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Song ID: 136939
I'm not a perfect person
As many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear

I've found a resaon for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You [x4]

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
The Reason
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87 comments on this song.
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PinkJelly
this was my 1st favorite song on the album...i really like it. especially the drums in the beginning. awesome.
added: 01/11/2004, 07:13 PM
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Darck
É com isto tudo que te peço desculpa... Não sou perfeito e nunca o serei... Errei e vou pagar o meu erro...
added: 02/23/2004, 04:09 PM
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LuckyStrikes
this is a great title track and one of my favorties on the album, great lyrics as well
added: 02/26/2004, 06:15 PM
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blackhornedhelmet
Whoa! Awsome voice and lyrics.
Brings tears in my eyes. A perfect "i'm sorry i cheated on you" song
added: 02/26/2004, 10:42 PM
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arsenic beauty x
Beautiful song.
added: 02/29/2004, 06:32 PM
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TheReason
I like it. Hence the name. Nuff said.
added: 03/02/2004, 07:38 PM
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aphile_chica
its kinda repetative and obvious but other than that its good stuff...alot different from normal hoobastank so thats always nice to hear
added: 03/05/2004, 02:42 PM
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Maddie
i love this song. it doesn't sound like Hoobastank. butn it's awesome.
added: 03/15/2004, 09:29 AM
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wundrbread5678
this song is sooooooo sweet , i didnt like hoobastank before but now i do .
added: 03/16/2004, 07:43 PM
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Hunners
I love this. It reminds me of my boyfriend.. is that bad? but I love the viedo!.. its even better!!
added: 03/22/2004, 06:51 PM
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gorks
my boyfriend and i just got back together after a year of being broken up...this song totally reminds me of him and some of the things he said to me when we got back together...it is such a sweet song and i love it!
added: 03/22/2004, 10:18 PM
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Fae
a simple, yet absolutely sweet and beautiful song... I was hooked the first time I heard it, from the very first line.
added: 03/23/2004, 09:23 PM
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paintmelikeiam04
I love this song and everything about it. The beat...his voice....I mean it sounds like the song means soo much to him and it really sounds like he's singing it to someone its a cool song!
added: 03/24/2004, 01:05 AM
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SwissArmyRomance
just.. wow. this song is beyond amazing.
added: 04/04/2004, 03:20 PM
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pink3handles
this song is incredable...i want to sing it to scott, my ex. i hope he'll listen...
added: 04/04/2004, 03:25 PM
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Xtreme17nc13
no words to describe such perfection...great single
added: 04/05/2004, 10:00 PM
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munky2hyper
awesome song i cant stop singing it..its perfect to sing to someone u love...everything bout it is perfect...great words...great melody...jus an awesome song
added: 04/07/2004, 04:06 PM
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KillGirl
LYKE, I LUV THIZ SONG CUZ IT REMINDZ ME OF MY BOIFRIEND, HEHEHEHEHE...-.-
added: 04/11/2004, 06:14 AM
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KillGirl
...No, honestly, It's a good song.
added: 04/11/2004, 06:15 AM
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nixxi
I love this song...its my obsession, and it relates to how i am feeling at this very moment
added: 04/11/2004, 04:56 PM
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i
gives me the chills
added: 04/12/2004, 11:45 AM
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annabelle
seriously just listened to this song about 6 times straight....i love it...this guy has a really great voice
added: 04/18/2004, 08:21 PM
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Omegachaos
This song is just perfect, I can't believe how good it is. Just amazing.
added: 04/22/2004, 07:09 PM
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Reject41
Dude, this song sucks. It doesnt sound like Hoobastank at all. It sounds like something by Matchbox 20 or some crap. If you like this song youre gay. and by gay i mean Totally Homosexual
added: 04/24/2004, 11:18 AM
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Atmosphere
great song, this easily became me and my girls song, and this basically is how i live everyday life, great lyrics, great voice, not so great band
added: 04/26/2004, 02:03 PM
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Unaffected
I can't get enough of this song!
added: 04/26/2004, 07:23 PM
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StiCki iCkyCaNdi
Las time I checked.. I loved this song.. and I'm only attracted the members of the opposite sex.. so how in Earth would I fall under the "homosexual" category.. nope, don't think so. Sorry.
added: 04/26/2004, 08:21 PM
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SquirelSuitcase911
It's an amazingly written song...... totally inspiring!
