Caption Title

A brutal reckoning—“Stealing Time” exposes the truth behind the mask, refusing to mourn what was lost and demanding accountability.

Song Insight

Stealing Time is not a lament for what’s gone, but a razor-edged anthem for finally seeing someone as they are. There’s no sugarcoating, no nostalgia for a love destroyed by self-inflicted wounds. This song doesn’t plead for redemption—it lays it bare: if you’re ever going to be saved, you’ll have to save yourself, because I’m done carrying your damage. The rain and the rose on the casket aren’t mourning—they’re the final word, marking the end of illusions and the start of owning your own darkness.

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Drifting through your life
Trying to find a way to say goodbye
Grifter stealing time
I’m running through your lies

[Build]
The empty space between the lines
Falling to your knees, you cry

[Chorus]
It’s not about the ones you used to hold
It’s about the ones you left behind
All those moments passed you by
Maybe this time there’s nothing to undo
Truth—a life, something to pursue

[Refrain]
God, I hope you do
Something needs saved in you

[Verse 2]
Every promise that you broke
Every secret left untold
All the pain behind your eyes
The hearts you tore
To the ones you used

[Build]
Broken souls haunt your scattered mind
Pieces taken I will never find

[Chorus]
It’s not about the ones you used to hold
It’s about the ones you left behind
All those moments passed you by
Maybe this time there’s nothing to undo
Truth—a life, something to pursue

[Refrain]
God, I hope you do
Something needs saved in you

[Bridge]
Mirrors, silver-plated death
Moments I try but can’t forget
Shadows pulling at what’s owed
Memories drowned by the ones I loved

[Bridge 2]
Sorry for the stones you throw
No matter what, you stay below
Cracked reflections on the floor
Love doesn't live here anymore

[Final Chorus]
It’s not about the ones you used to hold
It’s about the ones you left behind
All those moments passed you by
Maybe this time there’s nothing to undo
Truth—a life, something to pursue
All the pain behind your eyes
The hearts you tore apart inside
All those moments, lost in time
Drift away, erased by a life

[Refrain]
God, I hope you do
Something needs saved in you

[Outro]
Every mistake you called mine
Feel your choices down my spine
Maybe this time you’ll live the life
Maybe it’s the lies that die
Free yourself in time

[Post-Outro]
God, I hope you do
Something needs saved in you

Personal Reflection

I wrote “Stealing Time” as the ten-year mark approached, but not to mourn what could have been. Eight years of marriage ended in chaos and destruction—choices, not fate. This isn’t about hoping for change or wishing things were different. It’s about drawing the line, calling out the darkness, and refusing to shoulder someone else’s demons. There’s pain, sure, but mostly clarity: your story is yours now, and I won’t let it shape me. I see the warning signs clearer than ever. You own your choices, not me.

4Me2BeFree

With “Stealing Time,” 4Me2BeFree channels real scars into cinematic storytelling—no filter, no pity, just raw truth and consequence. Every lyric, every visual, and every drop of rain on the casket is there to show that this isn’t a breakup song—it’s a declaration of freedom from someone else’s self-destruction. This is what 4Me2BeFree does: transforms lived experience into music that doesn’t flinch from the hard parts, making sure the story hits as hard as the truth.

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Stealing Time

emancipation by Nova J

[Vers 1]
Demons they haunt me
Lost souls, cast away at sea
Heartbeats from dragging me
Into endless purgatory 

But I was pulled from nights’ abyss (oh oh)
By the pull of Divine forgiveness (ooh ooh)
That suffering makes sense
That carried me to this

[Pre Chorus]
And If I had to do it all over again (ahh oh)
If that was the means to meet this end (ahh oh)
And that was the way to learn to live
If I had to
If I had to

[Chorus]
Break the chains of desperation 
Emancipate your mental state
Free your mind, free your body
‘Cause heaven on earth awaits (awaits)

