As a 70 yr old, 'And scars are souvenirs you never lose. The past is never far.' is an incredibly brilliant lyric. There's nothing truer or more inescapable.
@@jimvickers381 Oh, I have a wide and eclectic range of music covering most genre's. Todays stuff? I've heard some of it. Voice boxes, electronic drums. Some lyrics I've heard sound good. I'm sure there is somewhere..but, why search? I have a million songs that still make todays look shameful.
I'm pushing 60 and have LIVED 80 years. That IS a very cool lyric. Lost my wonderful, beautiful wife of 27 years recently....and things just haven't been the same.
I just wish I could go back to the days where everyone wouldn't treat me like the black sheep of everyone but at least I can say I have personality but it hurts to know that they all think of me like I'm weird
This song was actually written about his relationship with Kennedy (the VJ from MTV along time ago and currently Fox News business host) That's the reason for the chorus because at the time she kept her real name a secret pretty-much
@@beausmock2824 don't drop all of you on them, talk, show who you are. But some people are just too simple minded, it's allright to be a lil different.
Strang u say that i think.when i get rich and the friend of mine gets home from his trip i bet no more users i can helpbum some how they keep me broke i love kids guess
When a song can evoke raw emotion out of you and transport you to a time in your life that you will forever love or are dying to forget...that's a sign of true musicianship. I will forever love this song.
jendwy81 makes perfect sense to me !! Nostalgia is something that's hard to pinpoint since it' s different for each individual reminding us of better times past [OBVIOUSLY BEING NOSTALGIC!]I recall getting more involved in my own pursuit of music at the time of this single's release ;searching for something a little more real in my life [ AS CLICHE AS THAT MIGHT SOUND!] hope to post some more ideas soon until then hope this music takes you to a safe and happy place!!
jendwy81 You're not crazy at all. I feel the same way about a song by Joe Satriani called "Always With Me, Always With You" (if you haven't heard it look it up, it's beautiful) and no matter how pretty the song is, it's still hard for me to make it through it, for some personal reasons.
+jendwy81 I know this is an old comment but this is exactly how I feel. Almost too good to listen to because of the emotion it call pull from the past can almost be too much to ponder
And 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 ...... Thank you John Rzeznik
The 90's were PURE MAGIC. I will be glad when I'm "up there" in age to tell young people the 90's were my generation (just like people are proud of their music generation in the 70's, 60's, 80's,etc.). I'll tell them about remembering my first time hearing Name, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Everlong, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and the million other classics that are uniquely a 90's sound. 90's will be immortalized in music history and will never fade away.
Wasn't life just a little easier back then, just being a child, listening to music on the radio, sharing, living, feeling stuff without the need of taking pictures every 2 minutes and posting shit on social media? Just u and the moment, just u and the music. RIP 90's indeed.
+Penroseshadowhunter Music can still be good nowadays, it's just that the perception of life changed for most of people & that is okay we need to go foward but we can't forget where we come from :)
This song brings on so many emotions. Growing up in a small town, playing outside, riding bikes, rollerblading, playing with sidewalk chalk, playing hide-and-seek and tag. The opening sounds of movies, playing Nintendo. Things were simple! I remember life before and after internet!! I miss those days. One day I went out and played with my friends for the last time and I just didn't know it. Now I'm 30 with two kids and one on the way. It all went by so quickly. ❤️
born in 89 in a small town. I really felt the comment. man life was so good. we were the most privileged generation. not the most spoiled but the most privileged. just my opinion
@@gregspecker2977 I'm glad! We were the transition generation. We know life before internet really took over! We still played, interacted etc I too was born in 89 in a small town in Virginia. I'm thankful for the era I grew up in. ❤️
Phil Collins 91-96 is the golden age imo. 1995 gave us these albums alone: Mellon Collie, Soup, The Bends, Fungus Amongus, more I can't think off at the moment.
Ivy Martinez This comment describes me perfectly... too perfectly... (Although I guess technically this is a year old so whoever wrote this comment is now 16)
This song will always remind me of my daughter and just how lucky I am to be her father. Greatest thing to ever happen in my life was becoming her dad.
I remember last summer i listened to this on one of my playlists on my ipad while i was riding back from rapid city with my aunt, grandma, and sister. And we drove through the black hills to hill city on a different route we took from rapid that would lead to custer south dakota. And it fit then. And everytime i listen to that song i think of that day and the pine treese and black hills passing by. And us stopping at a rest stop and the little awim pond.
I was a teen in the 90's growing up in the DC hardcore punk scene. We were just a bunch of screwball kids from broken homes having a laugh and going to concerts. Most of my closest friends from that era have passed away. I think about them daily and I love this song.
I think we are all aching inside for something greater. This world is bitter and broken. Jesus died to make a way for all of us to have abundant life, peace and joy. Don't let this world tear you down. There is a better promise for your life.
