Ecstasy is all you need
Living in the big machine now
Oh, you're so vain
Now your world is way too fast
Nothing's real and nothing lasts
And I'm aware
I'm in love but you don't care
Turn your anger into lust
I'm still here, but you don't trust at all
And I'll be waiting
Love and sex and loneliness
Take what's yours and leave the rest
So I'll survive
God, it's good to be alive
And I'm torn in pieces
I'm lying there waiting for
My heart is reeling
I'm blind and waiting for you
Still in love with all your sins
Where you stop and I begin
And I'll, I'll be waitin'
Livin' like a house on fire
What you fear is your desire
It's hard to deal
I still love the way you feel
Now this angry little girl
Drowning in this petty world
And I'm who you run to
Swallow all your bitter pills
That's what makes you beautiful
You're all or naught
I don't need what you ain't got
And I'm torn in pieces
I'm lying there waiting for
My heart is reeling
I'm blind and waiting for you
I'm blind and waiting for you
I'm blind and waiting for you
And I can't believe it's coming true
God, it's good to be alive
I'm still here and waitin' for you
And I can't believe it's coming true
I'm blind and waiting for you
Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower Album Lyrics
Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower Lyrics
Writer: John Rzeznik
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Think About Me
You take a lot of chances with your feelings
No one really knows what you feel
And fiction is the only way you're dealin'
You turn your pretty head if it gets real
Oh you (oh you)
You take it so slowly
And your eyes (and your eyes) look so lonely
But it's only when you think about me
Oh yeah
When you think about me
Think about me
And I got head don't let me sleep
And you got secret I can't keep
You see a little stranger in your mirror
The girl you never knew is what you fear
Oh you (oh you)
You take it so slowly
And your eyes (and your eyes) look so lonely
But it's only when you think about me
Oh yeah
When you think about me
Think about me
All you want is something I can't be
All you want from me is what you need
And I'm saying
Oh you
You take it so slowly
And your eyes (and your eyes)
Look so lonely
But it's only (but it's only)
Oh you (oh you)
You take it so slowly
Now it's only (now it's only)
'bout me
When you think about me
Think about me
Oh when you think about me
Oh yeah
When you think about me
Oh yeah
Think about me
Yeah when you think about me
No one really knows what you feel
And fiction is the only way you're dealin'
You turn your pretty head if it gets real
Oh you (oh you)
You take it so slowly
And your eyes (and your eyes) look so lonely
But it's only when you think about me
Oh yeah
When you think about me
Think about me
And I got head don't let me sleep
And you got secret I can't keep
You see a little stranger in your mirror
The girl you never knew is what you fear
Oh you (oh you)
You take it so slowly
And your eyes (and your eyes) look so lonely
But it's only when you think about me
Oh yeah
When you think about me
Think about me
All you want is something I can't be
All you want from me is what you need
And I'm saying
Oh you
You take it so slowly
And your eyes (and your eyes)
Look so lonely
But it's only (but it's only)
Oh you (oh you)
You take it so slowly
Now it's only (now it's only)
'bout me
When you think about me
Think about me
Oh when you think about me
Oh yeah
When you think about me
Oh yeah
Think about me
Yeah when you think about me
Writer: JOHN T RZEZNIK
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Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Here Is Gone
You and I got somethin
But it's all and then it's nuthin to me, yeah
And I got my defenses
When it comes through your intentions for me, yeah
And we wake up in the breakdown
With the things we never thought we could be, yeah
I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin'
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
I am no solution
To the sound of this pollution in me, yeah
And I was not the answer
So forget you ever thought it was me, yeah
I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
And I don't need the fallout
Of the past that's in between us
And I'm not holding on
And all your lies weren't enough to keep me here
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
And I can feel you falling
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
Somehow here is gone, yeah
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
Somehow here is gone, yeah
But it's all and then it's nuthin to me, yeah
And I got my defenses
When it comes through your intentions for me, yeah
And we wake up in the breakdown
With the things we never thought we could be, yeah
I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin'
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
I am no solution
To the sound of this pollution in me, yeah
And I was not the answer
So forget you ever thought it was me, yeah
I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
And I don't need the fallout
Of the past that's in between us
And I'm not holding on
And all your lies weren't enough to keep me here
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
And I can feel you falling
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
Somehow here is gone, yeah
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
Somehow here is gone, yeah
Writer: John T. Rzeznik
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
You Never Know
(Robby Takac)
You never know
Some folks think the world just moves too slow
But was it you?
