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== General Information ==
== General information ==
''Written by [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]] and [[D. Hodges]]''


''Written by [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]] and [[D. Hodges]]''
'''''Missing''''' is an outtake from [[Evanescence]]'s debut album, ''[[Fallen]]''. It was recorded during the 2001-2002 demo sessions and was included as a b-side on the Australian [[Bring Me to Life Single|"Bring Me to Life" commercial single]]. It was later released on the CD portion of ''[[Anywhere but Home]]'' (the track can also be heard during the ending credits of the live performance). ''Missing'' was also released internationally as a radio single in 2004.


Recorded during the 2001-2002 demos and included as a B-side on the Australian [[Bring Me To Life Single|Bring Me To Life Commercial Single]]. It was later released on the CD portion of [[Anywhere But Home]] (the track can also be heard during the ending credits of the live performance). Missing was also released internationally as a radio single in Europe and South America in 2004.
A demo that sounds closer to the final version is known to exist, as heard in [[The Making of Fallen|Making of Fallen]].<ref name="makingofFallen" />


==Song Meaning ==
When asked by a fan about the song meaning in an interview with VampireFreaks in early 2012, Amy noted that although the song was open to individual interpretation, the song for her personally was about running away.


When asked by a fan about the song meaning in an interview with [http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=544&t=VampireFreaks+Presents+Evanescence VampireFreaks], Amy noted that although the song was open to individual interpretation the song for her personally was about running away.
{{quote|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 it's poetry so please do take from it what you can.<ref name=vampirefreak />}}


{{quote|Amy Lee: 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.<ref>http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=544&t=VampireFreaks+Presents+Evanescence</ref>|}}
According to Exodus Evanescence, this is the explanation behind the layers of vocals in ''Missing'':


==Background Vocals==
According to [http://exodusevanescence.com Exodus Evanescence], here is the explanation behind the layers of vocals in Missing:
{{quote|Throughout the verses there is a looped background vocal of Amy whispering "can you stop the fire? please.. please.. please.." and "you can't stop the fire" on the LEFT audio channel plus "can you stand to fight her" and "you won't say the words" on the RIGHT audio channel. But on the later version of the song there is only "please... please..." on the LEFT audio channel and all the other lines on the RIGHT audio channel.}}
{{quote|Throughout the verses there is a looped background vocal of Amy whispering "can you stop the fire? please.. please.. please.." and "you can't stop the fire" on the LEFT audio channel plus "can you stand to fight her" and "you won't say the words" on the RIGHT audio channel. But on the later version of the song there is only "please... please..." on the LEFT audio channel and all the other lines on the RIGHT audio channel.}}


The background vocals also appear in the end of the live version of [[Exodus]] that was performed at Vino's on May 7th, 1999.
The background vocals also appear in the end of the live version of ''[[Exodus]]'' that was [[Live at Vino's 1999|performed]] at [[Vino's Pizza Pub & Brewery|Vino's Bar]] in Little Rock on May 7, 1999.


The band added ''Missing'' to the setlist of the last leg of [[The Open Door Tour]] during October to December 2007.<ref name=pegasuslose /><ref name=dailyutah /> It was later played at Evanescence's [[New York Secret Show 2009|secret New York gig]] on November 4, 2009.<ref name=blabbersecret /><ref name=stonesecret />


== Versions ==
== Versions ==
'''Studio versions:'''
'''Studio versions:'''


'''Missing [Fallen outtake]'''
'''Missing [''Fallen'' outtake]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:''
*''Released on:''
:[[Anywhere But Home]] (track #14) – the first and only single off the album
:Initial pressing of the Australian edition of the "Bring Me to Life" single
:Australian edition of [[Bring Me To Life Single]]
:''[[Anywhere but Home]]'' (track #14) – the first and only single off the album
:[[Missing#International_Promotional_Single|Missing]] promotional single
:"[[Missing Single|Missing]]" promotional single
:''[[Lost Whispers (album)|Lost Whispers]]'' (track #3)
*''Length:'' 4:15
*''Length:'' 4:15


'''Missing [demo version]'''
'''Missing [Demo version]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Length:'' 3:26
*''Length:'' 3:26