Janet Weninger Sometimes music is just music. I am a Christian, but taking it too far and claiming everything in this life is God's direct responsibility is a little far fetched. Things happen in this world that are of no relation to God and that is just fine. Don't make it seem like Christians have to be this radical because all you're really doing is tearing down people's opinions of Christians as blinded cult followers
Marcus Munitions Thank you for your honesty. You are correct that some music is just music. I never claimed that everything in this life is God's direct responsibility. I said that God loves us, and He isn't a religion. He is in everything, because He created us. How do you separate aspects of your life from Him? My comment was to encourage anyone that is lost or confused about God, because too many people are broken and need to know that they are not alone. God promised to never leave us, and He told us to love others. I don't know how my comment was offensive to you, but I apologize if it bothers you. My intentions are never to tear down, but only to build others up with hope in God.
There are perfect songs, and then there are perfect songs. This song... my god. My favorite line is "Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?" It's especially true today, where how good you look, and how much money you have is much more revered than your soul. Rzenik nailed it with this one, man. Forget it. No question.
26 years ago today this song was popular, we lost our first daughter at 33 weeks, we never got a chance to know her. I just want her to come back down, I won't tell em' your name.
@@StevieD-yh6bj seems pretty literal to me. I think about you, but i don't need you to think about me, (cause i care about you more then my need for attention) That's my thought on it.
They get that distinctive melodic sound in this song by tuning the G and B strings both to A, so every time he strums a chord with those strings as a part of it you are hearing that note sound twice.
@@wangtoriojackson4315 It goes LOW E: tune down to D A: leave it at A D: tune up to E G: tune up to A B: tune all the way up to E HIGH E: leave it at E
ramona lynn Yeah it’s a beautiful melody.Whats interesting is the tuning he plays this song in is DDDDDD.Standard is EADGB.Very unusual alternate tuning,I’ve played now 30 yrs and have never seen anyone use that tuning except him.Very beautiful song.
This reminds me of my 18th Birthday in late September 1995. This song and "Round Here" by Counting Crows went hand in hand. Was a dark time for me, I was let down and treated like shit by almost everyone around me... Was also a time when I wanted to give up on life. If it wasn't for one of my close life long mates calling when he did, I would've jumped...... Listening to this song makes me realize I did the right thing. I got rid of the toxic shit from my life and blossomed. I was eventually rewarded with 2 beautiful daughters, who I love more than life itself.... I am now 40 and I can honestly say I. LOVE. MY. LIFE!!!!!! Don't ever think you aren't worthy of Love and the good things in life, Because you are....
"Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?" "We grew up way too fast and now there's nothing to believe." "I think about you all the time, but I don't need the same" Seriously some absolutely perfect lines in this song. People really don't write songs like this anymore.
@@adrianevergara8594 basically he is so obsessed in love with her that he doesn't even care if she doesn't return the feeling, it doesn't change how he feels.
@@darnellpistachio2991 obsessed verb preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent. "I think about you all the time" definitely fits
My brother and I saw them June 22 1996 at Six Flags Great Adventure. After rain and lightning delayed the show, it started after 8pm. Half way through the show, a fight broke out in the mosh pit and the band stopped playing. Debating whether to walk off the stage as the fighting continued for awhile, John started playing 'Name'. The fighting stopped immediately and light right started to fall.
40 now... crazy being 40. 27... maybe 28 years ago this was on live network TV for NYE... it had been my favorite long before then... any angle you take results the same, this song is perfect
Hey guys. I've been coping with a lot of sadness these past three days. Most of it surrounding death. Asking questions about if life after exists or if it doesn't and trying to come to terms with emotions about loved ones passing or even my own passing. If being forgotten even matters or not. I've stayed awake thinking about this all last night, crying my eyes out and trying to find meaning and the truth is just so simple. Enjoy the time you have been given, every moment is a gift and every emotion you feel makes you alive. Do what makes you happy guys and try and leave the world in a better place for the next person you love to cherish it. Just know that all that makes you special is what you perceive and never regret that. And thank you for existing at the same time.
This song reminds me of warm, childhood summer days driving through town with my mom. School was easy and lots of friends. Life was an adventure. Thanks for the memories.
omg i love this song, i wasn’t born when this came out but today my dad played this song in the car and he told me he wanted to listen, i’m really glad i put down my phone and really listened this song is amazing and sad, i love it
I feel this to the core of my soul... adopted and raised by an alcoholic abusive mother, no roots, no name. Big hopes and dreams were tossed along the way for the dream of just getting away and surviving. Lots of scars I'm never gonna lose.
@Naturegeek2464 those scars dont define who you are. I'm sorry you went through what you did. I allowed my two children to be adopted because I felt it would be safer for them and they'd have a better life. Sadly I found out their adoptive father is in jail for abusing my kids. Broke my heart. I will live with the guilt forever because if I didnt allow them to be adopted maybe they wouldnt have gone thru such hell. It truly is scary how many adoptive parents abuse the kids they adopt. Mothers want to do what they feel is best for their kids and then adoptive parents go and do horrible things.
I cry every time I listen to this song.This is the first song my daughter and I listened to, she always hug me so tight and never let go every time she would here this song playing. She was 3 the last time I seen her. She is 18 now. We share our Birthday and on January 12 I will be 41 she will be 19.