[Post Chorus]
How much longer shall you linger (linger)
In this hell of your own creation? (creation)
Take your hand off that trigger
Feel the joy of emancipation 

[Pre Chorus]
If I had to do it all over again (again)
If that was the means to meet this end (this end)
And that was the way to learn to live (learn to live)
If I had to
If I had to

[Chorus]
Break the chains of desperation 
Emancipate your mental state
Whoa! Free your mind, free your body
‘Cause heaven on earth awaits (awaits)

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[Post Chorus]
How much longer shall you linger (linger)
In this hell of your own creation (creation)
Take your hand off that trigger
Feel the joy of emancipation 

[Bridge]
And if I had to do it all over again
If that was the means to meet this end
And that was the way to learn to live
If I had to
To learn to live
If I had to
To meet this end

[Final Chorus]
Break the chains of desperation 
Emancipate your mental state
Whoa! Free your mind, free your body
‘Cause heaven on earth awaits (awaits)

[Outro]
How much longer shall you linger
In this hell of your own creation
Take your hand off that trigger
Feel the joy of emancipation 
Feel the joy of emancipation 
Feel the joy of emancipation 
Feel the joy of emancipation

emancipation

drifter by Nova J

[Verse 1]
I’m a drifter
I’m a drifter
And I’m not where I’m supposed to be

Of all the places I have gone, and will go
There’s one I should have left alone
Crossing paths with my old friend
Almost led me to a dark dead end
Mmmmmm

[Chorus]
I’m a drifter
And I don’t let no one close to me
I’m a drifter
And I’m not where I’m supposed to be
I’m adrift 

[Verse 2]
Indeed, my instincts told me to run
Instead I stayed, stupidly sampling the fun
I spent seven years chasing that feeling
From those first few hours of phony healing

[Chorus]
I’m a drifter
And I don’t let no one close to me (oh oh oh)
I’m a drifter
And I’m not where I’m supposed to be

[Bridge]
I suppose you can say I deserve this fate
I chose to stay, and now it’s too late
So hear my tale and heed my call
Run far away or you may lose all

[Chorus / Outro]
I’m a drifter
And I don’t let no one close to me (oooh)
I’m a drifter
And I’m not where I’m supposed to be
Mmm oooh ooh ahhh oooh ooooh aaaah ahhhh ooooh ahhh ooooh

drifter

street cat by Nova J

[Verse 1]
What’s your life like?
Flirting with your green eyes
Captivating me
Seducing me
I’m your slave 
This feral mind of mine
How it wanders, how it churns
These wild thoughts keep swirling
How they simmer, how they burn

[Chorus]
What it must be like…
To be a street cat…
To wander…
To roam…
To be free…

Ooh ooh

[Vers 2]
I fear for you
I don’t want your life to be hard
You take a drink and I feel chosen
But only for a moment before you run away 
You belong to no one
You are possessed by no one
You are sworn to no one 

[Chorus]
What it must be like…
To be a street cat…
To wander…
To roam…
To be free…

Ooh ooh

[Bridge]
The sun is finally shining
After two long weeks of rain
I even caught myself smiling
Like the old me again
But the storm always returns
And the wind always blows
My restless mind
These thoughts never slow

[Chorus]
What it must be like…
To be a street cat…
To wander…
To roam…
To be free…

Ooh ooh 

[Outro]
I try to sit quiet
I try to sit calm
Typhoons and tempests
Spiraling on (and on, and on)
Spiraling on (and on, and on)
Spiraling on (and on, and on)
Spiraling on (and on, and on)
Spiraling on (and on, and on)
Spiraling on (and on, and on)
Spiraling on (and on, and on)
Spiraling on (and on, and on)

street cat

drug friends by Nova J

[Intro]
Mmm whuhmm

[Verse 1]
When you were high, they were stopping by
When supplies ran low, they hit the road
If you stock back up, they wanna come ‘round 
All them flakes and fakes, fillin’ up your place
With their tall tales, like killer whales
Comin’ for your blow hole

