"I Miss Me" is about a man who watches himself slowly disappear behind denial, anger, and emotional numbness, and longs to become the person he used to be before he got lost inside himself.

My wife listened to this one and spontaneously said that this song sounds like an ESC song. Many of my American friends won’t know what she’s talking about. That’s ok. It’s a positive comment.


I MISS ME
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[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse]
I tell them I’m just tired, nothing really serious
Just work and life and stress, nothing mysterious
But I feel myself slipping in ways I can’t explain
Like I’m standing in the sunshine, still feeling rain

[Verse]
I show up when I have to, I do what I can
Play the part of a father, the part of a man
But inside there’s a silence I don’t know how to name
And I keep acting normal like it all feels the same

[Pre-chorus]
They say “you don’t look like you’re okay”
I laugh it off and turn away
They reach for me, I pull back slow
I don’t let anyone really know

[Chorus]
I miss me
The way I used to be
Before I got lost
Inside of me
I’m still here
But I can’t break free
I miss me
I miss me

[Break]

[Verse]
I get angry too quickly, then I shut it down
Walk like a stranger in my own hometown
And the people that love me, I can see in their eyes
They’re reaching for someone I keep saying is fine

[Pre-chorus]
They say “just talk, we’re here for you”
But I change the subject like I always do
The door is open, I see the way
But I don’t step through, I walk away

[Chorus]
I miss me
The way I used to be
Before I got lost
Inside of me
I’m still here
But I can’t break free
I miss me
I miss me

[Bridge]
If I could meet him face to face
I don’t know what I would say
Would I ask him to come back home
Or say I pushed him away

[Interlude]

[Final chorus]
I miss me
The way I used to be
Before I got lost
Inside of me
If I reach out
Don’t let me leave
I miss me
I miss me

[Outro]
Don’t let me leave
I miss me
I miss me