We die two deaths. The first is when we die, the second is when the last person who ever knew us dies, taking any memory of our existence with them. Then we are truly gone, lost to time and the world, dust, grieved only by the wind.
I recall my mum listening to this in the car back in '95 (she had good taste in music, even liked AC/DC lol). I always liked this band, their music has been great for years. This song though, the sadness that radiates out of it is beautiful, it hits a nerve in the mind and can induce tears. It's musically and lyrically well done, something that is becoming increasingly rare as time goes by in the music industry.
I do miss music like this. It had a certain magic about it. Goo Goo Dolls, Default, Lifehouse, The Calling. Artists like these ones knew how to make us feel.
November of 1995. I was ten years old, very confused, and coming to grips with the onset of maturity. My parents had separated earlier that year. My father and I decided to come live in New Mexico to try to patch things up with my mom, who had moved there. When I first got there, this was the song that was playing on the radio. This will always and forever be the "New Mexico" song for me. So many good memories that will never leave me. The beautiful scenery, trips to Albuquerque, summers at the pool, bike riding, the sunsets,hiking in Mesa Verde. While my parents tried to mend their relationship and eventually failed at it by 98, I'll always have this song to remind me of a time where things felt right and NM really felt like a Land of Enchantment. I really miss my childhood :'(.
InflatablePlane I went through the same things actually. Expect I was 10 in 2005.I remember this song all through out my childhood and teen hood. My parents divorce, being poor and traveling all over the place. I've always been alone except for music being there like this song.
This is one of the reasons why I love 90's. I was born in 1995 and I can say that I can live forever in that era, most of the happiest memories were in my childhood.
This song is superb! Music at its finest. Evokes so much nostalgia and longing. That being said, all of you saying how music nowadays sucks, you guys are a slave to a time that will never be again. It’s sad that the present is passing you and you’re so jaded you’re unable to appreciate it.
I had a bf when I was 19 he stayed with me a few days out of week when I lived at home. He loved me so much and we would drive and when this would play he would sing it under his breath. He said it was our song. I never knew it was goo goo dolls or that of the lyrics. I want cry, he must of know how I felt deep down. It must have been visible he knew no matter how much I tried to love him back I just couldn’t. If I had his number I would sent him a message and tell him I listen to our song.💔 he was such a nice guy I bet he would actually say hello after all these years.
I loved it whenever this song came on the radio as a kid when I was on the bus to school. This song is the epitome of pure nostalgia to me. I can not help but get a bit teary eyed when I hear it now. I miss the nineties!
Today's kids will never know the 1970's and 1980's of going clubbing and seeing live bands everywhere. where I grew up, North Central Massachusetts, there were about 15 clubs with live bands every weekend. You lived for the weekends.
everybody's working for the weekend , i was lucky to be involved in music as amateur performer and technical work as well and yes agreed everything is streamed now younger people seemed to be missing out on the basic connection of music !! CHEERS!!
Ah yes, the tidal surge of music of the 70s and 80s that lead to the cresting wave of accomplishment that was the music of the 90s then the subsequent flattening and retreat that came after
I heard this song was written for the lead singer's sister who raised them because both parents passed away. I never truly listen to all the lyrics, but I do recall in the 90s listening to this song and always feeling very very sad. Being raised by a foster family myself, I absolutely understand the pain of growing up confused and wondering things about your parents that never gets answered. God bless the singer and the writers for this song and now that I understand the words it makes a lot more sense.
I have had my share of rough times but what I am going through right now it sucks. This song gives me hope. Even through the darkest time I definitely feel that someone can relate to me and what I am going through. Especially the lyrics: 'and scars are souvenirs you never lose. It's the truth...
They call the 80’s kids the blessed generation. We knew what it was like without computers and yet we grew up with computers. Me personally, I would take like before the internet in a heartbeat.
All the dreams you never thought you'd lose got tossed along the way...the 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, don't it make you sad to know that life, is more than who we are.
It was great hearing this song, when after dinner of my birthday it was moment to remember yourself in the past before quarantine hit. Make sure you live in very moment you in counter by yourself
Best song ever written - and I know thousands of them. Well done, Johnny. Having lost both of your parents by High School age, dude, I have no clue how you're not just in some pissed off to the gills Satanic thrash metal band, but instead having managed to pen what to me is the most poignant song ever to come out of rock n roll. Well done.👊
I'm being 100% serious. It's 2021, and I'm not sure I've heard a better written song in the past 25 years after this one. Is just an amazing lyric. I can't wait until the Covid concerts are back again because the Goo Goo Dolls definitely come to South Florida when ready. And we're all definitely going
This is to my long lost girlfriend Jessica i messed up and followed the wrong path i thought it was destiny we would be together forever ...here's to what once was youll be in my heart forever ♥
It hits me similarly. It makes me miss my teenage years. Met a girl my freshman year, and we spent our high school years falling in and being in love. She was my first everything. Eventually, I left for the army, she left for college, and things ended. This song truly brings back the good parts of our time together in my mind. It was special and I cherish the memories I have of that time in my life
As a 70 yr old, 'And scars are souvenirs you never lose. The past is never far.' is an incredibly brilliant lyric. There's nothing truer or more inescapable.
