Blink-182 - I Miss You Lyrics & Meanings | SongMeanings (2024)

I've liked this song for awhile, I used to think of it as being about someone coming to terms with the death of their partner. A few months ago though I got a different feeling about it. I had a pretty bad break up, it was just out of nowhere and we always talked about how it was gonna be us forever. I turned this song on and it was like each lyric related to my emotions.

The first verse is about the man reminiscing on how he met her. "Hello there the angel from my nightmare" this line says a lot, I interpreted it as his life not going well like he was depressed and had no one to go to. Then when all hope was lost he met her and fell in love, seeing her as an angel sent to save him. Her love being a brightness in the dark. The rest of it establishes how close they become, always being in contact, doing things there way, and wishing the time they have together wilt never end.

The second verse is him trying to sleep after she left him. "where are you and I'm so sorry I cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight" He's sitting there knowing she's gone but not used to her not being with him, he cant accept what happens and at first tries to blame himself "Im so sorry". He tries to sleep but he cant sleep she's the only thing on his mind preventing him from dreaming. "This sick strange darkness, comes creeping up so haunting overtime" hes trying to get his mind off it but every time the pain creeps back up on him and finds him. "Like indecision to call you and hear your voice of treason" He wants to call her and work things out but he knows she wont allow him so he's trying to resist. She promised to "live like Jack and Sally" and be there forever and now she's going back on her promise, her "words of treason". "Will you come home and stop this pain tonight? Stop this pain tonight!" He's gives in to the pain and calls her but this time has lost all hope and simply begs for her to come back so he can stop hurting.

"Don't waste your time on me, you're already the voice inside my head" she feels bad for him and guilty for hurting him so she offers him a friendship and tells her she still wants to be there for him. He doesn't want this hollow friendship and tells her not to waste her time because all the loving things she said in the past were the only thing in his head. As the piano increases in speed he's panicking, coming to the realization this fake friendship is all she has to offer and his memories in his head are all he'll ever have. as it slows down again to echo the chorus its a bitter-sweet feeling, he is still heart broken over losing her but finds some peace in the memories he has in his head and his heart.

My Interpretation

by metalsatch

That was the most awesome interpretation ever. What you said is what im going through now.

That was the most awesome interpretation ever. What you said is what im going through now.

its been 5-6 months now and i cant get over her >_> so dumb.

its been 5-6 months now and i cant get over her >_> so dumb.

Anyways nice to know I'm the only one feeling like this.

Anyways nice to know I'm the only one feeling like this.

by metalsatch

That was the most awesome interpretation ever. What you said is what im going through now.

That was the most awesome interpretation ever. What you said is what im going through now.

its been 5-6 months now and i cant get over her >_> so dumb.

its been 5-6 months now and i cant get over her >_> so dumb.

Anyways nice to know I'm not the only one feeling like this.

Anyways nice to know I'm not the only one feeling like this.

by Knoke1

That was so good i got chills down my back because that is me its been going on for so long. i find that i listen to so much music because of her. sadly thats why i cant move on is because everything is so built around her.

That was so good i got chills down my back because that is me its been going on for so long. i find that i listen to so much music because of her. sadly thats why i cant move on is because everything is so built around her.

by adh87

That is a nice interpretation but i think flagpole_az has it.

That is a nice interpretation but i think flagpole_az has it.

by leavesintheriver

why bother commenting adh87? oh right.

why bother commenting adh87? oh right.

by Avlavin20

I feel for all of you pain, but your intepretation granted you are seeing it from the side of your emotions only, is way way off. Line by line here we go bubs

I feel for all of you pain, but your intepretation granted you are seeing it from the side of your emotions only, is way way off. Line by line here we go bubs

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare- Obviously the person that he refers to is held in a very high esteem thus the angel of the nightmare he is going through. At this point we have yet to find out what it is. However the hello there tells you he is calling out

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare- Obviously the person that he refers to is held in a very high esteem thus the angel of the nightmare he is going through. At this point we have yet to find out what it is. However the hello there tells you he is calling out

The shadow in the background of the morgue- Now we now that this is...

