Missing (song)

""Missing"" Released November 23, 2004 (Anywhere But Home) December 9, 2016 (Lost Whispers) Length 4:16 Producers Dave Fortman Label Wind-up Records Chronology B-sides "Farther Away" "Missing" Breathe No More"

"Missing" is a B-side for the first studio album, Fallen. Its initial release was included on the Australian version of the "Bring Me to Life" single CD. In 2004, it was released again as a bonus track on Anywhere but Home, followed by another release in late 2016 on Lost Whispers.

Background

The song was initially recorded as a demo in the pre-production of the band's debut album, Fallen. It was then finally recorded, but didn't make the cut on the album.

In a 2012 interview, Amy was asked about the meaning of the song:

One fan actually went so far as to say that after her mother passed away she would listen to the song “Missing”, she was wondering about the meaning behind the song and if she is understanding it right being the missing of someone lost?

As far as if she got it right, I would say you always get it right. When it comes to music and art it’s always about how each individual interprets it. Some of our songs are self reflective but some of them are also story telling. For me that song was all about running away, but its poetry so please do take from it what you can.

The background vocals also appear in the end of the live version of Exodus that was performed on May 7, 1999.

Lyrics

Can you stop the fire? [Please, please] Can you stand to fight her? [Please, please] You can't stop the fire [Please, please] You won't say the words [Please, please] 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 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 Can you stop the fire? [Please, please] Can you stand to fight her? [Please, please] You can't stop the fire [Please, please] You won't say the words [Please, please] 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 I'll 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 something missing Isn't someone missing me Can you stop the fire? [Please, please]Can you stand to fight her? [Please, please]You can't stop the fire [Please, please]You won't say the words [Please, please]

References

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