Due do it being now Conor Maynard's song it unfortunately can't come to streaming officially.
Miss You So
Frank Ocean Lyrics
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Then I still got the same old love that I started with
But you be in one of them
My camera shed some tears since you left em with nothing.
with nothing
how am I suppose to remember
oooh
and all the memories.
what am I gonna show to the kids girl
oohh noo
my mind is telling me to forget you
what's gonna make me remember?
That's why I was always taking pictures.
pictures
Cause I didn't wanna miss a thing
miss a thing
Tell me how I could take the pictures
pictures
when you know they were all I had left
nothing left
they were part of our history
I was always tsking pictures
pictures
Cause I didn't wanna miss you bad
Miss you this bad
In the opening lines of Frank Ocean's song, "Miss You So," the singer describes putting away magazines in a corner, symbolizing his attempts to move on from a past relationship. He acknowledges that despite his efforts to leave the past behind, he still clings onto the same old love he started with. The theme of the song centers on the idea that even though the physical reminders of a relationship, such as the photographs in the magazines or the memories themselves, slowly disappear over time, the emotions that go with that relationship can last forever.
The singer laments the fact that the memories are fading away, and he wonders what he will have left to show to his future children. He is torn between wanting to forget his past love, as his mind tells him, and wanting to cling to the vestiges of their romance, as his heart tells him. The lyrics describe how taking pictures was an attempt to "capture" the moments between them, to create lasting memories that would help him hold onto his love longer. Though his efforts ultimately proved futile, he felt the need to take pictures because he did not want to miss a thing, ultimately leading him to miss his love so bad.
The song is a moving and poignant meditation on the transience of love and the difficulty of letting go, also speculating on the idea of channelling memories through photographs, although these too may fade over time.
Line by Line Meaning
I stack these magazines in the corner after I'm done with em
I put these magazines away when I’m finished reading them
Then I still got the same old love that I started with
My feelings for you haven't changed
But you be in one of them
One of the magazines has a picture of you
My camera shed some tears since you left em with nothing.
My camera has nothing left to capture since you're not here
with nothing
There's nothing left for me to hold on to
how am I suppose to remember
I don't know how to remember without photographs
oooh
I miss you so much
and all the memories.
All of our memories are fading
the memories they faded
Our memories are not as vivid as they were before
what am I gonna show to the kids girl
What will I show our future children without memories of you?
oohh noo
I'm hurting deeply without you
my mind is telling me to forget you
My thoughts are telling me to move on
what's gonna make me remember?
What will make me remember you?
That's why I was always taking pictures.
That's why I always took pictures of us
pictures
The pictures are all I have left of us
Cause I didn't wanna miss a thing
I didn't want to forget any moment we spent together
miss a thing
I didn't want to miss a single moment with you
Tell me how I could take the pictures
How could I not take pictures with you?
when you know they were all I had left
All I had left were the memories of us in pictures
nothing left
There's nothing between us anymore
they were part of our history
The pictures are the only record of our history together
Cause I didn't wanna miss you bad
I didn't want to forget about how much I missed you
Miss you this bad
I miss you so much
Contributed by Leah F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@TreySongzLyricsonScreen
[Verse 1]
I’ll stack these magazines in the corner
After I’m done with them
And I still got the same hope that I started with
That you’ll be in one of them
My camera shed some tears since you left him
With nothing, with nothing
[Pre-Chorus]
How am I supposed to remember?
I got the memories
But memories fade, baby
What am I gonna show to my kids, girl?
When I’m older, and my mind is telling me to forget you
What’s gonna make me remember?
[Chorus]
That’s why I was always taking pictures, pictures
‘Cause I didn’t wanna miss a thing, miss a thing
Tell me how could you take the pictures, pictures
When you knew they were all that I had left - nothing left
They were part of our history, this story
I was always taking pictures
‘Cause I didn’t wanna miss you so bad, miss you this bad
Miss you so bad, miss you so
[Verse 2]
We didn’t make love
We celebrated its invention
Confetti on the mattress - I used to have those images
Tonight I came home they were just embers in the fire
Along with my hard drive, no notes, no goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
How the hell am I supposed to remember?
Tell me now, I got the memories
But memories don’t last...
What am I gonna show to my kids, baby?
When I’m older, and my mind’s telling me to forget you
What’s gonna make me remember?
[Chorus]
That’s why I was always taking pictures, pictures
‘Cause I didn’t wanna miss a thing, miss a thing
Tell me how could you take the pictures, pictures
When you knew they were all that I had left - nothing left
They were part of our history, this story
I was always taking pictures
‘Cause I didn’t wanna miss you
[Verse 3]
No video, no polariods
No record of the love we had
My Nikon wasn’t fast enough
To catch my heart break in half
No smiles in my picture frame, no
Just got them little basic ones that the picture frames come with
Models, wedding pictures, you know
[Chorus]
That’s why I was always taking pictures, pictures
'Cause I didn’t wanna miss a thing, miss a thing
Tell me how could you take the pictures, pictures?
When you knew they were all that I had left – nothing left
They were part of our history, this story
I was always taking pictures
'Cause I didn’t wanna miss you so bad, miss you this bad
Miss you so bad, miss you so…
@JianniCarter
I stack these magazines in the corner after I'm done with em
Then I still got the same old love that I started with
But you be in one of them
My camera shed some tears since you left em with nothing.
With nothing
How am I suppose to remember
Oooh
And all the memories.
The memories they faded
What am I gonna show to the kids girl
Oohh noo
My mind is telling me to forget you
What's gonna make me remember?
That's why I was always taking pictures.
Pictures
Cause I didn't wanna miss a thing
Miss a thing
Tell me how I could take the pictures
Pictures
When you know they were all I had left
Nothing left
They were part of our history
I was always tsking pictures
Pictures
Cause I didn't wanna miss you bad
Miss you this bad
@obrey__
I just got to experience this song for the first time... wow
@vexrich
Same
@Kiara-jm2cq
Me too
@obrey__
Kiara kind of random, but a song I really wish I could hear for the first time again is called track x by black road, new country. Suuper beautiful and haunting
@vexrich
@@obrey__ We say things like that but my favorite music sounds best when I've heard it a lot, and take a break and hear it again knowing most of the words but noticing something new in it
@obrey__
Vex Rich true.. I still feel the song, but I’m afraid of getting sick of it.. now that I think about it, this is kind of a great spot to be in. I hope I remember this when I go through a mid life crisis and romanticize youth lol
@certifiedtre_7716
So mad this song isn’t on streaming services because it’s literally one of my favorites by him 😭😭😭
@ericperalta739
agreed
@SnakeEyesBR1
why aren't you?
@certifiedtre_7716
@@lenabean0470 I’m super late seeing your reply! THANK YOU 😍😍😍