be

Waiting for their hurried call
I got my back against the wall
Don't wait to be shown
Go out and learn your own 
I'm addicted as I want to be

Waiting for their hurried call
Got my back against the wall
Don't want to be shown
Go out and learn your own 
I'm addicted as I want to be