在美国，随时都会有一个默默无闻的小乐队突然火爆起来的事情发生 。人们往往认为那只不过是大公司的炒作而已。而3 Doors Down（名字源于其发迹地佛利一块废弃的牌子），它确实值得大机构的支持。他们的歌曲既不投机取巧也不过于时髦，这个来自密西西密的乐队已经在乐迷的心目中树立了跨越传统与现代的“传统力量摇滚”的形象。而且，他们的成功也证明了：不是一定要在大城市的诞生的乐队才能引起唱片公司的注意。

《When I’m Gone》歌词：
There’s another world inside of me that you may never see

There’s secrets in this life that I can’t hide

Somewhere in this darkness there’s a light that I can’t find

Maybe it’s too far away, maybe I’m just blind

Maybe I’m just blind

So hold me when I’m here, right me when I’m wrong

Hold me when I’m scared and love me when I’m gone

Everything I am and everything in me

Wants to be the one you wanted me to be

I’ll never let you down even if I could

I’d give up everything if only for your good

So hold me when I’m here, right me when I’m wrong

You can hold me when I’m scared you won’t always be there

So love me when I’m gone, love me when I’m gone

When your education x-ray cannot see under my skin

I won’t tell you a damn thing that I could not tell my friends

And roaming through this darkness I’m alive but I’m alone

Part of me is fighting this but part of me is gone

So hold me when I’m here, right me when I’m wrong

Hold me when I’m scared and love me when I’m gone

Everything I am and everything in me

Wants to be the one you wanted me to be

I’ll never let you down even if I could

I’d give up everything if only for your good

So hold me when I’m here, right me when I’m wrong

You can hold me when I’m scared, you won’t always be there

So love me when I’m gone

Maybe I’m just blind

So hold me when I’m here, right me when I’m wrong

Hold me when I’m scared and love me when I’m gone

Everything I am and everything in me

Wants to be the one you wanted me to be

I’ll never let you down even if I could

I’d give up everything if only for your good

So hold me when I’m here, right me when I’m wrong

You can hold me when I’m scared, you won’t always be there

So love me when I’m gone

Love me when I’m gone, whoa

Love me when I’m gone, when I’m gone

When I’m gone, when I’m gone