added: 04/29/2004, 08:52 PM
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EmoGeek87
Beautiful song. But, unfortunately, it's way overplayed.
added: 04/30/2004, 04:37 PM
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ragelivesnme
Don't really like any other song I've heard from them, but I love this song...
added: 05/03/2004, 12:52 PM
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stupidelbow
I used to listen to Hoobastank all the time, then got out of it a bit... but after this song came out a picked up the CD I already had and got back into them... this song is amazing and describes how I feel perfectly. I love it.
added: 05/04/2004, 01:38 AM
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MADE_in_86
I seriously am in love with this song.
added: 05/09/2004, 02:20 PM
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MartiniKiss
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
I LOVE HOOBASTANK!!!
added: 05/09/2004, 08:47 PM
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alexh00
I'm sure that nothing has said this before, but how does listening to a song affect ones sexual preference?
added: 05/11/2004, 01:34 PM
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Reg
It's not a bands ability to be innovative or ground-breaking, but rather their ability to take the old and kick ass with it. This is proof.
added: 05/14/2004, 04:14 AM
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Fuck_Authority
that song sucked the first time i listened to it but now i love it
added: 05/30/2004, 02:37 PM
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Mutant-Hippie
yeah this song kicks so mutch fucking ass \,,/ -_- \,,/ so mutch ass
added: 05/31/2004, 11:15 AM
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Poopstick Ninja
It changes your sexual preference to more of a Richard Simmons manner.
added: 05/31/2004, 09:36 PM
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kate69
I really like this song it reminds me of so many memories of things in my life .... its amazing how a person can touch base with things like that without even knowing you.....
added: 06/01/2004, 08:22 PM
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allegra
this song is overplayed and simply horrible.
added: 06/06/2004, 07:30 PM
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Sweety
Hoobastank = The best! Ilove his songs and especially "the raison"
added: 06/07/2004, 08:12 AM
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NIN live... HOLY SHIT!!!
the video... pointless, but kinda funny... song, very meaningful. i love it.
added: 06/23/2004, 04:17 PM
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Tristan.
This song is terrible, played to death, and the video is so pointless it makes me want to break their self-titled CD. They took a real left turn with this song, and this album.
added: 06/27/2004, 10:12 PM
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morgan1133
great song but overplayed...great voice
added: 07/05/2004, 10:05 PM
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Dark Shadow
I like the fact that it's a good song, but the fact that it's overly played is just horrible.
added: 07/08/2004, 07:24 PM
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LifeInSin
good song, but nothing incredible...
added: 07/15/2004, 12:33 PM
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MajorBlondeGurly
I absolutely love this song! It reminds me of a guy that I have always really cared about...
added: 07/22/2004, 03:11 PM
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Alex292
I have found that alot of people like this song. I really don't care if it is played to death, personally I think they can't play it enough
added: 07/22/2004, 11:17 PM
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zerospace_13
this band reminds me of a wannabe incubus cover band... and even at that, they still need some polishing on their music skills...
added: 07/27/2004, 11:43 PM
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music_girl_21
i like this song alot.but i have heard it alot
added: 08/01/2004, 04:07 PM
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Big D
........eh.
added: 08/01/2004, 11:29 PM
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SquirellGirl
such a sweet song! i cried the first time i heard it! i fuckin cried! in front of my dad no less! God, that sucked.......but neway this song rocks!
added: 08/02/2004, 07:03 PM
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Alleine
Damn....I love it...
added: 08/04/2004, 12:31 PM
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ShadowedOutcast
Ummm.... meh.
added: 08/12/2004, 10:53 PM
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Jochem
Reminds of A Wannebe Incubus Also But still i like this song.
added: 08/15/2004, 05:00 PM
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target.chase.victim.
ouch, this song is too slow for me, but it's good i'll admit. lyrics are awesome and music is so-so.
added: 08/23/2004, 11:37 PM
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Love Is Insane
this song is a bore fest. you can tell that their record label told them to do a song like this and not just done out of their hearts. it sounds like the perfect pop. so fake. the video is one of the most horrible videos. what happens in the video has nothing to do what the lyrics are saying. i sometimes think he's sorry for hitting her with the car when they were stealing a car ::BOOM:: (shes knocked out) "Im not a perfect person"... HORRIBLE
added: 08/30/2004, 01:56 AM
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Vash
this song is ridiculously overrated and ridiculously SHITTY.
