I Miss You
Blink-182 · 2003
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I miss you, miss you
- I miss you, miss you
- Where are you? And I'm so sorry
- I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight
Echo the hook
- Don't waste your time on me
- You're already the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)
- Don't waste your time on me
- You're already the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I miss you, I miss you
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And we'll have Halloween on Christmas
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I miss you, miss you
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Like indecision to call you
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? you, I miss you
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Where you can ? find me
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I ? sleep, I cannot dream tonight
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
The ? from all the spiders
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Will you come ? and stop this pain tonight?
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "miss" in the whole song?
"miss"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "time" in the whole song?
"time"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Don't waste your time on me
- I miss you, I miss you
- Where are you? And I'm so sorry
Exercise 25
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "I Miss You" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 26
If you could ask Blink-182 one question about "I Miss You", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "I Miss You" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
we'll→i'm→don't→you're→
Exercise 29
If you could change the ending of the story told in "I Miss You", what would happen instead?
Exercise 30
"I Miss You" was released in 2003. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.