[Pre Chorus]
But you can’t sustain the life they demand
To hang out with your ice in their cocktail glass

[Chorus]
Cuz they drug friends, drug friends
They got nothin’ nothin’ nothin’
You got nothin’ to lose
Nothin’ to lose but drug friends 

[Hook]
Whoa oooh but drug friends 

[Verse 2]
Cuz they all say how much they love it there
If they play games and scroll for days
And they all show up ‘till you fool yourself
Into thinking you’re popular in all ways 
And you can’t believe you put faith in phony rats
And you’re sick n’ tired of fair weather sycophants 

[Chorus]
Cuz they drug friends, drug friends
They got nothin’ nothin’ nothin’
You got nothin’ to lose
Nothin’ to lose but drug friends 

Drug friends, drug friends
They got nothin’ nothin’ nothin’
You got nothin’ to lose
Nothin’ to lose but drug friends 

[Hook]
(Whoa oh oh ooop oh oh ooop)
Whoa oooh whoa oooh 
whoa ooooh whoa ooooh whoa oh oh whoa oh oh

[Bridge]
You wrote your best friend from rehab
He stood you up when you got clean 
Your friend with benefits ghosts you 
Cuz sober sex ain’t his game
Your heart is broke n’ betrayed 
By they selfish and hurtful ways

[Chorus]
Cuz they drug friends, drug friends
They got nothin’ nothin’ nothin’
You got nothin’ to lose
Nothin’ to lose but drug friends 

Drug friends, drug friends
They got nothin’ nothin’ nothin’
You got nothin’ to lose
Nothin’ to lose but drug friends 

[Hook]
(Whoa oh ooop whoa oh oh ooop oooh whoa whoa)
Whoa oh oh ooop oh oh ooop oooh whoa oh whoa oooh

[Final Chorus]
Drug friends, drug friends
They got nothin’ nothin’ nothin’
You got nothin’ to lose
Nothin’ to lose but drug friends 

Drug friends, drug friends
They got nothin’ nothin’ nothin’
You got nothin’ to lose
Nothin’ to lose but drug friends

drug friends

📝 Lyrics – “Don’t Believe the Lies I Sell” by 4Me2BeFree

🎬 Song Insight – “Don’t Believe the Lies I Sell”
“Don’t Believe the Lies I Sell” is a late-night confession at the edge of the afterlife, sung from the place between truth and the stories we tell to survive. It flips fairytales on their head—no happy beginnings, just loops of routine, debt, and expectations tightening like a noose. This is a stripped-back, alt-acoustic 90s-era unraveling: calling out the lie that happiness lives in “someday,” digging up the part of you that refuses to stay six feet deep. It’s not pity, it’s a warning and a dare—stop swallowing the script, step past yesterday, and choose your own ending.


Pre-Intro:
 Fairytales don't end with happy beginnings—
 Never endings whisper truths we're pretending—
 Threading loops that tighten our noose,
 Weaving fragile understanding.

Watching, waiting, debating—
 Is this my time, primed and contemplating?
 Why'd it derail? I'm sacked, it's wack—
 Just getting the knack, but that's the play, this is the track.
 Driving a train of pretended one-way mistakes,
 Waking before this shit breaks me—I'm the one on the take.

Intro:
 Fairy tales don’t start with never endings—
 Dreamers linger till spells catch 'em spinning—
 Loops a reminder draging 'em down to hell.

Bridge:
 We crave breaking from this endless parade—
 Reliving better days in the shade—
 If truth were fiction and facts never lied,
 I'd promise tonight: we just might survive.

