I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
Maybe someday you'll have woke up,
And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't something missing?"
You won't cry for my absence, I know
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant?
Am I so insignificant?
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
I know what you do to yourself,
I breathe deep and cry out:
"Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
And if I bleed, I'll bleed,
Knowing you don't care.
And if I sleep just to dream of you
And wake without you there,
Isn't something missing?
Isn't something
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
But I won't be home again.
Maybe someday you'll have woke up,
And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't something missing?"
You won't cry for my absence, I know
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant?
Am I so insignificant?
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
I know what you do to yourself,
I breathe deep and cry out:
"Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
And if I bleed, I'll bleed,
Knowing you don't care.
And if I sleep just to dream of you
And wake without you there,
Isn't something missing?
Isn't something
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
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i can totally relate to this song right now, im so in love with this girl, and i've shown her that i'd do anything for her, and i've given more of myself to her than anyone else in the world, she just doesn't seem to care how i feel, it's like im not even there, even worse is that she is flirting almost constantly with one of my best friends right in front of me and only hangs out with me to get to him, i've finally decided that even though it's gonna kill me, im just gonna leave her alone from now on and move on with my life
Please, please forgive me, But I won't be home again. Maybe someday you'll look up, And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one: "Isn't something missing?" (someday she's gonna regret that she let me go, knowing that i would've done anything for her)
You won't cry for my absence, I know You forgot me long ago. Am I that unimportant...? Am I so insignificant...? Isn't something missing? Isn't someone missing me? (this is how i feel right now, i know that even though im torn to shreds right now, i know that she's just fine and doesn't care about me. after we had an argument a few days ago, all of my friends stopped talking to me like it was my fault she doesn't love me, im wondering now if they've noticed that something is missing, or if they're missing me at all)
Even though I'm the sacrifice, You won't try for me, not now. Though I'd die to know you love me, I'm all alone. Isn't someone missing me? (i sacrificed pretty much all of myself for her, i gave her my time and my heart, two things that i can never fully get back, i know that she'll never try to make things work between us, even though i'd literally die right now just to know that she ever loved me or even cared a little bit about me, i know now that she never did and her friendship was just a lie)
And if I bleed, I'll bleed, Knowing you don't care. And if I sleep just to dream of you And wake without you there, Isn't something missing? Isn't something... (this one is also pretty self explanatory, if i was to cut or kill myself, i know that she probably wouldn't even show up to my funeral if i died, and every night when i finally do sleep, she's always in my dreams, but i know that when i wake up, she was never there and never will be)
so Jessica, "please please forgive me, but i won't be home again" maybe someday you'll see that we were perfect for each other, but you were just too blind to see just how much i loved you
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@boredperson24 I know it was 5 years ago since you post this, but I feel the same way as you :(<br /> I've gone through many relationships, but the most serious relationships I had were only two. My first serious relationship was on 11/12/12 and we loved each other so much, but because of his business for school, anger, depression, etc made him break up with me numerous times, I cried and I wanted to die. Later on in June of this year 2014 I met a new guy, we started as friends then we started dating. We were all lovable and only argued once, but we maintained our relationship strong. Then school started around August and we were still perfect and lovely. During October-November, I started noticing some changes, he seemed like he didn't care about me anymore, we wouldn't kiss anymore, we would just hug and so I felt like something was missing. And now I know he won't cry for my abscence, he seems all happy. The lovable memories are killing me and I just wish I can erase my mind and only keep the rest of my memory, in which he doesn't exist. Now I just try to think about my other ex bf, the one who would break up with me many times, I feel like I still love him, but I'm gonna stay single for awhile. And now someday, I hope, him and I get back together, I feel like he's the one<3 The one who broke up with me many times, the one who never faded away from my life<3 We still talk, not like my rescent ex and I we don't talk anymore, so its cool. Atleast I still have people that do care. <br /> The only thing that kills me everyday is that I see my rescent ex everyday at school and it's as if we never met, like I'm invisible or just a stranger to him. So I'm looking forwards to my other ex bf, Isaac<3 11/12/12, my love for him was never dead, it was just in pain.
Hey everyone ;) For some reason...this song reminds me of ME ...and the way i see it is, i think of it as a girl who is feeling unwanted at home, her parents and/or parent doesn't give her any recognition, for example "But I won't be home again." "Thought i'd die to know you love me, i'm all alone" these words to me describe a lost little girl who feels unloved, knowing that her parents or noone there cares about her. (it sounds strange to you probably) i know, but this is just the meaning and the energy that the song gives off to me...but you all have interesting opinions aswell.
thats the same way i see it. I see it more as someone being lost in their home but them also because of that pushing away everyone else until they're all alone and just craving the love of one certain person that doesnt care in the least. I really love this song because the reality it shows is so commen but nobody ever really notices it. No one looks deep enough to see the lies hidden inside the person in the song to realise they need truth.
Alcoholic parent. That's my opinion. "barely concious", "I know what you do to yourself". Lines like that make me think it's about a parent with a drug/alcohol problem.
