Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Seems like it's been forever that you've been gone...

She said some days I feel like shit.
Some days I wanna quit and just be normal for a bit.
I don't understand why you have to always be gone,
I get along, but the trips always feel so long.
And I find myself tryin' to stay by the phone,
Cuz your voice always helps me when I feel so alone.
But I feel like an idiot workin' my day around the call
But when I pick up I don't have what you say, so...

I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Telling you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singin',
Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Seems like it's been forever that you've been gone.
Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Seems like it's been forever that you've been gone.
Please come back home.

Come back home, you know, the place where you used to live?
Used to barbecue burgers and ribs?
Used to have a little party every Halloween with candy by the pile?
But now, you only stop by every once in awhile...shit...
I find myself just fillin' my time,
Do anything to keep the thought of you from my mind.
I'm doing fine, and I'm planning to keep it that way.
And you can call me if you find that you have something to say.

And I'll tell you, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Telling you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singin',
Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Seems like it's been forever that you've been gone.
Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Seems like it's been forever that you've been gone.
Please come back home.

I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin' and makin' these excuses for why you're not around, and feelin' so useless.
It seems one thing has been true all along,
You don't really know what you've got till it's gone.
I guess I've had it with you and your career.
When you come back, I won't be here, and you can sing it.

Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Seems like it's been forever that you've been gone.
Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Seems like it's been forever that you've been gone.
Please come back home.
Please come back home.
Please come back home.
Please come back home.
Please come back home.



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Track duration: 03:55


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    General Comment:I really love this song, there is so much reference to how great the men that fight for our country are for doing what they do, which is true. But they never really talk about what making a decision like that does to the person's family. This song really gets into the emotion of that.

    Throughout the song you can understand what it's like for the person ( I'm thinking it's a girlfriend or wife) missing their deployed loved one, but also that the whole thing is just fucked up.

    She spends her whole life thinking about it, trying to live normal but really feels it's so fucked up and wants to be normal, and she stays by the phone waiting for the phonecall but what can she really say? that she misses him? he knows that. She is always debating with herself if she should stay and wait around for him or leave but she loves him.

    and she remembers the way things used to be, but it seems he cares more about his career than the family itself. so at the end she ends up leaving, and he is left to ask 'Where'd you go?'
    Flag BriannaCineon February 12, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I like the band and this track. With my family gone for the next few days, this is the prefect song. I like a quiet house, but not for more than a day. I miss the sound of little feet running across the wood floors; the sound of "I know you do" whenever I say "I love you"; and those surprise kisses on the cheek. It's awful to miss two people so much when they are but a phone call away; perhaps it's because it's a holiday weekend. Regardless, this song is good.
    Flag HairyPalmJoeon November 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I created an account just to comment on this song, because its been a long time since I could relate to a song so strongly. I have to travel a lot for my career, sometimes for weeks or months at a time, and I had to end my last relationship because he had kids, and I couldn't be a mother to them and have my career as well. So I chose my career over him. I told myself that I wouldn't get into another relationship whilst I have this career, but... something happened when I least expected it. My new partner told me he would be supportive of my career, but sometimes (understandably) he gets upset or angry with me. The last verse is my worst fear...
    Flag itsmandahoneyon February 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:years later, still a great song.

    Definately hits home to me with my girlfriend being gone 95% of the time due to her career. Sucks. Big time. "I'm tired of making these excuses for why you're not around" ----dang Mike hits its right there. Everyone's wondering where she is, but I always have to explain why she's not here, but off playing soccer somewhere across the country. Great lyrics.
    Flag UncalledBankon October 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:aL4y
    Flagged rippnerson August 22, 2010   Link
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    Memory:I have such sad memories that I'll never forget related to this song. I love this song.
    Flag bd8494on June 30, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:well, to me, it feels like there is a guy who is insanely in love with his wife, but she always puts work in front of family. The song just means that just because you have a great job, doesn't mean that family is worth sacrificing for it. Family always comes first, and if you forget to do so, one day your loved one might not be there waiting for you. Then your left thinking, wow, I just screwed up the most important thing in my life... and guess what? There isn't any chance to get it back. You have many chances at jobs and different careers, but in the end, you can only have one family. Once they're gone, you have nothing. A solid income isn't worth the love and joy in your life

    By the way, I know that personally, the writer may not have meant this song this way, but I think in a broad view, this is a good interpretation. You can't always take a song and make the meaning exactly how the writer wanted it. You have to make it relate personally in order to make a connection.
    Flag ilovemusic123457on June 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:first time i heard it, i thought they were singing about his dad or something ... (like a father who just up and left one day and left his family waiting for him)
    Flag warewolf55021on May 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:please come back home....
    lovely lyrics.
    Flag lovelymemorieson April 11, 2010   Link
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    Memory:This song is in the perspective of Fort Minor's wife, I believe, and it's kinda like that in my previous relationship. He just suddenly got out of it without much thought that I knew of. This song is what I feel sometimes, especially the second verse and the 'I think it's a little fucked up that I'm stuck here waiting/at times debating/telling you I've had it with you and your career/me and the rest of the family here/singing "Where'd you go?"' part of the chorus. Only the career is more representive of all his bullshit than his actual job.
    Flag OutsideTheWallon November 15, 2009   Link

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