Pre-Chorus:
 You live for yesterday—
 Saving for your tomorrows—
 Holding on to happiness—
 It's no mistake—
 Don't believe the lies I sell—
 It's six— it's six feet deep—

Chorus:
 Loops we follow— don't swallow
 Live past yesterday—
 Happiness follows
 Ohhh happiness— yeah it follows

Verse 1:
 You're told you're owed—
 It's another mistake sold—
 Expect what's lacking—
 Looking for a fight—
 Coming up wrong—
 But you still feel right—

Pre-Bridge:
 You play the rules— but the game's bent
 Sold a lie— and all this stupid shit—
 It's the daily grind— saving for a better life—
 Six feet under— pushing flowers—

Bridge:
 We all want to break away from this parade—
 Reliving those better days—
 But if truth was fiction— and facts never lied—
 I’d promise you tonight— how we just might survive

Bridge Refrain:
 “We all want to break away from this parade—”
 “Reliving those better days—”
 “But if truth was fiction— and facts never lied—”
 “I’d promise you tonight— how we just might survive”

Pre-Chorus:
 You live for yesterday—
 Saving for your tomorrows—
 Hold on to happiness—
 It's no mistake—
 Don't believe the lies I sell—
 It's six— it's six feet deep—

Pre-Chorus Refrain:
 “You live for yesterday—”
 “Saving your tomorrows—”
 “Hold on to happiness—”
 “It's no mistake—”
 “Don't believe the lies I sell—”
 “It's six— it's six feet deep—”

Chorus:
 Loops we follow— don't swallow
 Live past yesterday—
 Happiness follows
 Ohhh happiness— yeah it follows
Chorus Refrain:
 “Loops we follow— don't swallow”
 “Live past yesterday—”
 “Happiness follows”
 “Ohhh happiness— yeah it follows”

Outro:
 Save yourself the load—
 The lie in your eye—
 Break free— you will see—
 Nothing like you’d thought it be
 It's a shoot— the shit we follow— now swallow—
 Live past yesterday—
 Happiness follows
 Ohhh happiness— yeah it follows

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Don’t Believe the Lies I Sell

“Just Another Fuckin Mistake” – Song Insight Post

by 4Me2BeFree

🎬 Song Insight

“Just Another Fuckin Mistake” is a slow-burning unraveling — a confession torn between rhythm and rage. It’s the story of loving someone who weaponized distraction, drained your light, and left a hollow echo in their place. The song moves like a bruise shifting colors: dark R&B shadows, Bone-Thug-style cadence, and the sharp-edged honesty of early Eminem.

This track lives in the space between blame and release. Between the last breath of a dying relationship and the first breath you take alone. It’s intimate, confrontational, and painfully self-aware — a cinematic descent into the moment you finally call the truth by its real name.

📝 Lyrics

[Intro]
the art of distractions— that’s all you are
the art of distractions— no longer my fault
Ohh yeah my distraction— that’s all you are
an just like that— no longer my fault

[Verse 1]
You live among the mistakes I make
Stacked— it’s a vertical shift, a lateral phase
Logically indexed with all the shit I take

[Chorus]
You tapped into my pain
Pulling love out from every vein
Squeezed my heart—
leaving nothing but these broken parts

[Verse 2]
Your grip inside my chest
Broken down— you’re falling fast
Your lips press— a silent kiss
slipping away in gray
this time— ohhh
this time— yeah it's your mistake

[Refrain]
Slipping— slipping away
slipping away in gray
its your fuckin mistake
yeah, just another fuckin mistake

[Verse 3]
Your warmth once felt— now cold
Every aspect— you chose to close
All memories removed clean
Nothing good remains

[Chorus]
You tapped into my pain
Pulling love out from every vein
Squeezed my heart—
leaving nothing but these broken parts

[Bridge]
The “never was” that made us
Dropped like fire in my eyes
The two of us held tight
Watching love as it died

[Chorus]
You tapped into my pain
Pulling love out from every vein
Squeezed my heart—
leaving nothing but these broken parts

[Refrain]
Slipping— slipping away
slipping away in gray
its your fuckin mistake
yeah, just another fuckin mistake

[Outro]
The silence you found— was profound
It was the emptiness
that became your name ...
Yeah what a fuckin mistake

💬 Personal Reflection

This song came from a place where love and delusion finally stopped pretending to be the same thing. I wrote it in one of those rare moments of brutal clarity — the kind that knocks the wind out of you but sets you free in the same breath.

