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James Blake

Missing Man

Release date: 28th June 2024

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About This Track

‘Missing Man’ by James Blake is a 2024 track from the album ‘Bad Cameo’. The lyrics address someone repeatedly described as “Missing man”, accusing them of putting their family under stress and acting selfishly with their time, while also urging a reset for inner burdens that others cannot fully see. The verses shift from one perspective to another, but the refrain-like address keeps returning, pressing the same concern and the same demand for change.

"Missing Man" is a track by James Blake, from the album Bad Cameo, released 28th June 2024. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about James Blake.

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James Blake

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Lyrics

Missing Man

[Verse 1: Lil Yachty]

Missing man

You've put your family in stress again

Missing man

Selfish with your time

Missing man

They will never know what you deal with internally, no way

Missing man

You just need to reset

Reset, reset, reset

[Verse 2: James Blake]

Missing man

You've done the thing you said never again

Missing man

To live your truth takes lies

Nobody wants the job, they just want all the glory days

Missing man

You just need to reset

To reset, reset

[Refrain: James Blake]

What's expected of you, it isn't fair

And it feels like no one cares

I'll probably be a missing man again

[Chorus: Lil Yachty & James Blake]

Missing man, missing man

Missing man, missing man

Selfish with your timе

Missing man, missing man (Missing man)

They will never know what you dеal with internally, no way (Missing man)

Missing man

You just need to reset (Reset)

Reset, reset, reset

[Refrain: James Blake & Lil Yachty]

What's expected of you, it isn't fair (Phew, phew, phew, phew, phew)

[Outro: Lil Yachty]

Milk carton boy, face on my papers (Reset)

I'm missing like that void, missing like the keys

I've been hidden like the fees

I am no longer whole, I have broken down to pieces

No need to fill out a missing report, I am useless

(Reset)

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From Bad Cameo

2024
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Bad Cameo
Bad Cameo
James Blake
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2024
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  3. —Twice
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  9. —Transport Me

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Writer
Dom Maker, James Blake, Lil Yachty
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James Blake, Joshua Smith
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