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Goo Goo Dolls — Iris
Album: Dizzy Up The Girl
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Released: 1998
Length: 4:40
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And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
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 duke wrote:

smells like post-grunge ELO



21 years later that's still a quality comment
Posted 1 year ago by nickferrante10    [ Reply ]
Overplayed in the day but still a great song. GGD are a cool example of how Westerberg influenced the music of that time. 
Posted 1 year ago by nickferrante10    [ Reply ]
So sing us a song, you're the emo band.
Posted 2 years ago by gpgiff    [ Reply ]
I had forgotten how greatly produced this track is. Was it produced this incredible way by itself in the Goo's album or was it by Gabriel Yared before it is included in the movie soundtrack?
Posted 2 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
taeha wrote:
Not a bad song, but it was overplayed for a really long time on commercial radio. It doesn't quite fit in to the rest of RP's stuff.
not that great, either. kinda ponderous and trite.
Posted 20 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
If ever I was forced to listen to commercial radio, I could easily forgive those robots, er, I mean DJ's for playing this song. I guess what I'm trying to say is I kinda like this song. Oops!
Posted 20 years ago by Hasty_Manic    [ Reply ]
pure. utter. crap.
Posted 20 years ago by Eul0gy    [ Reply ]
Like Alanis's 'Uninvited', this one is listed as being from "The Crow-City of Angels" soundtrack when it's just on the City of Angels Soundtrack... or even more accurately, on the Goo's album Dizzy Up the Girl. I know step down from my anal retentive soapbox.
Posted 21 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Yeah, this wasn't an especially remarkable song to begin with. Then commercial radio pounded it into the ground. "Uninvited" from Alanis off the same soundtrack is excellent though.
Posted 21 years ago by athomas24    [ Reply ]
Heh! The Amazon blurb is selling "The Crow: City of Angels" instead of that Meg Ryan chick flick... This guy ruined "Treasure Planet". Oh, so did a horrid storyline...
Posted 21 years ago by Illustr8r    [ Reply ]
Not a bad song, but it was overplayed for a really long time on commercial radio. It doesn't quite fit in to the rest of RP's stuff.
Posted 21 years ago by taeha    [ Reply ]
ACK! what the hell is this?? pth, pthoo -- blech --
Posted 21 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
This was a pivotal time in the Goo\'s career. Plagued with writer\'s block, \'Iris\' was penned for the City of Angels soundtrack and became a huge, unexpected hit for the band. As a result, many other groups followed with the Replacements-style influence the Goo Goo Dolls hit it so hard with. This may be good or bad depending on your views, but it did catapult the Goos to unimaginable heights. And that\'s just what they needed at that point in their career. Over played or not, this was a phenominal song when it took the charts (and the Grammy Awards) by storm in 1998. Cheers, Blarg.
Posted 22 years ago by Blarg    [ Reply ]
I have to pretty much agree with everyone else and say this song has been played WAY TOO MUCH everywhere. I\'m pretty sick of it.
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by cortriga: If I go to hell when I die, I'm pretty sure this song will be in heavy rotation.
I use to love these guys...when I went to school back in Buffalo you could see them in a bar for $7 & the music was good & they played their balls off. The more recent stuff has been marginal at best...I agree when everybody who says the earlier stuff is better...check out James Dean or their cover of Prince's Never Take the Place of Your Man (with the Incredible Lance Diamond on lead vocals)... I am glad to see that they have become big stars, but I'll always long for the old days... ...and yes, I just callled 1-666-666-6666, the Dark Lord's personal assistant did confirm this track is in very heavy rotation... :p
Posted 22 years ago by Videll    [ Reply ]
smells like post-grunge ELO
Posted 22 years ago by duke    [ Reply ]
Yeah, maybe a bit overplayed, but that doesn\'t make it a bad song. There\'s so much feeling in this guy\'s voice - gives me chills. He\'s got the guts behind the voice that reminds me of the way Peter Gabriel attacks a song. Great! Wonderful climax to the song, as well - takes the listener right along with it.
Posted 22 years ago by bdmorgan72    [ Reply ]
i just heard a survey the other day, done by some magazine on the most annoying songs of all time. this made #3. i just heard the top ten and there were some i thought weren\'t that bad. number 10 was van morrisson \"brown eyed girl\"... number 1 was by the proclaimers \"i\'m gonna be (1000 miles)\". i agree with josh, way back... the goo\'s were better- way back. listen to \"fallin\' down\" or \"we are the normal\" off super star car wash and see if you agree.
Posted 22 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
say it aint so. GooGoo GO AWAY!!
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Actually sounds a bit better than when it was in heavy rotation, but the \" Please allow me to introduce mysef \" demonic poseur lyrics still kinda creep me out.
Posted 22 years ago by philarktos    [ Reply ]
I am soo sick of this band. All of their songs sound almost exactly the same. A little variety and they might be better.
Posted 22 years ago by talus    [ Reply ]