Iris...

For some reason, i got very addicted to hearing the song Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls again...

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
Cause 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 seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your 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

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

I got some videos from youtube. iris by Yvan Lambatan from PDA aws a heartfelt performance. iris sung in a concertm in a tv show, even one rendition by the Goo Goo Dolls with Avril Lavigne. But I got one video which had Johnny Rzeznik explaining how the song happened...

He explaing that he made it really for the movie, he wrote it while he was in the eyes of the lead character ( oh yeah the movie was city of angels) however he realized that it was quite applicable to a multitude of situations...

However i still don't know why the song is called IRIS. Probably something related to seeing, others say that there was a girl named iris and the song was for her.

Personally I think i's the former (And I don't want the world to SEE me) but well a song is interpreted in many ways so who knows?