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==General | == General information == | ||
''Written by [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]] and [[D. Hodges]]'' | ''Written by [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]] and [[D. Hodges]]'' | ||
Recorded during the 2001-2002 demos and included as a B-side on the Australian [[Bring Me | 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 2004. | ||
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 | {{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 its poetry so please do take from it what you can.<ref name=vampirefreak />}} | ||
According to Exodus Evanescence, this 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 | 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. | ||
== Versions == | |||
'''Studio versions:''' | '''Studio versions:''' | ||
'''Missing [Fallen | '''Missing [''Fallen'' outtake]''' | ||
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002 | *''Recording date:'' August - November 2002 | ||
*''Status:'' Released | *''Status:'' Released | ||
*''Released on:'' | *''Released on:'' | ||
:[[Anywhere | :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 Single|Missing]]" promotional single | |||
*''Length:'' 4:15 | *''Length:'' 4:15 | ||
'''Missing [Demo | '''Missing [Demo version]''' | ||
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002 | *''Recording date:'' 2001-2002 | ||
*''Status:'' Unreleased | *''Status:'' Unreleased | ||
*''Length:'' 3:26 | *''Length:'' 3:26 | ||
'''Live Versions:''' | '''Live Versions:''' | ||
'''Missing [2007 Live]''' | '''Missing [2007 Live]''' | ||
*''Performing period:'' 23 | *''Performing period:'' October 23 - December 8, 2007 | ||
*''Example:'' Live at Nissan Live Sets | *''Example:'' Live at Nissan Live Sets, West Los Angeles (November 12) | ||
'''Missing [2009 Live]''' | '''Missing [2009 Live]''' | ||
*''Performing dates:'' November 4 | *''Performing dates:'' November 4 and November 8, 2009 | ||
*''Performed at:'' [[New York City | *''Performed at:'' [[New York City Secret Show 2009|New York City Secret Show]] (November 4) and [[Maquinaria Festival 2009|Maquinaria Festival, São Paulo, Brazil]] (November 8) | ||
== Download == | |||
*[http://www.evanescencereference.info/music/index.html#Misc Missing (Demo)] | *[http://www.evanescencereference.info/music/index.html#Misc Missing (Demo)] | ||
==Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
=== ''Fallen'' outtake === | |||
===Fallen | ''<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 | === 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'' <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> | ||
<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> | ||
==Commercial | == Commercial release == | ||
{{Main|Missing Single}} | {{Main|Missing Single}} | ||
The Missing single was released to radio | The "Missing" single was released to radio in 2004. | ||
The single was released with only one track: | The single was released with only one track: | ||
#Missing | #Missing | ||
==Guitar | == Guitar tabs & sheet music == | ||
* [http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Missing%20%5bABH%5d.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs] | *[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}}</ref> | |||
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{{Evanescence}} | {{Evanescence}} | ||
[[Category:Fallen outtakes]] | [[Category:Fallen outtakes]] | ||
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]] | [[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]] | ||
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General information
Written by A. Lee, B. Moody and D. Hodges
Recorded during the 2001-2002 demos and 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.
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.
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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.[1] | 
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According to Exodus Evanescence, this is the explanation behind the layers of vocals in "Missing":
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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. |
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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.
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
- Length: 4:15
Missing [Demo version]
- Recording date: 2001-2002
- Status: Unreleased
- Length: 3:26
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]
- Performing dates: November 4 and November 8, 2009
- Performed at: New York City Secret Show (November 4) and Maquinaria Festival, São Paulo, Brazil (November 8)
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 breathe, 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 [2]
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 wont 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 wont try for me, not now
Though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't someone missing me?
Radio Edit
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?
And if I breathe, 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
Commercial release
Main article: Missing Single
The "Missing" single was released to radio in 2004.
The single was released with only one track:
- Missing
Guitar tabs & sheet music
References
- ↑ Shlosman, Raphael (May 1, 2012). "VampireFreaks Presents Evanescence". VampireFreaks. http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=544&t=VampireFreaks+Presents+Evanescence. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ↑ These parts on the left, right and both channels are sung through the verses, before the verses and at the ending of the song
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