I'm 61 and thats so true. Very cool us old guys are still listening to this great music. However, Led Zeppelin still rules. Lol.
@@michaelfarar4232 There's good music out there. You just need to be willing to look for it with an open mind.
@@jimvickers381 Oh, I have a wide and eclectic range of music covering most genre's. Todays stuff? I've heard some of it. Voice boxes, electronic drums. Some lyrics I've heard sound good. I'm sure there is somewhere..but, why search? I have a million songs that still make todays look shameful.
I'm pushing 60 and have LIVED 80 years. That IS a very cool lyric. Lost my wonderful, beautiful wife of 27 years recently....and things just haven't been the same.
@@joemauntel9381 hang in there, pal. I hope for peace and comfort for you.
The 90s wasn’t a decade. It was an emotion.
I wish every day to go back to that decade and for my now 11 yr old to experience childhood like that 😢❤
"And reruns all become our history ... a tired song keeps playing on a tired radio." -- man, that is epic.
We grew up way too fast and now there's nothing to believe.
I was 17 and my bff ... this was her favorite song.... She died of heart failure that year. She was 16. RIP Carrie.😢
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rip Carrie, may your soul find everlasting peace
Memory Eternal...
This song is brutally sad.
Well said!
It's seriously my life
Makes me miss the good ol' days of playing in the yard while dad barbequed.
Don't grow up too fast, kids. You'll miss it.
Ya I know man
I just wish I could go back to the days where everyone wouldn't treat me like the black sheep of everyone but at least I can say I have personality but it hurts to know that they all think of me like I'm weird
They never understood my pain
This song was actually written about his relationship with Kennedy (the VJ from MTV along time ago and currently Fox News business host)
That's the reason for the chorus because at the time she kept her real name a secret pretty-much
@@beausmock2824 don't drop all of you on them, talk, show who you are. But some people are just too simple minded, it's allright to be a lil different.
Can I just live in the 90s and early 2000s for the rest of my life?
can i go with u? musics sucks nowadays!
can i go?
Count me in..
Im in
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Why don't we just start a band together and bring music like this back into popularity where it should be?
This song makes me wanna cry everytime I hear it. It's a masterpiece.
same
Ditto !
No kidding. I loathe the junk my 14 year old tries to to make me listen to :(
Strang u say that i think.when i get rich and the friend of mine gets home from his trip i bet no more users i can helpbum some how they keep me broke i love kids guess
Yawn der is life
When a song can evoke raw emotion out of you and transport you to a time in your life that you will forever love or are dying to forget...that's a sign of true musicianship. I will forever love this song.
This has too much nostalgia for me, I almost can't listen to it even though its beautiful. Does that even make sense?
jendwy81 makes perfect sense to me !! Nostalgia is something that's hard to pinpoint since it' s different for each individual reminding us of better times past [OBVIOUSLY BEING NOSTALGIC!]I recall getting more involved in my own pursuit of music at the time of this single's release ;searching for something a little more real in my life [ AS CLICHE AS THAT MIGHT SOUND!] hope to post some more ideas soon until then hope this music takes you to a safe and happy place!!
pvtrichter88 thanks! I no longer feel crazy lol :D
jendwy81 You're not crazy at all. I feel the same way about a song by Joe Satriani called "Always With Me, Always With You" (if you haven't heard it look it up, it's beautiful) and no matter how pretty the song is, it's still hard for me to make it through it, for some personal reasons.
jb111082 satch ftw!
+jendwy81 I know this is an old comment but this is exactly how I feel. Almost too good to listen to because of the emotion it call pull from the past can almost be too much to ponder
Born in 91. Makes me think of the simpler times when my parents were still together and everything was easier. I miss the 90s
If you didnt grow up
in the 90s you sure missed out
You got that right
ruben1million You miss out on certain things no matter when you grew up.
ruben1million I grew up in the late 90's/early 2000's but they always played this
I don't really give a shit
i know i did. i was born in 2005 & i wish i was alive in the 90s :(
simple lyrics but touches every soul of every individual ❤️
even voices delivered song 🎵 so good🥹
And 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 ...... Thank you John Rzeznik
Beautiful
This song got me crying about things that never happened
Hey
@@christinaward9858 it's gonna be OK
I think getting the feels is good for you sometimes it's good to let out some of the pressure.
Awesome comment
@@PeteNThat God, I hope so.
"Did you lose yourself somewhere out there?" Yes, I did.
The 90's were PURE MAGIC. I will be glad when I'm "up there" in age to tell young people the 90's were my generation (just like people are proud of their music generation in the 70's, 60's, 80's,etc.). I'll tell them about remembering my first time hearing Name, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Everlong, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and the million other classics that are uniquely a 90's sound. 90's will be immortalized in music history and will never fade away.