Who told me I'm your everything
[Chorus:]
You hit me like I never felt before
Hit me like a sucker punch, you're rotten to the core
You know you hit me like I've never felt before
Silly for the last time
You never take
A promise from a man who sheds his skin
You had to wait
For my achin' heart to break
[Chorus]
Oh, everyone gets angry
I feel it when you're holdin' me
But in the right place, at the right time, to the right degree
It's a breeding ground
For the pain i've found
From dealin' with your scene
And you know that ain't easy
You never know
Some folks think the world just moves too slow
But was it you?
Who told me I'm your everything
[Chorus:]
You hit me like I never felt before
Hit me like a sucker punch, you're rotten to the core
You know you hit me like I've never felt before
Silly for the last time
You never take
A promise from a man who sheds his skin
You had to wait
For my achin' heart to break
[Chorus]
Oh, everyone gets angry
I feel it when you're holdin' me
But in the right place, at the right time, to the right degree
It's a breeding ground
For the pain i've found
From dealin' with your scene
And you know that ain't easy
Writer: ROBERT C. JR. TAKAC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
What A Scene
(John Rzeznik)
When you're feeling all wrong in the back of your mind again
How does it feel
When you drop down everything's all the same
Saccharine caffeine nicotine gum
Yeah it tastes sweet but it's not for long
And I just think you thought it would be
When you're looking for truth on the cover of a magazine
How does it feel
When you find out what you're not gonna be
They give you your image and the things you believe
Open your eyes tell me what did you see
And I just think you thought it surreal
How does it feel when you're out on your own
And now it's too late to come home
And it's hard to be free when you're down on your knees
Take it easy till you make it alone
Now you're a supermarket punk rock television comedy
Out on the scene
Yeah I bit down now there's no hand to feed
And all the beautiful images lining your walls
Pop radio screaming down the halls
Now you think you found something real
When it's all about money and the things that you need
Live a big lie and they all believe
Now I just find that somehow obscene
How does it feel when you're out on your own
And now it's too late to come home
And it's hard to be free when you're down on your knees
Take it easy till you make it alone
Take it easy till you make it alone
What a scene
Yeah
When it's all been said before
And all been done
Take it easy till you make it alone
Take it easy til you make it alone
When you're feeling all wrong in the back of your mind again
How does it feel
When you drop down everything's all the same
Saccharine caffeine nicotine gum
Yeah it tastes sweet but it's not for long
And I just think you thought it would be
When you're looking for truth on the cover of a magazine
How does it feel
When you find out what you're not gonna be
They give you your image and the things you believe
Open your eyes tell me what did you see
And I just think you thought it surreal
How does it feel when you're out on your own
And now it's too late to come home
And it's hard to be free when you're down on your knees
Take it easy till you make it alone
Now you're a supermarket punk rock television comedy
Out on the scene
Yeah I bit down now there's no hand to feed
And all the beautiful images lining your walls
Pop radio screaming down the halls
Now you think you found something real
When it's all about money and the things that you need
Live a big lie and they all believe
Now I just find that somehow obscene
How does it feel when you're out on your own
And now it's too late to come home
And it's hard to be free when you're down on your knees
Take it easy till you make it alone
Take it easy till you make it alone
What a scene
Yeah
When it's all been said before
And all been done
Take it easy till you make it alone
Take it easy til you make it alone
Writer: JOHN T RZEZNIK
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Up Up Up
(Robby Takac)
Are you listenin' now ?
Are you feelin' that way
Aren't you terrified?
Of wakin' up too tired to try again?
Are you happy now
That you've shut yourself down
Are you paralyzed
By all the nonsense that's gone down
I know you're gonna see these things some day
Sorry-eyed we spent so much of your time
Now I'm tryin' to put your riddle to a rhyme
Now it's up up up I'm headin for this evenin'
And it's up up up I'm headed for the clouds
Comin' down ain't the worst part
It only takes a second
To make a change that's gonna last
I hope you're gonna see these things some day
So don't stop lookin' for that light along the way
Sorry that we've spent so much of your time
Now I'm tryin' to put your riddle to a rhyme
Now it's up up up and headin' for this evenin'
And it's up up up I'm headed for the clouds
Are you listenin' now ?
Are you feelin' that way
Aren't you terrified?
Of wakin' up too tired to try again?