'''Missing [Radio edit]'''
'''Missing [Final demo 10.03.02]'''
*''Length:'' 3:03
*''Recording date:'' October 3, 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition'' cassette tape (track #A6)
*''Length:'' 3:13


'''Live Versions:'''
'''Live Versions:'''


'''Missing [Live]'''
'''Missing [2007 Live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 23 October, 2007 - 8 December, 2007
*''Performing period:'' October 23 - December 8, 2007
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' Live at Nissan Live Sets, West Los Angeles (November 12)
*''Example:'' Live at Nissan Live Sets
 
'''Missing [2009 Live]'''
*''Performing dates:'' November 4 and November 8, 2009
*''Performed at:'' [[New York Secret Show 2009|New York City Secret Show]] (November 4) and [[Maquinaria Festival 2009|Maquinaria Festival, São Paulo, Brazil]] (November 8)
 
'''Missing [Wellspring House acoustic]'''
*''Performing date:'' November 7, 2013
*''Performed at:'' Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts


== Download ==
== Download ==
 
*[http://www.evanescencereference.info/music/index.html#Misc Missing (Demo)]
* [http://evanescencereference.info/music/c4td0tt/Evanescence_-_Demo_CD_-_14_-_Missing.mp3 Missing (demo)]


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
 
=== ''Fallen'' outtake ===
=== Fallen Outtake ===
''<small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Please, please, please''<br>
'' <small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Please, please, please''<br>
''<small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words''<br>
'' <small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words''<br>
<br>
<br>
Please, please forgive me<br>
Please, please forgive me<br>
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Isn't someone missing me?<br>
Isn't someone missing me?<br>
<br>
<br>
'' <small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Please, please, please''<br>
''<small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Please, please, please''<br>
'' <small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words''<br>
''<small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words''<br>
''Please''<br>
''Please''<br>


=== Demo Version ===
=== Demo version ===
'' <small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? You can't stop the fire''<br>
''<small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? You can't stop the fire''<br>
'' <small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stand to fight her? You won't say the words''<br>
''<small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stand to fight her? You won't say the words''<br>
'' <small>'''Both audio channels:'''</small> Please, please, please'' <ref name=whisperings> These parts on the left, right and both channels are sung through the verses, before the verses and at the ending of the song </ref><br>
''<small>'''Both audio channels:'''</small> Please, please, please''<br>
<br>
<br>
Please, please forgive me<br>
Please, please forgive me<br>
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<br>
<br>
Even though I'm the sacrifice<br>
Even though I'm the sacrifice<br>
You wont try for me, not now<br>
You won't try for me, not now<br>
Though I'd die to know you love me<br>
Though I'd die to know you love me<br>
I'm all alone<br>
I'm all alone<br>
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<br>
<br>
Even though I'm the sacrifice<br>
Even though I'm the sacrifice<br>
You wont try for me, not now<br>
You won't try for me, not now<br>
Though I'd die to know you love me<br>
Though I'd die to know you love me<br>
I'm all alone<br>
I'm all alone<br>
Isn't someone missing me?<br>
Isn't someone missing me?
<br>
 
== Commercial release ==
{{Main|Missing Single}}
The "Missing" single was released to radio in 2004.
 
The single was released with only one track:
#Missing
 
== Guitar tabs & sheet music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Missing%20%5bABH%5d.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]
 
== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
 
<ref name=vampirefreak>{{cite web|last=Shlosman|first=Raphael|title=VampireFreaks Presents Evanescence|url=http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=544&t=VampireFreaks+Presents+Evanescence|work=VampireFreaks|date=May 1, 2012|accessdate=June 20, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504001920/https://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=544&t=VampireFreaks+Presents+Evanescence|archivedate=May 4, 2012}}</ref>


