Lyrics for Missing as interpreted by Happy_Bunny

Missing Lyrics
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?"

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?

[CHORUS]
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,
Breathe deep and cry out:
"Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"

[CHORUS]

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...

[CHORUS]

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LifeIsMusic
01-29-2006

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This song is so gorgeous. Everyone generally gets it. It's about how loving someone can turn into neglect, then hate, then sadness, and eventually self destruction.

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AliceUnbelonging
02-11-2006

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It's "I'll wake without you there" not "and". Plus there should be an "I" before "breathe deep". Sorry for my obsessiveness.
My view was always that the song was written at a fairly young age for Amy, and that the people she wanted to be loved by were the members of her family-especially her parents, which fits more with "I won't be home again" than it would if it were discussing a relationship around her teens. But it's defenitely about wanting to be loved by someone who won't even notice you.

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black¤rose2011
03-04-2006

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I absolutely love this song, love the way it begins obviously.

"And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't something missing?"
·This probably means she lost someone she loved who didn't love her. Here she is saying maybe one day, heartless as you are, you'll miss me when I'm gone...

"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?"
·Here it means that even though I'm gone and I was the "sacrifice", the one who had to go, it's over and no one misses 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"
·Pretty much means even though life will go on, that doesn't change how this person feels.

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tootleytoo
03-10-2006

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i think it's about a girl who died for her boyfriend(maybe like she jump infront of him to keep him safe from a car). and he's in trouble,and she wants to help him. yet she doesn't know how to help him. and a part of her wants him to be with her,yet she wants him to live. and she feels that she's been forgotten about.

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ghostchild
03-20-2006

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This is what I hear at the begining of the song:
can you stop the fire, can you stand to fight her (i would have written 'stand a fighter'), you can't stop the fire, you won't say the words.(you can hear it better in the older Not For Your Ears version)
I think it makes sense if you think that she was fighting for the relationship (with boyfriend/friend/parents) and they wouldn't say or show that they cared. I personally think that it is about a boyfriend/lover, just from my own personal experience. And "home" can be with your lover, not neccessarily your childhood home with your parents.

I think the first verse is a testimonial to the person, saying that, one day, you'll realize something is missing from your life; you won't know exactly what it is, but it is me that is missing. I think that it is telling that person that they made a mistake in letting go. The rest of the song is the sad realization that the person she cares so deeply for doesn't care at all about her, and there is nothing you can do to change it.
I definitely relate to the song in this way on a personal level. I aslo love Amy's voice and the emotion that she conveys with it, along with the beautiful piano during the chorus of the old version.

I can see some sort of connection between this and Exodus, but there are a lot of songs that have similar stories and meanings in them.

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smooth_ann
03-22-2006

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When you're in your own world, everything seems to be going ok. And then something leaves you, and you don't even notice. Finally one day you realise and ask yourself... "Isn't someone missing me??"
It's about loving and getting nothing in return.
People don't take advantage of your loved ones. Because at any second they can be taken away from you, forver.

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Augurie
04-01-2006

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Well.. I have the 'Anywhere but Home' version.. and turning up my mp3 player, and using the ballad setting... the whispers to me sound like..:

"Get used to it please,
Get used to it please,
you can't stop me please,
You won't say please, please.."

And also.. it sounds like, "You won't cry for lips, and sigh" to me, where she is supposed to say, "You won't cry for my absence I know", even though that doesn't make an ounce of sense..

I love this song as well... I don't think she's killing herself though... I think she's just running away, and not telling where. I have often wanted to do this... just take a few things, walk out the door, and ne'er return. Off to parts unknown to anyone know.. where none could find me.. But I can't do it, because, well, I know the people here do care about me in their own way.. and I couldn't desert my grandparents like that, without leaving them any clue. It could be any person who cared about her.. once.. and she felt had left her behind for other things.. But she wishes to be able to look back, and see that she left a scar upon their heart, the way they injured her, by leaving.. forever.

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richie8092
04-01-2006

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shut the fuck up this song sucks so does evanescense

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richie8092
04-01-2006

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sorry for the hostilaty i was pissed off and i just clicked on the most recent comment to trash it regardless of what it was

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Allamah
04-14-2006

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Well i do believe this song was written about me.

I was abused my a parent when i was young, and the other parent didnt think i exhisted. And oh how i longed for my parents to love me, i wanted them to notice me, so i didnt feel like glass- almost invisible and fragile.

This song is one of my favourites, and the 1st time i heard it, i cried.

I love evanescence, all their songs realate to my depressing life.