Are you happy now
That you've shut yourself down
Are you paralyzed
By all the nonsense that's gone down
I know you're gonna see these things some day
Sorry-eyed we spent so much of your time
Now I'm tryin' to put your riddle to a rhyme
Now it's up up up I'm headin for this evenin'
And it's up up up I'm headed for the clouds
Comin' down ain't the worst part
It only takes a second
To make a change that's gonna last
I hope you're gonna see these things some day
So don't stop lookin' for that light along the way
Sorry that we've spent so much of your time
Now I'm tryin' to put your riddle to a rhyme
Now it's up up up and headin' for this evenin'
And it's up up up I'm headed for the clouds
Writer: ROBERT C. JR. TAKAC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Its Over
(John Rzeznik)
And I didn't think about
All the ways I hurt you and myself
And I wouldn't say a thing to you
I keep it to myself in
My mind
And I can't stand without you
And I won't find the answers
When you're gone
But it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
But you can't find the answer where you are
And you know I need you now
And this ain't easy to admit
But no one needs to know
What goes on behind
The door in my room
I'm kicking through the
Walls in my mind
And I can't stand without you
And I won't find the answers
When you're gone
But it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
You can't find the answer where you are
I won't tear you down
I won't tear you down
To get inside the world you wanted
I'm kicking through the walls
But no one can believe
In things that never change
But it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
You can't find the answers where you are
And it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
You can't find the answer where you are
And I didn't think about
All the ways I hurt you and myself
And I wouldn't say a thing to you
I keep it to myself in
My mind
And I can't stand without you
And I won't find the answers
When you're gone
But it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
But you can't find the answer where you are
And you know I need you now
And this ain't easy to admit
But no one needs to know
What goes on behind
The door in my room
I'm kicking through the
Walls in my mind
And I can't stand without you
And I won't find the answers
When you're gone
But it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
You can't find the answer where you are
I won't tear you down
I won't tear you down
To get inside the world you wanted
I'm kicking through the walls
But no one can believe
In things that never change
But it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
You can't find the answers where you are
And it's over to you
I can't find the answer when you're gone
And it's over to you
You can't find the answer where you are
Writer: J RZENZNIK
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Sympathy
(John Rzeznik)
Stranger than your sympathy
This is my apology
I'm killing myself from the inside out
And all my fears have pushed you out
I wish for things that I don't need
All I wanted
And what I chase won't set me free
All I wanted
And I get scared but I'm not crawling on my knees
Oh yeah everything's all wrong yeah
Everything's all wrong yeah
Where the hell did I think I was
Stranger than your sympathy
I take these things so I don't feel
I'm killing myself from the inside out
Now my head's been filled with doubt
It's hard to lead the life you choose
All I wanted
When all your luck's run out on you
All I wanted
You can't see when all your dreams are coming true
Oh yeah it's easy to forget yeah
You choke on the regrets yeah
Who the hell did I think I was
Stranger than your sympathy
All these thoughts you stole from me
I'm not sure where I belong
Nowhere's home and I'm all wrong
And I wasn't all the things
I tried to make believe I was
And I wouldn't be the one to kneel
Before the dreams I wanted
And all the talk and all the lies
Were all the empty things disguised as me
Yeah stranger than your sympathy stranger than your sympathy
Stranger than your sympathy
This is my apology
I'm killing myself from the inside out
And all my fears have pushed you out
I wish for things that I don't need
All I wanted
And what I chase won't set me free
All I wanted
And I get scared but I'm not crawling on my knees
Oh yeah everything's all wrong yeah
Everything's all wrong yeah
Where the hell did I think I was
Stranger than your sympathy
I take these things so I don't feel
I'm killing myself from the inside out
Now my head's been filled with doubt
It's hard to lead the life you choose
All I wanted
When all your luck's run out on you
All I wanted
You can't see when all your dreams are coming true
Oh yeah it's easy to forget yeah
You choke on the regrets yeah
Who the hell did I think I was
Stranger than your sympathy
All these thoughts you stole from me
I'm not sure where I belong
Nowhere's home and I'm all wrong
And I wasn't all the things
I tried to make believe I was
And I wouldn't be the one to kneel
Before the dreams I wanted
And all the talk and all the lies
Were all the empty things disguised as me
Yeah stranger than your sympathy stranger than your sympathy
Writer: John Rzeznik
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
What Do You Need?
