To see you when I wake up
Is a gift I didn't think could be real
To know that you feel the same as I do
Is a three-fold utopian dream

You do something to me that I can't explain
So would I be out of line if I said I miss you?

I see your picture
I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine
You have only been gone ten days
But already I'm wasting away

I know I'll see you again, whether far or soon
But I need you to know
That I care and I miss you


Lyrics submitted by Idan

I Miss You Lyrics as written by Brandon Boyd Alex Katunich

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    i love this song. it helped me cry sometimes.

    nynaeveon January 26, 2002   Link
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    It's about Brandon being far away from his then girlfriend Joanna Bourne Taylor, who is English. For all those ladies interested in Brandon's love life, he is now seeing a lady called Lisa Snowdon, who is a model. They met on a UK kid's show called SMTV live. Lisa used to see George Clooney.

    Harry Manbackon February 07, 2002   Link
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    Wow... If Harry is right.. That's amazing.. This makes a VERY good break up song.

    maxpower114on February 08, 2002   Link
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    i think this one is simple. about someone missing a lover. a really beautiful song. one of my favourite incubus songs.

    jensteron April 18, 2002   Link
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    this song is a nice love song....that i think is sweet.....incubus rocks!

    Redbabe04on January 22, 2002   Link
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    This is a great song for those of us that have had to deal with being distanced from the one that we love. It's so romanticaly sweet!

    ILoveDorkyPunkson February 03, 2002   Link
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    i don't see it so much as a break up song...but more like Hoobastank's "To Be With You"...kindof about a long distance relationship

    smallthoughtson February 22, 2002   Link
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    this is one of incubus' sweetest songs. I love the part "I'm already wasting away". The way Brandon says it gives me chills! Harry you're incorrect about that Lisa chic, I'm Brandon's g/f. HA HA I WISH!

    incubus4everon February 23, 2002   Link
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    How can one man be sooooooo sensitive! I mean, he ain't no man. I reckon he's a woman in disguise. Not really! I love the line... Actually I love the whole of the song, it makes me cry cos it's so beautiful

    Harry Manbackon February 26, 2002   Link
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    the first time i heard it it made me cry cause when i heard it i had just broken up wit someone who meant a great deal to me. its an amazing combination ofmeaning and music.

    ben_wahon March 04, 2002   Link

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