As part of the 2003 FFP birthday celebration, fans shared what they consider to be political statements in Goo songs. Unfortunately, we didn't keep track of who each comment is from! Sorry!

Flat Top | Long Way Down | Truth Is A Whisper
Goo Goo Dolls Song Clips

Flat Top

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bringin' home a new invention
see it fall in pieces on the ground
a television war
between the cynics and the saints
flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
sleepin' on the white house lawn
ain't never changed a thing
just look at all those washed-out hippie dreams

chorus:
and it's fallin' all around us
is this some kind of joke
they're tryin' to pull on us?
fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for awhile

a tabloid generation's lost
choking on its fears
used to be that's all we had to fear
conscience keeps us quiet
while the crooked love to speak
knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street
a visionary coward
said that anger can be power
as long as there's a victim on TV

chorus

and my dirty dreams all come alive
on my TV screen
and assassination plots
show me what I haven't got
show me what I love
and who I'm supposed to be
show me everything I need
show it all to me
show it all to me

chorus

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Long Way Down

Oh here you are there's nothing left to say
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out
Did they throw you away

Touch me now and I don't care
When you take me I'm not there
Almost human but I'll never be the same

Long way down I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down I don't think I'll make it on my own

Never put you down I never pushed you away
You're not supposed to be that way
And anything you want there's nothing I could say

Is there anything to feel
Is it pain that makes you real
Cut me off before it kills me

Long way down I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down I don't think I'll make it on my own

I never put you down I never pushed you away
Take another piece of me
Give my mind a new disease
And the black and white world never fades to gray

Long way down I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down I don't think I'll make it on my own

when people go off and fight war they often become depressed and such. to me this song is about a struggle on the downward spiral.

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Truth Is A Whisper

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

to me the lyrics are about losing faith and not knowing what is going on
anymore. i think a lot of people lost faith in our country after all this stuff starting go on. everyone wants a reason to believe but half the time no one
knows what to believe in anymore.

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