added: 09/05/2004, 12:54 PM
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THE Perfect Name
Horrible singer, hes annoying after 10 seconds, and the video.......wow, so stupid.
added: 09/06/2004, 07:35 AM
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Cratic
How many times have I heard this song in the past two minths? Seriously? Its on every fucking radio station at least three times a day. On muchmusic at least five times a day, and on muchmoremusic at least ten times a day. Its really pathetic.
added: 09/12/2004, 08:37 PM
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buttcrack
This is why i don't watch MTV or listen to the radio. They play there shitty songs by bands with little to no talent while all the good bands with talent aren't even getting songs played.
added: 09/12/2004, 10:16 PM
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FFAF
Thank god they released it in time for prom season!
added: 09/19/2004, 03:15 AM
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Pardon Me
I didn't think it was too bad when I got the cd, but after hearing it thrashed on the radio and tv (yes the clip sucks) it seems real whiny and annoying. As soon as the airplay dies down I can see myself coming back to it though.
added: 09/29/2004, 06:19 AM
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mest 182
this is fucking amazing ur all dicks tht think its shit this is talent and its not whiny i'd like 2 c u all do better this is a thumbs up 2 hoobastank great song.
added: 10/08/2004, 11:28 AM
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Artad
not bad for a pop-rock-wannabe-alternative band but does not fit with hoobastank...this is the equivalent of "my december" off meteora...where the hell does this come from on the cd
added: 11/01/2004, 09:17 PM
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Sexyness
Love the song, but it's played out now.
added: 11/06/2004, 02:06 AM
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Fenixxx
curtiteeee!!! puto!!... paso de moda???.. jajaj.. tu culoo innbeecil!!
added: 11/18/2004, 01:07 PM
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VivaLaBam
it's really played out, and hoobastank is weird
added: 11/20/2004, 03:51 PM
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Big D
There should be MORE Hoobastank songs played. That's why. Instead, Hoobastank is OCCASIONALLY played. >:|
added: 11/22/2004, 04:56 PM
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SquirellGirl
i so agree, Big D!
added: 12/23/2004, 05:42 PM
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Allmybase
My rating: Crap
added: 01/01/2005, 10:24 AM
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Turkish Hamlord
this song totally belongs on radio disney and it deserves to be covered by kidz bop...thats not a compliment either
added: 01/09/2005, 03:35 AM
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sonic vendetta
one of the gayest songs ever created.
added: 01/15/2005, 03:25 AM
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Karen_Cuttie
Overplayed. It's played like ten times, and thats only on the radio, then there is muchmusic who play it another ten times.
added: 02/02/2005, 04:54 PM
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MADE_in_86
I don't know.. but I like it.
added: 02/24/2005, 09:50 PM
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rapisthecrap
hey just becuz they're way better than you'll ever be doesnt mean y'all have to dis on them
added: 04/17/2005, 04:31 PM
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Opethiroth
wow overplayed to the max...good at first now its horrid
added: 05/11/2005, 02:58 AM
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_Stasia_
This song may be the most overplayed song in music history.
added: 06/29/2005, 01:54 PM
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Absynth
Musically, Hoobastank is often outperformed by wailing, diseased howler monkeys being pounded bodily into a set of electronic keyboards. Therefore, even if Hoobastank is better than me, they don't have all that much to be smug about. Especially if they're writing things like "The Reason".
added: 07/10/2005, 03:54 AM
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fuktdup
this song is better in acoustic, otherwise it sux
added: 07/20/2005, 07:16 PM
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I c y
Overplayed and not just that, their lyrics are just repeating over and over again. It's nice for the first few times and then it gets boring for the next 10 times and more.
added: 09/01/2005, 01:23 AM
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DramaQUEEN1116
it's an amazing song...just way too overplayed
added: 11/14/2005, 10:05 AM
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elias
why are lyrics from "bands" such as these posted while lyrics from real bands aren't? (head wound city. liars. menomena.)
added: 11/21/2005, 03:55 AM
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Snakes On A Plane
I don't know what to say about this song I hate it, but then again I like it.
added: 12/26/2005, 03:30 PM
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lil_tokes
can't suck that much if it was number one for like 2-3 months
added: 06/21/2006, 08:13 AM
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Absynth
So if something's popular it automatically doesn't suck? Have you been to the movies lately?
added: 07/29/2006, 02:38 AM
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bob1234567890
Worst song ever written by anybody. Popular or not.
added: 07/30/2006, 04:11 PM
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