It’s not about revenge. It’s not about trying to win.
It’s me admitting the truth out loud:
some people were meant to be lessons, not lifetimes.

And when the last distraction dies, you finally see yourself again.

🔥 4Me2BeFree Signature

4Me2BeFree has always been about turning raw wounds into cinematic sound — taking the parts we’re told to hide and letting them become the entire story. This track carries that spirit fully. It blends vulnerability with defiance, pain with rhythm, despair with swagger.

It’s the sound of surviving yourself… and surviving who you used to love.
It’s the heartbeat of the movement: honesty, liberation, and unapologetic emotional storytelling for anyone who’s ever had to rebuild from ashes.

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Just Another Fuckin Mistake

I wrote this song in Mongolia and immediately sent it to Henry Rakotama https://open.spotify.com/artist/54eHehVCIEqtYRfh8t37O0?si=JzhvNaZRT4e8pwxtkKONhQ because he has a very special voice that’s just perfect for the super high notes. Henry’s version is coming soon on all platforms! Please show him lots of love!

nomad by Nova J

[Intro]
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh, ooh-hoo
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh, ooh-hoo

[Verse 1]
I was moving like a nomad
From the mountains to the plains 
Always searching for greener pastures
To take my breath away

[Pre-Chorus]
And then I found you
And I no longer want to move
Oh my, oh no, I have nothing to prove
When I’m with you

[Chorus]
And now, breathe in
I need you
Deep within, skin on skin
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh, ooh-hoo
Oooooh when I feel you
Deep within, skin on skin
Ooh-hoo

[Verse 2]
I never wanted to settle in one place for long
Then you came along
All my walls are gone
I surrender 

[Pre-Chorus]
Because I found you
And I no longer want to move
Oh my, oh no, I have nothing to prove
When I’m with you

[Chorus]
And now, breathe in
I need you
Deep within, skin on skin
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooo
I let you oooooooh I let you oooh
Deep within, skin on skin
Ooh-hoo

[Outro]
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-hoo-ooh
Deep within, skin on skin
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-hoo-ooh
Deep within, skin on skin
Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-hoo-ooh

nomad (nova j version)

🎬 Song Insight

You’re Too Close is about the unbearable tension of emotional proximity after the damage is already done. It captures that moment where two people are physically near, sharing the same air, the same memories — but the connection is fractured beyond repair. The song lives in the contradiction: wanting distance while drowning in familiarity, craving silence while being haunted by scent, voice, and history. It’s not about closure. It’s about surviving the space where love used to be.

📝 Lyrics

Intro:
Don’t want good,
Don’t want right,
I just want what I want,
Don’t bring me home tonight

Verse 1B:
I’m broken just as I am
You need to understand
A person I once knew
now it’s you
the one I outgrew

Chorus:
I know this is wrong
Nothing seems all right
I’m not talkin’
We can keep this up all night

You smell like yesterday—
But nothing seems the same
I wish you didn’t look at me that way
You’re too close—, yet we’re so—, faraway

Verse 2A:
I hate what you did
This was you
In the end we came unglued
I wanted more
But there’s nothing I could do

Verse 2B:
Don’t you see what you’re doing—
You take but you never stay—
Not going to be the same—
There’s nothing left to say—

Verse 3:
A voice— I remember—
Make me blind— so I can’t see—
Take away—, these memories—,
This is how I bleed—,

Chorus / Outro – repeat / fade:
I know this is wrong
Nothing seems all right
I’m not talkin’
We can keep this up all night

You smell like yesterday—
But nothing seems the same
I wish you didn’t look at me that way
You’re too close—, yet we’re so—, faraway

💬 Personal Reflection

This song came from a place where distance wasn’t possible — not emotionally, not mentally. It’s about standing inches from someone who knows you too well, while realizing they no longer know you at all. Writing it was the only way to say what couldn’t be spoken without causing more damage.

