Matchbook Romance – I Wish You Were Here

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Shallow it seems but I need you here
From me to you, I know I can't feel a thing
Oh, sing me to sleep
I won't fight it when you leave

Oh, I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here, oh.

Desperate it seems but I can't breathe
Are you real?
Are you real?
I can't feel a thing
And this machine won't stop
Be here when I wake
Sing me to sleep
I won't fight it when you leave
Sing me to sleep
I won't fight it

Oh, I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here, oh.

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Track duration: 03:43

"I Wish You Were Here" as written by Bill Anderson Skip Ewing

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    Song Meaning:this might be a long shot but to me the song is about keeping someone close to you but not close enough to hurt you. meaning, he wants someone with him just bc he doesnt want to be alone, when he says he cant feel a thing and i wont fight it when you leave, tells me he doesnt care, he only wants the other person for the moment he needs them. He might be going through internal conflict, maybe he wants to care so he says, oh i wish you were here. he even says be here when i wake,so he wants that person there when its convenient for him. i hope it doesnt offend anyone but it just sounds very cold and sad and brought on by pain and frankly childish. I could be totally wrong, its just my opinion in his defense i dont think he wants to hurt the other person on purpose, he just cant seem to help it. perhaps by the end the other person just ends up leaving and then he starts to realize that he actually does need them there.... then again maybe not.
    Flag viggogirl22on July 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song is describing somebody in a coma. The dreamlike sleep, the humming of the machine. It sounds like the narrator is in the coma, calling out to somebody in the living world. Then there's the seven minute period of silence, and the untitled bonus track is from the perspective of the person alive, waiting for the one in the coma to wake up.
    Flag schizMothon October 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I put this song on my Myspace on accident whilst trying to put Incubus's "I Wish You Were Here" on it. After listening to this one though, I fell in love. His voice MAKES the mood of the song. It feels real in every way.

    I still like the Incubus song better, but it was a nice twist of Fate, finding this.
    Flag CORPSErawron June 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:the bonus track is great...as is the song itself. i daresay MR is one of the greatest bands of our time.
    Flag bitter_oblivionon March 31, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:No One Commented about to Bonus track at the end where can I find the lyrics for that?
    Flag Brendonsohon March 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:the sing me to sleep lyric reminds me of the Asleep song by The Smiths...same line. but im sure its in many songs.
    Flag RuthLesson May 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:sounds like somone misses their mom lol.
    Flag tofuson April 14, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song also reminds me of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'.
    In my opinion, this is the BEST song on Voices, and possibly the best song by Matchbook Romance, so far..
    MR seriously stepped it up with Voices!
    Flag staciebayson February 18, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Downloaded this song by accident.. and it's pretty good. After reading the lyrics, it kiind of reminds me of someone laying in a hospital bed, hooked up to various machines, just being lonely. It reminds me of when I was in the hospital a few times, anyhow.
    Flag x_nikole_xon February 17, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:it kind of reminds me of pink floyd's wishing you were here. with the reference to the machine, and how 'wish you were here' had the songs welcome to the machine. i dont know if its related or not, it just reminded me of it.

    on the other side, i think these lyrics are pretty self explanitory. it seems to me that he's referring to someone who has died though, seeing as its shallow to want someone back from a greater calling. the part "are you real?" seems like hes seeing the person in a dream and not sure if they really are there.

    i like how at the end theres the door opening and closing and him walking out. just an outstanding song.
    Flag bobbyjibon February 15, 2006   Link

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