2020/1971. '' WHAT'S IN A SYSTEM NAME?". ☆NAME☆ HIT FLORIDA MUSIC CHARTS IN THE 90S. THANKS FOR SHARING. MARY MAGDALENE, U.S.A.
This song and this band deserve WAY more credit in 2018
And also in 2019, Saturday,June 22👍
Wasn't life just a little easier back then, just being a child, listening to
music on the radio, sharing, living, feeling stuff without the need of
taking pictures every 2 minutes and posting shit on social media? Just u
and the moment, just u and the music. RIP 90's indeed.
i'm a 90s kid and yeah things were simpler back then
Life Isn't More than Who We Are... We collectively, are Life.
lolol I suppose if you decided not to do shit since the 90s. Life now, is much better, but nostalgia is an interesting demon... angel.. I'm not sure.
we are the last of a dying generation
thats right bro
This song reminds me of an ex who passed away 7 years tomorrow in a car accident...still think of her everyday...I love you Nicole...
+Timothy Pelletier I'm so sorry for your loss.
sorry bruh
sorry for your loss. take care.
damn sorry to hear that
I am sorry, I hope someday you meet her again
another example of why 90s music is better than the music now
+Penroseshadowhunter Music can still be good nowadays, it's just that the perception of life changed for most of people & that is okay we need to go foward but we can't forget where we come from :)
Johnny Whinter i'm actually not from the 90s sadly....
thank you!! seriously music just isn't the same now
river taylor IKR!!!
+Penroseshadowhunter nothing beats the 90s. I say Passion Pit or Papa Roach and its like I spoke a different language ppl have NO taste in music
This song brings on so many emotions. Growing up in a small town, playing outside, riding bikes, rollerblading, playing with sidewalk chalk, playing hide-and-seek and tag. The opening sounds of movies, playing Nintendo. Things were simple! I remember life before and after internet!! I miss those days. One day I went out and played with my friends for the last time and I just didn't know it. Now I'm 30 with two kids and one on the way. It all went by so quickly. ❤️
Spot on. My childhood.
Miss those days also
Spot on my dear. I dont have any children yet but I'm turning 30 next month. This song reminds me of all those things you have mentioned. 💕
born in 89 in a small town. I really felt the comment. man life was so good. we were the most privileged generation. not the most spoiled but the most privileged. just my opinion
@@gregspecker2977 I'm glad! We were the transition generation. We know life before internet really took over! We still played, interacted etc I too was born in 89 in a small town in Virginia. I'm thankful for the era I grew up in. ❤️
At 60 I still love this song and enjoy listening to new and old artist. Things change and stay the same.
this shit makes me cry. I wanna go to the 90s again
Era of probably some of the most amazing hidden gems of music.
Phil Collins 91-96 is the golden age imo. 1995 gave us these albums alone: Mellon Collie, Soup, The Bends, Fungus Amongus, more I can't think off at the moment.
Me too. The best times of my life.
Only listen to this when I'm depressed :'(
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"Don't it make you sad, to know that life is more then who we are?"
Isaac Booker if it makes the average person sad, it must make Narcissists fall into deep depression. haha!
Dang im 15 listening to this now and some kids my age dont even know good songs like this exist. I much rather prefer this over the music now days 💕
Ivy Martinez I'm 19 and I haven't found a single person that knows this band as well as I do
Ivy Martinez This comment describes me perfectly...
too perfectly...
(Although I guess technically this is a year old so whoever wrote this comment is now 16)
Never forget where we came from.
Same here. Everyone's obsessed with dababy and they dont even know songs like this exist
Well now your 19 or 18, and I’m 15 and can assure you that almost nobody knows that music like this even exists. And I wouldn’t if it want for my dad.
This song will always remind me of my daughter and just how lucky I am to be her father. Greatest thing to ever happen in my life was becoming her dad.
I remember last summer i listened to this on one of my playlists on my ipad while i was riding back from rapid city with my aunt, grandma, and sister. And we drove through the black hills to hill city on a different route we took from rapid that would lead to custer south dakota. And it fit then. And everytime i listen to that song i think of that day and the pine treese and black hills passing by. And us stopping at a rest stop and the little awim pond.
I was a teen in the 90's growing up in the DC hardcore punk scene. We were just a bunch of screwball kids from broken homes having a laugh and going to concerts. Most of my closest friends from that era have passed away. I think about them daily and I love this song.
I think we are all aching inside for something greater. This world is bitter and broken. Jesus died to make a way for all of us to have abundant life, peace and joy. Don't let this world tear you down. There is a better promise for your life.
DieselDog77 r.i.p to ur friends who passed
Janet Weninger Sometimes music is just music. I am a Christian, but taking it too far and claiming everything in this life is God's direct responsibility is a little far fetched. Things happen in this world that are of no relation to God and that is just fine. Don't make it seem like Christians have to be this radical because all you're really doing is tearing down people's opinions of Christians as blinded cult followers
Marcus Munitions Thank you for your honesty. You are correct that some music is just music. I never claimed that everything in this life is God's direct responsibility. I said that God loves us, and He isn't a religion. He is in everything, because He created us. How do you separate aspects of your life from Him? My comment was to encourage anyone that is lost or confused about God, because too many people are broken and need to know that they are not alone. God promised to never leave us, and He told us to love others. I don't know how my comment was offensive to you, but I apologize if it bothers you. My intentions are never to tear down, but only to build others up with hope in God.
