Performer: | The Goo Goo Dolls |
Lead vocals: | John Rzeznik |
Alternative title(s): | Tiffiny, Not Broken |



That song is actually called “Not Broken”, it didn’t have a title at first. We had originally cut the strings with samples on the record and then once we started listening it was one of those things where we thought it would really benefit from the human element. The folks that we worked with really captured it. Actually, the first song that we were going to put strings on was “Home”, as we were listening to the rest of the record we thought that “Not Broken” would benefit from live strings.
Source: Article: They WIll Rock You interview with R.. (10 May 2010)

Instead, he relies on his strength: telling personal tales evocative of bigger themes. For example, the new album features the single "Not Broken," based on correspondence between Rzeznik and the wife of a solider in Iraq. She told him that her husband had been rendered paralyzed by a battle wound. Though he has returned to the States for treatment and rehab in Veterans Administration hospitals and halfway houses, he now suffers paralysis of another sort: fear.
"He won't come home, because he's afraid she won't see him as he was," Rzeznik says. "I wanted to speak for her, to write a love letter to tell him to come home."
Heavy stuff, but accessible. The song starts with the lightness of acoustic strumming, then crashes into an epic swirl of Who-like guitars.
Source: Article: Goo Goo Dolls won't shy from social.. (13 May 2010)




All I waited for
was a chance to make you understand
Tell you these forgotten truths.
You never thought were real
And if the world should turn its back
You know that I'm still here
Time won't ever steal my soul
And we're not broken
So please come home
Morning comes and life moves on
But when it changed
You didn't know where you belonged
I'll still catch you when you fall
From a past that steals your sleep
And scrawl there words upon your wall
Remind you to believe
Time won't ever steal my soul
And we're not broken
So please come home
And if the world has worn you down
I'll be waiting
So please come home
I won't let them break you down
I won't hear the empty sounds
I'm hopelessly pretending
That I know the answer
Angels light the neon fires
That burn so cold
Through your desires
And all you are is all I need to know
When the world is insane
You get used to the pain,
And you don't even know how you feel
And I get like you
I'm alone and confused
But you know it's not forever
was a chance to make you understand
Tell you these forgotten truths.
You never thought were real
And if the world should turn its back
You know that I'm still here
Time won't ever steal my soul
And we're not broken
So please come home
Morning comes and life moves on
But when it changed
You didn't know where you belonged
I'll still catch you when you fall
From a past that steals your sleep
And scrawl there words upon your wall
Remind you to believe
Time won't ever steal my soul
And we're not broken
So please come home
And if the world has worn you down
I'll be waiting
So please come home
I won't let them break you down
I won't hear the empty sounds
I'm hopelessly pretending
That I know the answer
Angels light the neon fires
That burn so cold
Through your desires
And all you are is all I need to know
When the world is insane
You get used to the pain,
And you don't even know how you feel
And I get like you
I'm alone and confused
But you know it's not forever
John Rzeznik @Johnrzeznik1
I think the most underrated goo song is not broken
Tim Palmer @TimPalmerMixer
Here's the new video for 'Notbroken' a song I produced for The Goo Goo Dolls from their latest album fb.me/QeVTFoU3
Robby Takac @RobbyTakac
Check out the making of the NOTBROKEN video !!!!! ow.ly/3ANkM
Robby Takac @RobbyTakac
Our new "NOTBROKEN" video is up ... check it out !!! ow.ly/3ySoA
John Rzeznik @Johnrzeznik1
Doing strings check out the ustream
John Rzeznik @Johnrzeznik1
Doing strings with steve lu so epic sounding watch the video from the session Tuesday