The shadow in the background of the morgue- Now we now that this is about death. The shadow is that movement that you see out of the corner of your eye that when you focus on it is gone.

The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley- This line makes reference to two things. 1 The individual died as a victim (murder?) unexpectedly 2. darkness in the valley refer to the passage from the bible walking through the valley of the shadow of dead. So the person that passed died unexpectedly and is unexpectedly going through the valley of the shadow of dead.

We can live like Jack and Sally if we want- This is from the nightmare before christmas Jack Skellington and Sally his love. The living is willing to live in the world of the dead just to be next to the person that passed and he loves so much.

Where you can alway find me. We'll have halloween on Christmas- Again alluding to nightmare before christmas and the world of the dead. The living is willing to turn his Christmas into an occassion of death as long as he is next to the person he loves even if it is in the form of a ghost.

And in the night we'll wish this never ends- very literal as he share his live with this dead entity due to the love they feel for each other they will want it to never end.

Where are you and I'm so sorryI cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight- He is trying to look for her, the ghost, where are you, he cant find her, he can't find her ghost. He can't sleep thus he can't dream and have the dreams/nightmare in which she comes to visit him. He apologizes because he can't bring her back to him due to the insomnia.

I need somebody and alwaysThis sick strange darknessComes creeping on so haunting every time- He is calling out to the ghost expressing his loneliness and at the same time the fear or heavyness he feels as her presence begins to be felt by him, thus the strange darkness that creeps in and is haunting, because again it is a connection of the dead and living

And as I stared I countedWebs from all the spidersCatching things and eating their insides- This line illustrates the morbity of the situation. He is afraid and is feeling doubt not about his love but about the hauntings

Like indecision to call youand hear your voice of treason- Here he is hesitant to call out the ghost just like when you feel someone is standing behind you and you don't want to turn around. He is hesitant to call her and hear her voice. The voice of treason I think is open to interpretation. He could mean a religious treason where there is no afterlife or where the dead don't go to heaven, but hang out las ghosts. Or the one I like most is that he feels betrayed because of ther death. She betrayed him by dying and now again by not showing up to haunt him at night or in his dreams.

Will you come home and stop this pain tonight- She hasn't come to haunt him and thus he begs her to come home and stop his pain with her presence albeit a ghost toStop this pain tonight

Don't waste your time on me you're alreadyThe voice inside my head (I miss you, I miss you)Don't waste your time on me you're alreadyThe voice inside my head (I miss you, I miss you)- He has resign to not seeing her, feeling her, being haunted by her and he, because of how much he loves her, releases her. Don't waste your time on me- meaning coming back from where ever she is to haunt him and be with hime. Presumably coming down from heaven to be a ghost on earth just to be with him. HE RELEASES HER SO SHE CAN BE HAPPY and tells here you are already in my head... you already live in me, maybe as his conciousness, she will forever be with him. She can now go to heaven.

The best song ever written about losing a loved partner. Gets me everytime. I mean who would not want at first be with the person you love no matter what, ghost, dreams haunting etc. but then you must realize that they have to go to that next stage and that they will never truly leave you because the will live in you forever.

damit ya'll made me cry.

by BILLY1232321

@thelegendarybon This interpretation hit home. I just broke down.

@thelegendarybon This interpretation hit home. I just broke down.

After reading this, I don't need to read any other interpretations. I'll be forever convinced this is it.

After reading this, I don't need to read any other interpretations. I'll be forever convinced this is it.

by Username666x

@thelegendarybon this is amazing.i cried a lil when reading what your thoughts where on some lyrics. im going though the same thing atm. and i did in fact turn to this song along with many others. have loved this song for ages.

@thelegendarybon this is amazing.i cried a lil when reading what your thoughts where on some lyrics. im going though the same thing atm. and i did in fact turn to this song along with many others. have loved this song for ages.

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