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Set aside the next half hour and check out this spread of a special version of 'Find Your Cloud' into a deep improv cut that makes its way perfectly to 'Advocate of Change' from the Late Night Revival Tent at Wakarusa 2014.  

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Find Your Cloud > Advocate of Change | Wakarusa 2014

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🎬 Song Insight

“My D.O.A.” is a slow, heavy reckoning with emotional collapse—the moment you realize a relationship didn’t just fail, it arrived already broken. The song moves through denial, exhaustion, and clarity, carried by stripped-down alt‑rock grit and a pulse that feels like a failing heartbeat. There’s no pleading here, no attempt to fix what can’t be fixed—only the quiet power of naming the truth.
This track lives in the space between anger and acceptance, where love turns into weight and honesty finally cuts through the noise. It’s about walking away when staying would cost you yourself.

📝 Lyrics

Verse 1
Yeah, ya know I tried
An’ look how I failed
Changin’ you was livin’ in hell
What you do—
Yeah—I thought you knew
But damn, I was wrong
An’ so were you—
so were you

I can’t be bought
Ain’t never sold
truth’s been known
All I hold—
Without this
You’re walkin’ out
’Cause you—

Chorus
Dead on arrival
My – .D.O.A.
These parts—I’m worn
I can’t break away
This dark parade
Torn n’ tethered, just another lie
Your insides—the parts you hide
It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies
It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies
Nothin’ but lies

Verse 2
I gave you my blood
Gave it all to you
A key you needed
A lock unbound

I wished you’d see
This was me
Never enough
An end to us
With broken trust

Pre-Choru
You took all I had
Left nothin’ behind
Truth out in the open
But you still lied

Chorus
Dead on arrival
My – .D.O.A.
These parts—I’m worn
I can’t break away
This dark parade
Torn n’ tethered, just another lie
Your insides—the parts you hide
It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies
It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies
Nothin’ but lies

Bridge
Broken love you gave
Hope that never saved
The end of a past
To a future that never lasts

You said you saved
Forsaken love gave
Your “never forever” started
The end that broke us apart

Now you speak
With fallen words
Silent lips break
What couldn’t be saved

Chorus / Outro
Dead on arrival
My – .D.O.A.
These parts—I’m worn
I can’t break away
This dark parade
Torn n’ tethered, just another lie
Your insides—the parts you hide
It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies
It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies
Nothin’ but lies

Outro
Reachin’ out an empty name
Lights that used to glow
No place for missin’ hearts
All that used to be our home

Sorrow for your soul
A man I never knew
Passin’ by, lost sight
Two ships in the night

You’re lost—I can’t see
An ocean of lies beneath
A sea of vacant faces
A million missin’ places

Tears fill this land
Salt and broken sand
Now lapsed in time
A lost, forsaken heart

It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies
It’s your insides, nothin’ but lies

💬 Personal Reflection

I wrote “My D.O.A.” when I stopped trying to explain myself to someone who was never listening. It’s about the exhaustion that comes from loving harder than the truth will allow—and the quiet strength it takes to finally let go. This song isn’t about blame. It’s about clarity.

🔥 4Me2BeFree Signature

4Me2BeFree exists to turn lived emotion into cinematic sound—no masks, no polish for comfort’s sake. “My D.O.A.” is part of that mission: honest, imperfect, and unfiltered. This is music for people who’ve survived themselves and kept walking.

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My D.O.A

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