(John Rzeznik)
What do you need from me tonight
I feel you look right through me now
I can't pretend it's alright
Maybe we'll find a way somehow
Why do you need to turn it on
Why does it always feel so wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong
Fear makes you fragile darling
Hate is so heavy when you're weak
Now we're both lost in anger
When we're alone we'll
Find some peace
Why do we need to turn it on
Why does it always feel so wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong
Why do we need to turn it on
Why does it always feel so wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong
Why do we need to turn it on
Why does it always seem so wrong
What do you need from me tonight
I feel you look right through me now
I can't pretend it's alright
Maybe we'll find a way somehow
Why do you need to turn it on
Why does it always feel so wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong
Fear makes you fragile darling
Hate is so heavy when you're weak
Now we're both lost in anger
When we're alone we'll
Find some peace
Why do we need to turn it on
Why does it always feel so wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong
Why do we need to turn it on
Why does it always feel so wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
What do you need from me tonight
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong
Why do we need to turn it on
Why does it always seem so wrong
Writer: JOHN T RZEZNIK
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Smash
(Robby Takac)
Hey... what are ya thinkin'
I tried to read your face
Say... say what you're thinkin'
Don't carry round that pain
Everytime I see you pickin' at yourself
I love... I love when things work out
Smash... I heard ya cryin'
Seven times this year
Crash... but now you're smilin'
Holdin' back your tears
Everytime i see you pickin' at yourself
I love... I love when things work out
Everytime I see you torturin' yourself
I love... I love when things work out
And I see it from another place right now
I'm comin' home before I hit the ground
Right back where I want to be right now
And I feel it
Smash
And I feel it
Smash
And I feel it
Smash
Hey... what are ya thinkin'
I tried to read your face
Say... say what you're thinkin'
Don't carry round that pain
Everytime I see you pickin' at yourself
I love... I love when things work out
Smash... I heard ya cryin'
Seven times this year
Crash... but now you're smilin'
Holdin' back your tears
Everytime i see you pickin' at yourself
I love... I love when things work out
Everytime I see you torturin' yourself
I love... I love when things work out
And I see it from another place right now
I'm comin' home before I hit the ground
Right back where I want to be right now
And I feel it
Smash
And I feel it
Smash
And I feel it
Smash
Writer: ROBERT C. JR. TAKAC
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Tucked Away
Well I saw you once
Then I blew it for the next ten thousand days
I should of packed away
I needed to go back and show you
I needed to go back, I know it's wrong
I'll have to get along
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Her momma just called, said she's extra sad today
Well I spent the whole day yesterday on cliches about love
Makin' me remember when your pushes became shoves
I wanted to go back and show ya
I needed to go back, I know it's wrong
I'll have to get along
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Her momma just called, said she's extra sad today
So why'd you go and play my trust
Today's the same as yesterday
And I'm okay
I'll take a doctor's recommended time to get along
Since you've been gone
I'll get along oh any way at all
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Tucked away
Then I blew it for the next ten thousand days
I should of packed away
I needed to go back and show you
I needed to go back, I know it's wrong
I'll have to get along
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Her momma just called, said she's extra sad today
Well I spent the whole day yesterday on cliches about love
Makin' me remember when your pushes became shoves
I wanted to go back and show ya
I needed to go back, I know it's wrong
I'll have to get along
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Her momma just called, said she's extra sad today
So why'd you go and play my trust
Today's the same as yesterday
And I'm okay
I'll take a doctor's recommended time to get along
Since you've been gone
I'll get along oh any way at all
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Mama just called, said she's tucked away
Mama just called, said she's tucked away another day
Tucked away
Writer: ROBERT C. JR. TAKAC
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Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Truth Is A Whisper
(John Rzeznik)
Truth is a whisper and only a choice
Nobody hears above this noise
Always a risk when you try and believe
I know there's so much more than me
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one ever keeps
And now it's changing while we sleep
And no one can see
[Chorus:]
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Sometimes you choke on the smell
Just to breathe
I need to question what I need
Rhythm of silence
That beats through your mind
Still you forget what you deny
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one keeps
And now it's changing while we sleep
And no one can see
[Chorus]
Who's the one you answer to
Do you listen when he speaks
Or is everything for you
And do you find it hard to sleep
Or is it easy on your own
Will you ever find some peace
Before you're gone
[Chorus]
Truth is a whisper and only a choice
Nobody hears above this noise
Always a risk when you try and believe
I know there's so much more than me
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one ever keeps
And now it's changing while we sleep
And no one can see
[Chorus:]
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Sometimes you choke on the smell
Just to breathe
I need to question what I need
Rhythm of silence
That beats through your mind
Still you forget what you deny
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one keeps
And now it's changing while we sleep
And no one can see
[Chorus]
Who's the one you answer to
Do you listen when he speaks
Or is everything for you
And do you find it hard to sleep
Or is it easy on your own
Will you ever find some peace
Before you're gone
[Chorus]
Writer: JOHN T RZEZNIK
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Gutterflower is the seventh studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in 2002 on Warner Bros. Records. It is the follow-up to their critically successful albums Dizzy Up the Girl and A Boy Named Goo.
The album was commercially successful upon its release, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard 200, their highest position on the chart.
Performed By:
Goo Goo DollsThe album was commercially successful upon its release, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard 200, their highest position on the chart.
Genre(s): Alternative rock, post-grunge, power pop
Producer(s): Goo Goo Dolls, Rob Cavallo
Released: April 9th, 2002
Year: 2002