=== Radio Edit ===
<ref name=pegasuslose>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Kenneth|title=Concert review: Evanescence at Nokia Theater|url=http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/oct/31/evanescence-nokia-theater/|accessdate=September 29, 2013|work=Pegasus News|date=October 31, 2007}}</ref>
'' <small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Please, please, please''<br>
'' <small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words''<br>
<br>
Please, please forgive me<br>
But I won't be home again<br>
Maybe someday you'll look up<br>
And barely conscious you'll say to no one<br>
Isn't something missing?<br>
<br>
You won't cry for my absence, I know<br>
You forgot me long ago<br>
Am I that unimportant?<br>
Am I so insignificant?<br>
Isn't something missing?<br>
Isn't someone missing me?<br>
<br>
Even though I'm the sacrifice<br>
You won't try for me, not now<br>
Though I'd die to know you love me<br>
I'm all alone<br>
Isn't someone missing me?<br>
<br>
And if I bleed, I'll bleed<br>
Knowing you don't care<br>
And if I sleep just to dream of you<br>
I'll wake without you there<br>
Isn't something missing?<br>
Isn't something...<br>
<br>
Even though I'm the sacrifice<br>
You won't try for me, not now<br>
Though I'd die to know you love me<br>
I'm all alone<br>
Isn't something missing me?<br>
Isn't someone missing me?<br>
<br>
'' <small>'''Left audio channel:'''</small> Please, please, please''<br>
'' <small>'''Right audio channel:'''</small> Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words''<br>
''Please''<br>


==Commercial Release==
<ref name=dailyutah>{{cite news|first=Doug|last=Fox|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/evanescence-steps-through-open-door-at-uvsc/article_84ee1660-7e30-5796-956a-c10ecd888170.html|title=Evanescence steps through 'Open Door' at UVSC|newspaper=Daily Herald|date=November 20, 2007|accessdate=September 29, 2013}}</ref>
:''Main Article: [[Missing Single]]''
The Missing single was commercially released on November 22, 2004.


Songs released with this single include:
<ref name=blabbersecret>{{cite news|date=November 5, 2009|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-returns-to-live-stage-taps-finger-eleven-guitarist|title=Evanescence Returns To Live Stage, Taps Finger Eleven Guitarist|work=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=August 3, 2013}}</ref>
#Missing [Fallen outtake]


== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
<ref name=stonesecret>{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=November 5, 2009|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/evanescence-return-to-the-stage-at-secret-new-york-gig-20091105|title=Evanescence Return to the Stage at 'Secret' New York Gig|newspaper=Rolling Stone|accessdate=August 3, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011004753/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/evanescence-return-to-the-stage-at-secret-new-york-gig-20091105|archivedate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>
* [http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Missing%20%5bABH%5d.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]


== Notes and References ==
<ref name="makingofFallen">{{cite web|title=Evanescence - Making of Fallen|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmgUo52WXT4&t=802s|work=YouTube}}</ref>
{{Ref}}


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Across the Universe*
All That I'm Living For
Anything for You
Anywhere
Artifact/The Turn
Ascension of the Spirit
Away from Me
Before the Dawn
Better Without You
Bleed
Blind Belief
Breathe No More
Bring Me to Life
Broken Pieces Shine
Call Me When You're Sober
Catherine
Cloud Nine
Demise
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End of the Dream
Erase This
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Even in Death
Everybody's Fool
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Feeding the Dark
Field of Innocence
Forever You
Forgive Me
Give Unto Me
Going Under
Good Enough
Haunted
Hello
Hi-Lo
If You Don't Mind
Imaginary
Imperfection
Instrumental 1
Instrumental 2
Instrumental 3
Instrumental 4
Lacrymosa
Lies
Like You
Listen to the Rain
Lithium
Lose Control
Lost in Paradise
Made of Stone
Me & You
Missing
My Heart Is Broken
My Immortal
My Last Breath
Never Go Back
New Way to Bleed
Oceans
October
Origin
Overture
Part of Me
Perfect Dream
Say You Will
Secret Door
Sick
Snow White Queen
So Close
Solitude
Spanish
Surrender
Sweet Sacrifice
Swimming Home
Take Cover
Taking Over Me
The Chain*
The Change
The End
The Game is Over
The In-Between
The Last Song I'm Wasting on You
The Only One
The Other Side
Together Again
Tourniquet
Understanding
Unknown Title
Unraveling
Use My Voice
Wasted on You
Weight of the World
What You Want
Where Will You Go?
Whisper
Yeah Right
You Got a Lot to Learn
Your Love
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General information

Written by A. Lee, B. Moody and D. Hodges

Missing is an outtake from Evanescence's debut album, Fallen. It was recorded during the 2001-2002 demo sessions and was included as a b-side on the Australian "Bring Me to Life" commercial single. It was later released on the CD portion of Anywhere but Home (the track can also be heard during the ending credits of the live performance). Missing was also released internationally as a radio single in 2004.

