Missing You
Longing Echoes: Embracing the Absence in Kenny Rogers' 'Missing You'
Lyrics
I live for the phone I die for the mail
I prioritize receiving phone calls and mail, eagerly awaiting communication.
I took your picture right off the nail
I removed your picture from where it was hanging and placed it beside my bed.
And put it right by my bed
So that I can see you when I wake up.
So I could see you instead
Instead of facing the darkness of the night alone.
Of the darkness of night
I hold conversations with you in my mind
I engage in mental conversations with you.
They only tighten this knot deep inside
These conversations intensify the emotional pain inside me.
And the aching won`t end
The longing and pain persist.
'Til I hold you again
Until I can physically hold you once more.
If I only suvive
If I manage to survive this separation.
Chorus:
Why did you have to go
Questioning the reason for your departure.
Why am I missing you so
Wondering intensely why I feel such a strong sense of missing you.
One heartbeat at a time
Experiencing the passing of time with each heartbeat, feeling the mental strain.
I`m going out of my mind
Feeling like I'm losing control of my thoughts due to missing you.
Missing you, missing you.
The ongoing feeling of absence and longing for you.
I started a letter, I stared at your name
I attempted to write a letter, gazing at your name.
There wasn`t a line that didn`t echo my pain
Every line I wrote echoed the pain I feel without you.
There was no sound at all
There was complete silence.
But the slow lonely fall
Except for the slow, lonely descent of an unspoken tear.
Of an unspoken tear
Life may take us in different directions
Life may lead us apart, but my feelings for you only deepen.
But I always end up deeper, deeper in my true affection
Despite different paths, my true affection for you intensifies.
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