 Genius Meanings
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3 Doors Down – The Road I'm On
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[Verse 1] / She said life's a lot to think about sometimes / When you're living in between the lines / And all the stars they sparkle and shine everyday / He said life's so hard to
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3 Doors Down – Kryptonite
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The song was written by drummer/vocalist Brad Arnold in a mathematics class when he was fifteen and was one of the first songs he ever wrote.
In terms of the song’s meaning Arnold
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3 Doors Down – When I'm Gone
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3 Doors Down are not one hit wonders. There was a period during the early 2000’s when they ruled the airwaves, and “When I’m Gone” is living proof. It shot to number 4 on the US
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3 Doors Down – Here Without You
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The band’s second biggest song, behind “Kryptonite,” is an anthem aimed at a missing or lost lover, designed to straddle the distance between them and communicate just how
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3 Doors Down – Smack
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[Verse 1] / Rubber headed motor junky / Run me down and try to stone me / Throw my life away, and I’ll be worthless just like you / Somewhere now a baby’s crying / Down the road
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3 Doors Down – Away From the Sun
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“Away from the Sun” is the second track that appears on the 3 Doors Down album, Away From the Sun.
Fun Fact: The leader singer of 3 Doors Down, Brad Arnold, had his nephew appear
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3 Doors Down – Long Day
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[Verse 1] / The rose on the table / There's blood in the bath / I think I should stay here / But I think I'll pass / I'm not gonna wait here / So I wish you would come / But I'm
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3 Doors Down – Father's Son
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[Verse 1] / In the glare of a neon sign / She laid her body down / The damned walked in beside her / And he laid his money down / He said don't try to scream now / But I want this
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3 Doors Down – Here Without You (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / A hundred days have made me older / Since the last time that I saw your pretty face / A thousand lies have made me colder / And I don't think I can look at this the
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3 Doors Down – This Time
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[Verse 1] / Unsure of yourself, you stand divided now / Which road will lead you there / Last time you fell and you hit hard / Your wounds have healed by now / But you still see
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3 Doors Down – I Feel You
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[Verse 1] / They gave me a life that's not so easy to live / And then they sent me on my way / I left my love and forgot my dreams / I lost them along the way / [Bridge] / Those
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3 Doors Down – There's A Life
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[Verse 1] / When the days all seem to count for nothing / Is the hope that I hold onto now gonna count for something? / When the nights all feel like they're running together
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3 Doors Down – Dangerous Game
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[Verse 1] / You stand before me / Now we stare eye to eye / Before another second clicks away, one of us will die / You reach for your metal as I reach for mine / The sound of
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3 Doors Down – Here Without You (2023 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / A hundred days have made me older / Since the last time that I saw your pretty face / A thousand lies have made me colder / And I don't think I can look at this the
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3 Doors Down – That Smell
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Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars / Oak tree you're in my way / There's too much coke and too much smoke / Look what's going on inside you / Ooooh that smell / Can't you smell
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3 Doors Down – Smack (Escatawapa Sessions)
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[Verse 1] / Rubber headed motor junky / Run me down and try to stone me / Throw my life away, and I’ll be worthless just like you / Somewhere now a baby’s crying / Down the road
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3 Doors Down – Living a Lie
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[Verse 1] / Say goodbye to all my troubles / Say goodbye to this / I'm saying goodbye to all the desperation I've lived in / It doesn't hurt to talk about it / It sometimes helps
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3 Doors Down – Pop Song
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[Verse 1] / Why do you make me feel so ugly inside and out? / What is it I say what is in your brain / That makes you so damn sure that / [Hook] / What you want is what I'm trying
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3 Doors Down – Ticket to Heaven
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[Verse 1] / I’m walking a wire / Feels like a thousand ways I could fall / To want is to buy, but to live is to die / And you can’t take it all / When everything is said and done
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3 Doors Down – Going Down In Flames
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[Verse 1] / Don't tell me what to think / 'Cause I don't care this time / Don't tell me what to believe / 'Cause you won't be there / To catch me when I fall / But you'll need me
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3 Doors Down – Running Out of Days
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[Verse 1] / There’s too much work and I’m spent / There’s too much pressure and I'm bent / I've got no time to move ahead / Have you heard one thing that I’ve said / [Chorus] / And
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3 Doors Down – Loser
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[Verse 1] / Breathe in right away / Nothing seems to fill this place / I need this every time / So take your lies, get off my case / Someday I will find / A love that flows through
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3 Doors Down – Let Me Go
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[Verse 1] / One more kiss could be the best thing / But one more lie could be the worst / And all these thoughts are never resting / And you're not something I deserve / [Pre-
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3 Doors Down – One Light
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[Verse 1] / Standing humble, a fist of rage / A silent army, they call my name / See that firmly, and not in dismayed / I'm never broken, and I'm not afraid / [Chorus] / So come
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3 Doors Down – It's Not My Time
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The song’s lyrics seem to hold a theme which is very reminiscent of the title, “It’s Not My Time”. Very powerful vocals are present as the singer urges himself to keep pushing no
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3 Doors Down – Live for Today
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[Verse 1] / Show me the road and I will find my own / You build your bridges and I'll burn 'em down / So far away and all alone I roam / I'll take my chances in the here and now
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3 Doors Down – Be Like That
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[Verse 1] / He spends his nights in California / Watching the stars on the big screen / Then he lies awake and he wonders / "Why can’t that be me?" / 'Cause in his life he's filled
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