A demo that sounds closer to the final version is known to exist, as heard in Making of Fallen.[1]

When asked by a fan about the song meaning in an interview with VampireFreaks in early 2012, Amy noted that although the song was open to individual interpretation, the song for her personally was about running away.

Vin1.jpg 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 it's poetry so please do take from it what you can.[2] Vin2.jpg


According to Exodus Evanescence, this is the explanation behind the layers of vocals in Missing:

Vin1.jpg Throughout the verses there is a looped background vocal of Amy whispering "can you stop the fire? please.. please.. please.." and "you can't stop the fire" on the LEFT audio channel plus "can you stand to fight her" and "you won't say the words" on the RIGHT audio channel. But on the later version of the song there is only "please... please..." on the LEFT audio channel and all the other lines on the RIGHT audio channel. Vin2.jpg


The background vocals also appear in the end of the live version of Exodus that was performed at Vino's Bar in Little Rock on May 7, 1999.

The band added Missing to the setlist of the last leg of The Open Door Tour during October to December 2007.[3][4] It was later played at Evanescence's secret New York gig on November 4, 2009.[5][6]

Versions

Studio versions:

Missing [Fallen outtake]

  • Recording date: August - November 2002
  • Status: Released
  • Released on:
Initial pressing of the Australian edition of the "Bring Me to Life" single
Anywhere but Home (track #14) – the first and only single off the album
"Missing" promotional single
Lost Whispers (track #3)
  • Length: 4:15

Missing [Demo version]

  • Recording date: 2001-2002
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Length: 3:26

Missing [Final demo 10.03.02]

  • Recording date: October 3, 2002
  • Status: Released
  • Released on: Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition cassette tape (track #A6)
  • Length: 3:13

Live Versions:

Missing [2007 Live]

  • Performing period: October 23 - December 8, 2007
  • Example: Live at Nissan Live Sets, West Los Angeles (November 12)

Missing [2009 Live]

Missing [Wellspring House acoustic]

  • Performing date: November 7, 2013
  • Performed at: Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts

Download

Lyrics

Fallen outtake

Left audio channel: Please, please, please
Right audio channel: Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words

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?

Left audio channel: Please, please, please
Right audio channel: Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words

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 me?
Isn't someone missing me?

Left audio channel: Please, please, please
Right audio channel: Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can't stop the fire. You won't say the words
Please

Demo version

Left audio channel: Can you stop the fire? You can't stop the fire
Right audio channel: Can you stand to fight her? You won't say the words
Both audio channels: Please, 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 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?

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?

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?

Commercial release

Exquisite-kfind.png Main article: Missing Single

The "Missing" single was released to radio in 2004.

The single was released with only one track:

  1. Missing

Guitar tabs & sheet music

References

  1. ↑ "Evanescence - Making of Fallen". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmgUo52WXT4&t=802s.
  2. ↑ Shlosman, Raphael (May 1, 2012). "VampireFreaks Presents Evanescence". VampireFreaks. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120504001920/https://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=544&t=VampireFreaks+Presents+Evanescence. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ Smith, Kenneth (October 31, 2007). "Concert review: Evanescence at Nokia Theater". Pegasus News. http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/oct/31/evanescence-nokia-theater/. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ Fox, Doug (November 20, 2007). "Evanescence steps through 'Open Door' at UVSC". Daily Herald. http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/evanescence-steps-through-open-door-at-uvsc/article_84ee1660-7e30-5796-956a-c10ecd888170.html. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Evanescence Returns To Live Stage, Taps Finger Eleven Guitarist". Blabbermouth.net. November 5, 2009. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-returns-to-live-stage-taps-finger-eleven-guitarist. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ Harris, Chris (November 5, 2009). "Evanescence Return to the Stage at 'Secret' New York Gig". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111011004753/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/evanescence-return-to-the-stage-at-secret-new-york-gig-20091105. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
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