These clouds around you break your fall
As you came crashing to the ground
Did you learn anything at all
You climb back up to come back down
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
But to them it's just the same
Yeah you're just another name
She said fame will bring you down
At least that's what she used to say
Then they handed her another crown
She said it would never be this way
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
But to them it's just the same
Yeah you're just another name
La da da da da just another name
Yesterday she was a little girl
Pretending she was queen
Didn't know it'd change the world
Didn't know what this should mean
Which mask will you wear today
How about the one with the pretty smile
To you it's just another day
In a life you haven't lived in quite awhile
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
But to them it's just a game
And I think it's gone too far
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
You've got the most familiar face
But your just another name
La da da da da just another name
La da da da da just another name
As you came crashing to the ground
Did you learn anything at all
You climb back up to come back down
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
But to them it's just the same
Yeah you're just another name
She said fame will bring you down
At least that's what she used to say
Then they handed her another crown
She said it would never be this way
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
But to them it's just the same
Yeah you're just another name
La da da da da just another name
Yesterday she was a little girl
Pretending she was queen
Didn't know it'd change the world
Didn't know what this should mean
Which mask will you wear today
How about the one with the pretty smile
To you it's just another day
In a life you haven't lived in quite awhile
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
But to them it's just a game
And I think it's gone too far
Everybody knows your name
But they don't know who you are
You've got the most familiar face
But your just another name
La da da da da just another name
La da da da da just another name
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Just Another Name Lyrics as written by Jason Wade
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"Everybody knows your name,
But they don't know who you are,
But to them it's just a game.
And I think it's gone too far.
Everybody knows your name,
But they don't know who you are.
You've got the most familiar face,
But you're just another name."
"Its just a game", everyone does it no one thinks anythng of it. "Youve got the most familiar face but you're just another name".... if anything happened to you, an ccident or something people wouldnt really care, well maybe some would, they'd be like oh yeh, that name sounds familiar, arr oh well. Just like you were nothing
Thats probarbly sooo far off but thats what i think about, songs mean different things to different people, thats what makes good songs.
ahhh maybe thats wot happens with this new one, oh well, me bros name was andaah, i wrote the thing about this song k..
Andahh, I believe is right about what this song means. However, I have a slightly different twist.
He is singing about a girl who is faced with this identity battle. You go throughout your day showing your face and everybody knows your name. But to them you and everyone else are just names too. Nobody can see right through you and read your life story.
"Everybody knows your name,
But they don't know who you are,
But to them it's just the same.
Yeah, you're just another name."
He accepts that she wants to change her identity to being famous. He emphasizes "crown" as royalty...to be popular. However, this will never happen and popularity is only within herself.
"She said, "Fame will bring you down",
At least that's what she used to say.
Then I handed her another crown.
She said it would never be this way."
He tells her all the negative aspects of being popular with everyone that knows everything about you. All the responsibilities she would have to face-
"Yesterday she was a little girl
Pretending she was queen.
Didn't know it'd change the world.
Didn't know what this would mean."
Now he is telling the girl to just be herself, the way he likes her to be-
"Which mask will you wear today?
How 'bout the one with a pretty smile?
To you it's just another day
In a life you haven't lived in quite a while."
(this is my favorite part of the song)
Now I'm going back to the beginning of the song. It already summed up the whole story.
He is asking her if she learned a lesson from all of this. She has climbed up in ranks only to fall back with unhappiness.
"These clouds around you break your fall
As you came crashing to the ground.
Did you learn anything at all?
You climb back up to come back down."
I think this is as close as it gets. I'm open for different perspectives though...
It is about how famous people loose their identity. They're just known for being a name. Whenever I hear this song I think of Marilyn Monroe. She was a famous woman who lost her identity in Hollywood. She is probably the icon of making yourself over and loosing your real name, identity, and any ties to a former life iin the glitz and glamour of fame. Though this song is not about Marilyn Monroe, it could be.
At least that's what she used to say." A celebrity whose lost her identity in the tabloids and the crowds and the acting.