Only the good die young.
There are perfect songs, and then there are perfect songs. This song... my god. My favorite line is "Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?" It's especially true today, where how good you look, and how much money you have is much more revered than your soul. Rzenik nailed it with this one, man. Forget it. No question.
Still gives me a shiver down my spine as it did the first time I heard this song. Great tune for all time!!
The acoustics of this song are legendary.
26 years ago today this song was popular, we lost our first daughter at 33 weeks, we never got a chance to know her. I just want her to come back down, I won't tell em' your name.
21 weeks for us. She would’ve been a year old by now. Hurts everyday and will forever.
37 for me
"I think about you all the time, but I don't need the same." It makes me sad that I can relate to that line.
I am totally with you on this. My ex wife lives in my mind...sad. I wish I could go back and do it all over again and so it right this time.
The source of all my pain is in this concept.. Life is a tragedy
What does this line mean. The same memories?
@@StevieD-yh6bj seems pretty literal to me. I think about you, but i don't need you to think about me, (cause i care about you more then my need for attention) That's my thought on it.
@@kenbrunet6120 I guess anybody can interpret it the way they want to. To each their own
After years of listening to this song I still can't get over the guitar progression.
The 90s were the happiest time of my life and the music was the very best.
Oh, the happy and sad tears that this song brings on.. ❤🤘
Even back then, there was always something special about this song. The lyrics hit home.
Same!!!
The guitar in '90s rock songs like this... Oooh... so melodic and pure. Gives me goosebumps.
ramonypony
They get that distinctive melodic sound in this song by tuning the G and B strings both to A, so every time he strums a chord with those strings as a part of it you are hearing that note sound twice.
Samuel Pickle actually it isnt the b string it's a second e string in the b string position
@@wangtoriojackson4315 It goes
LOW E: tune down to D
A: leave it at A
D: tune up to E
G: tune up to A
B: tune all the way up to E
HIGH E: leave it at E
ramona lynn Yeah it’s a beautiful melody.Whats interesting is the tuning he plays this song in is DDDDDD.Standard is EADGB.Very unusual alternate tuning,I’ve played now 30 yrs and have never seen anyone use that tuning except him.Very beautiful song.
This reminds me of my 18th Birthday in late September 1995. This song and "Round Here" by Counting Crows went hand in hand. Was a dark time for me, I was let down and treated like shit by almost everyone around me... Was also a time when I wanted to give up on life. If it wasn't for one of my close life long mates calling when he did, I would've jumped...... Listening to this song makes me realize I did the right thing. I got rid of the toxic shit from my life and blossomed. I was eventually rewarded with 2 beautiful daughters, who I love more than life itself.... I am now 40 and I can honestly say I. LOVE. MY. LIFE!!!!!! Don't ever think you aren't worthy of Love and the good things in life, Because you are....
Cookie Wookie I needed this,
Thank you.
Amen
haven't heard this in a while n didn't even no they sung this song, just would hear song on radio every now n then!!
My friend passed last month. And it never gets easier. I miss him so damn much. Mental illness isn’t a joke. I love you Cam.
"Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?"
"We grew up way too fast and now there's nothing to believe."
"I think about you all the time, but I don't need the same"
Seriously some absolutely perfect lines in this song. People really don't write songs like this anymore.
What does the "i think about you all the time but I don't need the same" mean? Thanks
@@adrianevergara8594 basically he is so obsessed in love with her that he doesn't even care if she doesn't return the feeling, it doesn't change how he feels.
@@muffinland oh okay shit. I understood it differently haha thanks
@@muffinland obsessed is a strong word.
@@darnellpistachio2991 obsessed verb
preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent.
"I think about you all the time" definitely fits
My brother and I saw them June 22 1996 at Six Flags Great Adventure. After rain and lightning delayed the show, it started after 8pm. Half way through the show, a fight broke out in the mosh pit and the band stopped playing. Debating whether to walk off the stage as the fighting continued for awhile, John started playing 'Name'. The fighting stopped immediately and light right started to fall.
40 now... crazy being 40. 27... maybe 28 years ago this was on live network TV for NYE... it had been my favorite long before then... any angle you take results the same, this song is perfect
Hey guys. I've been coping with a lot of sadness these past three days. Most of it surrounding death.
Asking questions about if life after exists or if it doesn't and trying to come to terms with emotions about loved ones passing or even my own passing. If being forgotten even matters or not.
I've stayed awake thinking about this all last night, crying my eyes out and trying to find meaning and the truth is just so simple. Enjoy the time you have been given, every moment is a gift and every emotion you feel makes you alive.
Do what makes you happy guys and try and leave the world in a better place for the next person you love to cherish it.
Just know that all that makes you special is what you perceive and never regret that. And thank you for existing at the same time.
