D.O.A
Bloodrock Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴Laying here looking at the ceiling
Someone lays a sheet across my chest
Something warm is flowing down my fingers
Pain is flowing all through my back

I try to move my arms and there's no feeling
And when I look I see there's nothing there
The face beside me stopped it totally bleeding

The girl I knew has such a distant stare

I remember
We were flying along and hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying along and hit something in the air

Then I looked straight at the attendant
His face is pale as it can be
He bends and whispers something softly
He says there's no chance for me

I remember
We were flying along and hit something in the air
I remember
We were flying along and hit something in the air

Life is flowing out my body
Pain is flowing out with my blood
The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying
God in Heaven, teach me how to die

I remember
We were flying along and hit something in the air

I remember
We were flying along and hit something in the air

Overall Meaning

The Bloodrock song "D.O.A." depicts a narrator who is lying on his back, looking at the ceiling while someone lays a sheet across his chest. The song is extremely graphic in terms of the imagery of the scene. The singer's fingers are warm and something is flowing down them, while the pain is throbbing through his back. He tries to move his arms but they are unresponsive. The face beside him is bleeding heavily, and the girl he knew has a distant stare. The singer then remembers that they were flying along and hit something in the air.

The lyrics suggest that the singer has been involved in some sort of accident, presumably a plane crash, and he is now dying. Life is flowing out of his body, and the pain is flowing with his blood. The sheets around him are red and moist where he is lying. The singer pleads with God in heaven to "teach him how to die."

The song is a powerful depiction of the fear and acceptance that comes with the end of one's life. It is a stark reminder of the fragility of life, and the fact that at any moment, our time on this earth could come to an abrupt end.

Line by Line Meaning

Laying here looking at the ceiling
The singer is lying down and looking at the ceiling

Someone lays a sheet across my chest
A sheet is being placed on the singer's chest by an unknown person

Something warm is flowing down my fingers
Blood is flowing from the singer's fingers

Pain is flowing all through my back
The artist is experiencing pain throughout their back

I try to move my arms and there's no feeling
The artist attempts to move their arms, but they are numb and without feeling

And when I look I see there's nothing there
When the singer tries to look at their arms, they see that there is nothing there

The face beside me stopped it totally bleeding
The person next to the singer has stopped bleeding completely

The girl I knew has such a distant stare
The girl the artist knows has a vacant and distant expression

I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air
The artist recalls that they were flying and hit an object in the sky

Then I looked straight at the attendant
The artist looks directly at the flight attendant

His face is pale as it can be
The flight attendant's face is extremely pale

He bends and whispers something softly
The attendant leans in and whispers something quietly

He says there's no chance for me
The attendant tells the singer that they have no chance of survival

Life is flowing out my body
The singer's life is leaving their body

Pain is flowing out with my blood
The singer's pain is leaving their body with their blood

The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying
The bed sheets under the artist are wet and red with their blood

God in Heaven, teach me how to die
The artist prays to God for help in accepting their impending death

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Written by: BENJAMIN LLOYD JOLLIFFE, FRASER MACLEOD TAYLOR, GUSTAV TOMAS WOOD, JOHN STUART TAYLOR, SIMON MITCHELL

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