🔥 4Me2BeFree Signature

4Me2BeFree exists in the cracks — where emotion is messy, unresolved, and honest. You’re Too Close turns quiet confrontation into cinematic sound, giving space to the feelings most people bury. This is music for the in-between moments — when walking away hurts just as much as staying.

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You’re Too Close

🎬 Song Insight

“Write My Story In Gold” is a quiet defiance song. It doesn’t shout victory—it earns it. This track lives in the space between reflection and resolve, where time feels heavy but survivable. Fireflies become witnesses. Gold isn’t wealth—it’s meaning forged from endurance. Every lyric moves forward without denying the past, choosing presence over regret. It’s about standing inside your own smoke, deciding your life is still yours to author, even now.

📝 Lyrics

Verse 1
Time unfolds as I grow old
Passing moments as they scroll
Some pieces I still hold
Frozen seconds, letting go

It’s me that’s left to survive
Sorting through these broken tries
Pushing all the ash aside
Showing time I’ll never hide

Pre-Chorus
Never fading, blinded by the light
Visions hanging, reimagined time
In my mind, not gonna rewind
Waiting on a life that wakes me up inside

Chorus
Fireflies burn this summer sky in gold
Fireflies—take hold
Write my story, make me bold
Light this fire, burn it bright
Take this moment, never letting go
Bring me home, bring me home
Before it ends tonight
Never letting go, never letting go

Verse 2
I’ve been standing in my smoke
Fighting what I can’t control
Every breath I take hold
Led me back to where I feel whole

Pre-Chorus
Never fading, blinded by the light
Visions hanging, reimagined time
In my mind, I don’t need to hide
Waiting on a life that wakes me up inside

Chorus
Fireflies burn this summer sky in gold
Fireflies—take hold
Write my story, make me bold
Light this fire, burn it bright
Take this moment, never letting go
Bring me home, bring me home
Before it ends tonight
Never letting go, never letting go

Bridge
Seeing truth means knowing hope
Being alive is learning slow
Every fall, I learn to stand
Forcing life from these two hands
Becoming what I thought was dead

Final Chorus
Fireflies burn this summer sky in gold
Fireflies—take hold
Write my story, make me bold
Light this fire, burn it bright
Take this moment, never letting go
Bring me home, bring me home
Before it ends tonight
Never letting go, never letting go

Outro
It’s not easy—strength’s not given
Nothing owed, nothing written
In the end, I’m still my friend
This can never be taken again

Bring me home
Bring me home

💬 Personal Reflection

This song came from realizing no one is coming to finish your story for you. I had to accept the past without living in it—and decide that surviving wasn’t enough anymore. Writing my story in gold means choosing meaning over damage, even when it’s hard, even when it’s quiet.

🔥 4Me2BeFree Signature

4Me2BeFree exists to turn real emotion into cinematic sound without filters or permission. This track reflects the heart of the project—raw, inclusive, and honest storytelling that values vulnerability as strength. No genre cages. No polish without purpose. Just truth, given space to breathe.

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Write My Story In Gold

"If it didn’t matter, it wouldn’t hurt. Pain is the gift of knowing you’re alive."

4Me2BeFree is more than music—it’s my story, my scars, and my survival. Every song is a piece of me, a raw melody of love, heartbreak, and resilience. I blend AI-generated vocals and instruments with real emotions, turning my experiences—especially from an LGBTQ+ perspective—into something that speaks to anyone who's ever felt lost, broken, or just searching for something real.

Breakup songs? Yeah, they hit different. Music carries us through the worst of it, and every generation finds their own anthems of love, loss, and getting back up. Heartache doesn’t care about age, gender, or where you come from—music connects us all.

I make music because I’ve been there. The pain, the anger, the hope—it's all in these songs. If something here hits home for you, let it. If you feel something, let me know. That’s the connection that keeps this alive.

Write My Story In Gold

4Me2BeFree

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