Find a good dream and don't let go even if it takes decades,universe is a great tester..❤
Thank GOD for the Goo Goo Dolls and this song.
Even though the moment passed me by I still can't turn away.
I think about you all the time.
But I don't need the same.
These lines hurt.
Such a flashback from the goodies of 90s... wowww memories are priceless ❤❤❤
This song reminds me of warm, childhood summer days driving through town with my mom. School was easy and lots of friends. Life was an adventure. Thanks for the memories.
ITS A SONG YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOUR SAD..BUT ITS A GREAT SONG
omg i love this song, i wasn’t born when this came out but today my dad played this song in the car and he told me he wanted to listen, i’m really glad i put down my phone and really listened this song is amazing and sad, i love it
I feel this to the core of my soul... adopted and raised by an alcoholic abusive mother, no roots, no name. Big hopes and dreams were tossed along the way for the dream of just getting away and surviving. Lots of scars I'm never gonna lose.
@Naturegeek2464 those scars dont define who you are. I'm sorry you went through what you did. I allowed my two children to be adopted because I felt it would be safer for them and they'd have a better life. Sadly I found out their adoptive father is in jail for abusing my kids. Broke my heart. I will live with the guilt forever because if I didnt allow them to be adopted maybe they wouldnt have gone thru such hell. It truly is scary how many adoptive parents abuse the kids they adopt. Mothers want to do what they feel is best for their kids and then adoptive parents go and do horrible things.
The world has gone absolutely crazy. Can we rewind time and go back to the good days of the 90s please god. My heart is so heavy.
This song is legitimately beautiful. “I think about you all the time. But I don’t need the same”. Speaks to me so much.
I cry every time I listen to this song.This is the first song my daughter and I listened to, she always hug me so tight and never let go every time she would here this song playing. She was 3 the last time I seen her. She is 18 now. We share our Birthday and on January 12 I will be 41 she will be 19.
I'm sorry
We die two deaths. The first is when we die, the second is when the last person who ever knew us dies, taking any memory of our existence with them. Then we are truly gone, lost to time and the world, dust, grieved only by the wind.
this was my grad song. 2003. time flies. enjoy life guys
i graduated in 2000, and Goo Goo Dolls were definately one of my faves back then. Still are actually.
Graduated in 2011 and was STILL OBSESSED.
Same year ❤️
Much love and respect!!!! Jesus Rocks!!!!!
And scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far ...
When I pass away I want to go back to the 90's - that would be heaven for me 💕
I recall my mum listening to this in the car back in '95 (she had good taste in music, even liked AC/DC lol). I always liked this band, their music has been great for years. This song though, the sadness that radiates out of it is beautiful, it hits a nerve in the mind and can induce tears. It's musically and lyrically well done, something that is becoming increasingly rare as time goes by in the music industry.
that's true..
music these days mostly sucks
thesilentcrow beautifully said 💕
completely agree
My kid cut her baby teeth on this . Lol
I do miss music like this. It had a certain magic about it. Goo Goo Dolls, Default, Lifehouse, The Calling. Artists like these ones knew how to make us feel.
November of 1995. I was ten years old, very confused, and coming to grips with the onset of maturity. My parents had separated earlier that year. My father and I decided to come live in New Mexico to try to patch things up with my mom, who had moved there. When I first got there, this was the song that was playing on the radio. This will always and forever be the "New Mexico" song for me. So many good memories that will never leave me. The beautiful scenery, trips to Albuquerque, summers at the pool, bike riding, the sunsets,hiking in Mesa Verde. While my parents tried to mend their relationship and eventually failed at it by 98, I'll always have this song to remind me of a time where things felt right and NM really felt like a Land of Enchantment. I really miss my childhood :'(.
InflatablePlane part of the song lyrics: "Grew up way too fast and reruns all become our history"...... right?
My heart aches for your nostalgia. I can almost feel it, I know exactly what you mean
InflatablePlane i'm still a child
InflatablePlane Right in the feels brah. Thanks for sharing.
InflatablePlane I went through the same things actually. Expect I was 10 in 2005.I remember this song all through out my childhood and teen hood. My parents divorce, being poor and traveling all over the place. I've always been alone except for music being there like this song.
This is one of the reasons why I love 90's. I was born in 1995 and I can say that I can live forever in that era, most of the happiest memories were in my childhood.
1990 here
This song is superb! Music at its finest. Evokes so much nostalgia and longing. That being said, all of you saying how music nowadays sucks, you guys are a slave to a time that will never be again. It’s sad that the present is passing you and you’re so jaded you’re unable to appreciate it.
I think about you all the time but I don't need the same.
heavy.
Yes very true love this :'(
Raven Dove ❤️
This line is so saaaaad.
IMYD!!!!
Relating in a very deep level
The 13 people who disliked.. I wont tell them your name
haha
Lol
Love it!
1.6k now :#
Some probably hit it by accident,Lol
I had a bf when I was 19 he stayed with me a few days out of week when I lived at home. He loved me so much and we would drive and when this would play he would sing it under his breath. He said it was our song. I never knew it was goo goo dolls or that of the lyrics. I want cry, he must of know how I felt deep down. It must have been visible he knew no matter how much I tried to love him back I just couldn’t. If I had his number I would sent him a message and tell him I listen to our song.💔 he was such a nice guy I bet he would actually say hello after all these years.