@xXBrokenXx I feel like that even if sometime my dad acts nice sometimes I feel spoiled but at times my dad is very mean and some times I feel he has forgoten me for my 'perfect' brother who bullies me even when my parents are in the house and they do nothing! and under the covers at night I cry it sounds so loud to me but they 'never' hear me. And now I am diving a plan to run away at the age of 16-17.
@xXBrokenXx I feel like that even if sometime my dad acts nice sometimes I feel spoiled but at times my dad is very mean and some times I feel he has forgoten me for my 'perfect' brother who bullies me even when my parents are in the house and they do nothing! and under the covers at night I cry it sounds so loud to me but they 'never' hear me. And now I am diving a plan to run away at the age of 16-17. And the song missing feels like that to me as well when I do my home work crying (and my paerents never try to help) the sing releses my sadness but I still cry. And once when my dad made me cry because me made me stop listening to music (which is like part of my life the other parts is reading and french, and my friends) my mom came home from work and tryed to confoent me like i am grateful for that but the propblem is she acts like she knows all of my personal and life problems. And then my dad scouled me again after that. And my paerents keep the computer away from me before night time reading fanfic on it is the only way that I don't fall asleep crying
something i feel a lot of people look past is "Please, please forgive me, But I won't be home again. I know what you do to yourself, Breathe deep and cry out"
i feel the obviousness behind her leaving because she is being neglected, but why? it sounds like this person is stuck in addiction/distraction to the point where they are completely internal and she is suffering because of this.
I found this song to be about a girl who runs away from home because no one loves her. "Please please forgive me, but I won't be home again" That kinda supports my view.
The song is a suicide attempt: "you won't cry for my absence, I know" "and if I bleed, I'll bleed" The character states very clearly that they are a sacrifice ("I'm the sacrifice"), and what happens to a sacrifice??? Whoever they are talking to - in my opinion, a parent - has been neglectful and it seems the protagonist has merely faded into the background of their life. Even the pleas - "please, please forgive me" - are a reference to the suicide. Many consider suicide to be a sin, a big one at that, and the protagonist feels the need to apologize for their actions. Just the fact that they feel they should apologize hints at the sense of worthlessness this person feels - a common cause for suicide.
Missing is about a girl who has been badly wronged by a guy in which she loved. ANd is now wagering with herself the fact of leaving him and it all behind.She still in heart and harsh reality loves this man. Yet in truth can not be with him anymore. She has put up with the pain long enough. Yet she is also talking about takeing her own life by suciede. She feels like she is not loved by no one, all alone, lost in a world that can no longer be hers. She is twisted in morbid caos. And left to wonder if she can escape the pain she is feeling. Only wishing in heart someone can reach out to her and pull her back from the world she is in. The pian that lives inside her mind of so many long lost feelings of her past. How she would give anything for just one ounce of love and compassion. Yet in it all she wakes up to a world where there is nothing more than hate,anger, and creed. She is living in a dream yet knowing the reality that it in front of her. Mainly she is just in a war with herself and her emotions. She can't find her way out.. and yet the best way for her at the time looks to be suciede. She wants to escape that pain and those hardened feelings. She wants to let it all go. And only pray for the moment when someone may see the hurt that lies within. And save her from her darkened voyage yet to come!!
You guys are right. The meaning of this song is fairly obvious. But it's alays appealed to me on another level. Someone I was very close to passed away about 4 years and when I heard this song the first time, it almost floored me because. I felt like I had pretty much moved on and basically forgotten about that person, and then I hear: <br /> "Maybe someday you'll look up, <br /> And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one: <br /> 'Isn't something missing?' "<br /> The person I'm talking about was in a coma before their death and it just made me imagine that maybe they felt this way. I know it's not the meaning the song was written for, but it works for me.
This song Kills me , I Practically stopped listening to it JUST cuz it puts me down reminds me of painful memeories ... meaning weirdly enuff , i stopped listening to that song cuz it's Awesomely effective in what it was wrote for .... it really cuts me down .... Couldn't aggree more to "DRAMAGAL03" interpretation .... <br /> <br /> ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES !<br />
seems to me like a spiteful song, really. you don't want me, fine. i'll just go away. i'll die. you won't care.
I don't see how you got that. It's not like that at all for me. She's making a painful choice, leaving the man she loves as she cries "isn't someone missing me?"
quite frankly i was thinking the same until i saw the whole of the lyrics and the interpretations here. what ur talking about's juz the chorus, and that's the only section i could make out without the lyrics. yeah i'm pretty bad at listening.
i have to agree with thadius30 this is about realising that the person that you're in love with just doesn't care for you in even remotly the same way, i have a few friends who are in those relationships currently, it's rough to watch someone in that situation, and yet it is such a commen thing.... i think that "please please forgive me" line is kind of her wish that if she does leave he'll feel bad, but she knows he won't
I think this song is about someone feeling unwanted and unloved so they leave and runaway knowing that no one will realise your gone and that you could kill yourself and that they still would not realise that you were there