The Goo Goo Dolls

Released: May 6, 2016

Songwriter: Drew Pearson John Rzeznik

Producer: The Goo Goo Dolls

[Verse 1]
All this time I was losing control
Chasing a life that would steal my soul
Too many faces, too many lies
Too many hands trying to steal this prize
We all got demons
We all get scared
On our knees hoping someone cares

[Pre-Chorus]
And all we need is a little honesty right now
We're still waiting

[Chorus]
We are, we are, we are the soul in the machine
We are, we are
When you look up at the bright stars
We are a part of everything
We are, we are

[Post-Chorus]
Every breath's a moment
Every moment is a chance to live again

[Verse 2]
This hope is burning like fire in my veins
When the fear is gone and the truth remains
People like us
We've got so much to give, yeah
So many dreams
So much to live for

[Pre-Chorus]
And life gets hard, we get brave
We all get scared, it's okay

[Chorus]
We are, we are, we are the soul in the machine
We are, we are
When you look up at the bright stars
We are a part of everything
We are, we are

[Post-Chorus]
Every breath's a moment
Every moment is a chance to live again

[Outro]
Can you hear it callin'
Oh it feels like fallin'
When you find you're all in
Don't be afraid darlin'
I know you'll always be brave
Can you hear it callin'
Oh it feels like fallin'
When you find you're all in
Don't be afraid darlin'
I know you'll always be brave
Can you hear it callin'?
Oh it feels like fallin'
And then you find you're all in
Don't be afraid
Darlin' be brave

The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, NY, during one of Buffalo’s most prolific underground music phases. The band was formed by John Rzeznik (Also known as Johnny Rzeznik), lead singer and songwriter for the band, with bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. Mike Malinin later replaced Tutuska as the band’s drummer.

The band has released twelve studio albums between 1986 and 2017, but they are best known for platinum-selling A Boy Named Goo (1995) and Dizzy Up the Girl (1998). These mid- to late 1990s albums contain the Goo Goo Dolls' biggest hits to date – Name and Iris most notably, but also Slide, Black Balloon, and Dizzy

These hits made the Goo Goo Dolls a household name for radio-friendly “prom night power balladry” (as one Rolling Stone review put it), but the band’s early output was often far rougher musically, melding the band’s edgier punk influences with an often soft sensibility in the mold of the band’s early heroes, The Replacements. One can hear these influences on many songs on A Boy Named Goo though these affinities would fade after Dizzy Up the Girl.

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