The 90s were a great time for me. So many wonderful memories!!! 😍😍
I loved it whenever this song came on the radio as a kid when I was on the bus to school. This song is the epitome of pure nostalgia to me. I can not help but get a bit teary eyed when I hear it now. I miss the nineties!
One of the best songs ever, musically, lyrics, the way it's sung...
Today's kids will never know the 1970's and 1980's of going clubbing and seeing live bands everywhere. where I grew up, North Central Massachusetts, there were about 15 clubs with live bands every weekend. You lived for the weekends.
everybody's working for the weekend , i was lucky to be involved in music as amateur performer and technical work as well and yes agreed everything is streamed now younger people seemed to be missing out on the basic connection of music !! CHEERS!!
Ah yes, the tidal surge of music of the 70s and 80s that lead to the cresting wave of accomplishment that was the music of the 90s then the subsequent flattening and retreat that came after
I heard this song was written for the lead singer's sister who raised them because both parents passed away. I never truly listen to all the lyrics, but I do recall in the 90s listening to this song and always feeling very very sad. Being raised by a foster family myself, I absolutely understand the pain of growing up confused and wondering things about your parents that never gets answered. God bless the singer and the writers for this song and now that I understand the words it makes a lot more sense.
One of my favorite groups. Love listening to their music. Love you guys
12 midnight and listening to this song. Just can't enough of this 90's music. Bring it back.
3:13am. 2/11/23. In bed. Thinking about my daughter and all the days I can’t get back. This song shoots straight through me.
I have had my share of rough times but what I am going through right now it sucks. This song gives me hope. Even through the darkest time I definitely feel that someone can relate to me and what I am going through. Especially the lyrics: 'and scars are souvenirs you never lose. It's the truth...
This to shall pass......stay in the game, it will get better.
Amen
3 years later I hope all is better for you
Crying about a life mirrored in a song that I sang in middle school... Fucking amazing😔
I love the chords in this song. They make me want to play guitar again. great last lines....
They call the 80’s kids the blessed generation. We knew what it was like without computers and yet we grew up with computers. Me personally, I would take like before the internet in a heartbeat.
All the dreams you never thought you'd lose got tossed along the way...the 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, don't it make you sad to know that life, is more than who we are.
One of my absolute favorites ❤️
Me too
This song makes me miss sitting around a campfire during August.
This song reminds me of the 90s more than any other song. Makes it feel like yesterday
It was great hearing this song, when after dinner of my birthday it was moment to remember yourself in the past before quarantine hit. Make sure you live in very moment you in counter by yourself
I can't ever make it through this song without sobbing. So, as much as I love it. I don't re- visit it often.
Best song ever written - and I know thousands of them. Well done, Johnny. Having lost both of your parents by High School age, dude, I have no clue how you're not just in some pissed off to the gills Satanic thrash metal band, but instead having managed to pen what to me is the most poignant song ever to come out of rock n roll. Well done.👊
You don't need to diss other genres to say the one you like is good.
Metal is just another genre to release emotions in their own way. I love metal and I love rock alternative indie or whatever this is classified as
I'm being 100% serious. It's 2021, and I'm not sure I've heard a better written song in the past 25 years after this one.
Is just an amazing lyric.
I can't wait until the Covid concerts are back again because the Goo Goo Dolls definitely come to South Florida when ready.
And we're all definitely going
Love this song but in my opinion goo goo dolls best song is broadway
They just write great lyrics
100% agree!
Keep it on
What's a covid concert?
This is to my long lost girlfriend Jessica i messed up and followed the wrong path i thought it was destiny we would be together forever ...here's to what once was youll be in my heart forever ♥
I wish I lived this era 🥺 90s and early 2000s
Googoodolls,
You make alotta sense
And bring a lotof is JOY and comfort and en.lightenment...tytyty
Still get chills when I hear this song
Absolute greatest acoustic guitar jam in the history of music, towards the end of this song here ❤
Dave C Very underrated jam. You nailed it. Acoustic is def
Dave C the song is (sadly) very difficult to play which adds to the amount of respect it gets.
Wow.. i can put myself in a place with every one of my ex's when i listen to soo many alternative 90's tracks. Class of 09' baby
this song just does something to the eardrums cant explain it just sounds like a million dollar masterpiece never gets old
90's music will allwaystake me away..
Why do I cry when I hear this. I miss being a kid
I can't explain my feeling right now. This song makes me think of my childhood and I miss those days 😢
This will continue your whole life, things you are doing right now you will miss 15 years from now and all the people you lose along the way.
It hits me similarly. It makes me miss my teenage years. Met a girl my freshman year, and we spent our high school years falling in and being in love. She was my first everything. Eventually, I left for the army, she left for college, and things ended. This song truly brings back the good parts of our time together in my mind. It was special and I cherish the memories I have of that time in my life