Released: October 16, 1990
Songwriter: The Goo Goo Dolls
Producer: Armand John Petri
[Chorus 1]
It's been a long, dark, lonely hall
Between the cracks, I can read the scrawl
It's written down in a crooked rhyme
You sold me out before my time, you know
[Verse 1]
But since then I been back down to the end
I can't believe the things you never said
I can't explain the words I never found
My whole world should come crashing down, you know
[Bridge]
But you can't sell me out with everything you think about
[Verse 2]
I think back now I draw a blank, you know but
There ain't no need to dig the past, you know but
I don't wanna live my life in a day
I ain't got no need for this plastic cage
[Bridge]
Cuz you don't think about anything I think about
[Chorus 2]
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
[Verse 3]
But now you know for sure you're alive
Because you, you watched me leave before your eyes, you know I
I'm afraid to say your name, but I
I ain't afraid to share this blame because
You can't sell me out with everything you think about
[Chorus 2]
[Chorus 1]
It's been a long, dark, lonely hall
Between the cracks, I can read the scrawl
Find a place that feels like home, you know
And get some clue to where I'm going, you know but
[Bridge]
You don't think about anything I think about
[Chorus 2][2x]
It's been a long, dark, lonely hall
Between the cracks, I can read the scrawl
It's written down in a crooked rhyme
You sold me out before my time, you know
[Verse 1]
But since then I been back down to the end
I can't believe the things you never said
I can't explain the words I never found
My whole world should come crashing down, you know
[Bridge]
But you can't sell me out with everything you think about
[Verse 2]
I think back now I draw a blank, you know but
There ain't no need to dig the past, you know but
I don't wanna live my life in a day
I ain't got no need for this plastic cage
[Bridge]
Cuz you don't think about anything I think about
[Chorus 2]
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
[Verse 3]
But now you know for sure you're alive
Because you, you watched me leave before your eyes, you know I
I'm afraid to say your name, but I
I ain't afraid to share this blame because
You can't sell me out with everything you think about
[Chorus 2]
[Chorus 1]
It's been a long, dark, lonely hall
Between the cracks, I can read the scrawl
Find a place that feels like home, you know
And get some clue to where I'm going, you know but
[Bridge]
You don't think about anything I think about
[Chorus 2][2x]
- Hold Me Up (1990)
- Iris
- Black Balloon
- Name
- Slide
- Here Is Gone
- Sympathy
- Broadway
- Before It’s Too Late
- Let Love In
- Slide (Live)
- Come to Me
- Use Me
- Dizzy
- Big Machine
- Better Days
- Boxes
- Acoustic #3
- Never Take the Place of Your Man (Prince cover)
- Home (Live)
- Wait for the Blackout
- Bitch
- Better Days [Acoustic Version]
- Up, Up, Up
- Black Balloon (Live)