Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: singer-songwriter
Song Meaning of “No Name” by Ryan O’Shaughnessy
No Name is a song about finding yourself, your identity and your belonging in the world. It speaks to the sense of loneliness and detachment that come with the search for purpose and passion. The speaker in the song recognizes that although he is looking for answers he has yet to discover, his journey is valuable and important and he is able to draw strength from it. He has little else to hold onto beside his dreams, hopes, and passion. Through the struggles and pain he faces, he is still able to remain optimistic and have faith that in the end he can and will discover his true identity. It is a message of hope, that no matter how long the journey may take or how far one goes in search of themselves, eventually they will come to find what they are looking for.