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Broken_city_sky
04-18-2006

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This song Is with out a doubt one of the most beautiful songs there is.Its perfect for my current situation.I love this girl but she doesnt want to advance anything and Idk why.I've questioned lately ,what if were to leave,stop loving her,would she even notice or care?

The Lines: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 keep trying and she's not doing anything in return. all I want her to do is try for mE...thats all,just try. I crucify myself to be with her and to her its like ,its nothing. this song fits how I feel perfectly.I love it

Evanescence ROX!

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richie8092
04-23-2006

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"Well i do believe this song was written about me.

I was abused my a parent when i was young, and the other parent didnt think i exhisted. And oh how i longed for my parents to love me, i wanted them to notice me, so i didnt feel like glass- almost invisible and fragile.

This song is one of my favourites, and the 1st time i heard it, i cried.

I love evanescence, all their songs realate to my depressing life. "
no1 cares, your not the only one with a shitty life, why dont you look to a good band when you feel like shit- like pearl jam for instance, they keep me on track every day-fuck evanescence

eddie vedder can write much better songs than this

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aeris1213
06-02-2006

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well unless u hear it from her urself and what her story behind this song u can find the true meaning. this song can be interpretated in a few ways i mean it may be partly having to do with suicide but it might also not be that even though it might seem obvious, u kno wat i mean?..so anyone can be rite . i think that it really juss has to do with who's listening to the song and if things relate to them..i mean thats what most songs will do so everyone has their own meaning and relation to it. i love this song though, its beautiful and yes sad too.

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thenothinginside
06-03-2006

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I agree with aeris1213, it's a beautiful and sad song at the same time, one of the beauties about it, that it can be interpreted in so many ways. I pretty much interpret it as, the unrequited love thing. And this goes too richie8092. There's no need to have a dig at someone like that... lay off it man. "No1 cares." Ofcourse people care, plus. Allamah was just saying how they felt about the song. So really it's their opinion, don't need to go and get all "oh fuck you" and "fuck this" to them. ^-^

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CoinXOperatedXGirl
06-04-2006

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This song is beautiful and sad at the same time.
It's beautiful because of Amy's voice overall and sad because of the overall meaning of the song. Feeling unimportant and insignificant. Well, thats what i got from it anyway...
I love it.

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ASgotHot!
06-27-2006

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i think chino69 has the right idea for this song

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Inrau
06-28-2006

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Pretty. Amy Lee has the voice of an angel.

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4everinlove
07-10-2006

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super song talks about someone left behind, forgotten, alone

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blackbloodrosethorn
07-29-2006

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This song to me screams death. Her boyfriend is on drugs and he doesn't see her properly. Therefore does it matter if she goes? He won't notice if she leaves but he will feel the emptiness of not feeling like a whole person.

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Dwarf_Tosser
08-26-2006

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"And if I bleed, I'll bleed knowing you don't care.
And if I sleep just to dream of you,
I'll wake without you there."
Every time I hear these lyrics, it makes me want to cry.
They're absolutely gorgeous!

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undergroundwoo
10-07-2006

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This song is my own personal song to someone whom I loved and lost. We're so far apart, hundreds of miles and I often think if he is missing me. He told me that he couldnt live in our memories of what was and what could have been, it would hurt him too much to such. I'll always love him and he will always be with me. I have found the true love of my life, and now I am forever a memory.

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.....
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?

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screaming_angel
10-08-2006

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it speaks to me of unrequited love and thoughts of suicide. one day, he'll wake up and he'll go where she usually is (school, work, w/e) and he'll realize that someone's missing. and he'll regret that he never cared.

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dark_heart709
10-22-2006

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this song is good, this sersion of it sounds like she is feeling like no one will miss her.

I've head another version. the last part where she says " And if i bleed" and after, that part isn't there and the song is much slower. This version sounds like she is asking the people in her life to forgive her for commiting suicide and that she felt she wouldn't be miss

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water lover
11-04-2006

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I think what ''Chino69'' says makes a lot of sense. If it's about a father who is alcoholic then the song confirms what the Bible is saying about drunkeness. It's like the father wakes up with a big hang over, just opens his eyes and is wondering where his daughter or son might be.

Maybe someday you'll look up,
And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't something missing?"

Below is the Truth about drunkeness.
(Proverbs chapter 23)

You will feel tossed about
like someone trying to sleep
on a ship in a storm.
You will be bruised all over,
without even remembering
how it all happened.
And you will lie awake asking,
“When will morning come,
so I can drink some more?”

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Kit-Cat
11-23-2006

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At the beginning of the song, she whispers something like,'You can't stop the fighting' or 'fire'. What is she suppose to say? Please correct me!!

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