A Name
written by: Jak Locke

version 3:
from Paradox Prophecy: Dilate (2000 November 19) (3:53)
So fifteen years from now, tell me will I just be a name

The box is packed and you're so far away
Distant like we've been for many days
That last goodbye, that one last hard embrace
So hard in that light to see the tears on your face

It wasn't anybody's fault and it was everyone to blame
Some place along the line, things just weren't the same
So fifteen years from now, tell me, will I just be a name

The long ride home and the songs on the radio
Just reinforced what you and I already know
The circumstances weighed too heavy for all of this
We must part now because that's just the way it is

It wasn't anybody's fault and it was everyone to blame
I find it hard to realize now I am just a name
In a world, a life apart, I'd love you all the same

Goodbye goodbye, I'll never forget you
Goodbye goodbye, forget me, don't forget me and you

Fifteen minutes passed, already I'm only a name

version 2:
from Heavy Root (1999 December 20) (2:07)
The box is packed and you're so far away
Distant like we've been for many days
That last goodbye, that one last hard embrace
So hard in that light to see the tears on your face

It wasn't anybody's fault and it was everyone to blame
Some place along the line, things just weren't the same
So fifteen years from now, tell me, will I just be a name

The long ride home and the songs on the radio
Just reinforced what you and I already know
The circumstances weighed too heavy for all of this
We must part now because that's just the way it is

It wasn't anybody's fault and it was everyone to blame
I find it hard to realize now I am just a name
In a world, a life apart, I'd love you all the same

Goodbye goodbye, I'll never forget you
Goodbye goodbye, forget me, don't forget me and you

version 1:
from Paradox Prophecy (1999 November 21) (2:05)
The box is packed and you're so far away
Distant like we've been for many days
That last goodbye, that one last hard embrace
So hard in that light to see the tears on your face

It wasn't anybody's fault and it was everyone to blame
Some place along the line, things just weren't the same
So fifteen years from now, tell me, will I just be a name

The long ride home and the songs on the radio
Just reinforced what you and I already know
The circumstances weighed too heavy for all of this
We must part now because that's just the way it is

It wasn't anybody's fault and it was everyone to blame
I find it hard to realize now I am just a name
In a world, a life apart, I'd love you all the same

Goodbye goodbye, I'll never forget you
Goodbye goodbye, forget me, don't forget me and you

earliest live performance: 1999 November 19