Missing
Beck Lyrics

I prayed heaven today
I pleaded with the heavens to take action today

Would bring its hammer down on me
To punish me severely for my actions and mistakes

And pound you out of my head
To forcefully remove the thoughts of the person from my mind

I can't think with you in it
The person's presence is distracting me and not allowing me to concentrate

I dragged all that I owned down a dirt road
I left behind everything I had and travelled a difficult path

To find you my shoes worn out and used
In search of the person, I have endured a lot and am now tired and exhausted

They can't take me much farther
My shoes cannot take me any further due to their worn-out condition

Something always takes the place
Whenever something is missing, something else comes to fill that space

Of missing pieces
The empty gaps left behind when something is lost or missing

you can take and put together even though
Even if something is incomplete or missing, one can use whatever is available to try and fix it

You know there's something missing
One is aware that something is not complete or perfect

The sun burned a hole in my roof
The intense heat and power of the sun caused damage to the roof of my house

I can't seem to fix it
I am unable to repair the damage done to the roof

I hope the rain doesn't come
I am worried that if it rains, the house will be further damaged and more problems will arise

And wash me down the gutter
To feel hopeless and lost, like I am being washed away with the flowing water

She rides in a car like a queen on a card
The person mentioned is living life luxuriously and confidently

And the guns of her mind aim a line
The person is deeply focused and determined

Straight at mine to a heart that was broke
The person's focus is directed towards me, and they know I am heartbroken

tried to feel but got choked in the smoke of
Failed to experience emotions properly and was overcome by undesirable distractions and thoughts

A desert A beach with no leisure a night that's so blue
A place of loneliness and emptiness with no relief or escape

Feed the aching in you and the background
Focus on the pain within and acknowledge it, rather than ignoring it or hiding it to the background

Birds take a flight from the earth
Birds represent freedom and the release from the boundaries of the earth

Where the bonfire burns and the night
The scene of a fire burning in the dark, mysterious and captivating

Current turns on a lifeboat floating
The unpredictable flow of life like a lifeboat navigating through the waters of life

Down a river of sleep
Like being lost in the peaceful and calm waters of a deep sleep

I can't see her hollow eyes
The person's eyes are empty and emotionless, with no signs of life behind them

I'm walking along with my boots full of rocks
Feeling burdened and weighed down by heavy emotional baggage or problems

I can't believe these tears were mine
Feeling shocked and surprised by one's own emotional outburst

I'll give them to you to put away in a box
To rely on someone else to keep and deal with the emotions, as they are too overwhelming for oneself to handle

Something always takes the place of
Something else comes to fill the gap when it is empty

Missing pieces you can take and put
Although something may be incomplete or missing, one can try and fix it by adding other pieces to complete it

Together even though
By combining different pieces, one can complete the whole, even if the individual parts were incomplete on their own

You know there's something missing
One is aware that something is incomplete or imperfect

Something always missing always
There is always something lacking or missing

Someone missing something
A person is missing something or someone, which is causing them pain or discomfort