Looking closely at the lyrics, one can decipher this. Maybe the love had poor circumstances, but it also had plenty of passion and beautiful moments. The overarching theme of “I Miss You” is one of longing for a love gone wrong. The song’s more about the vulnerability and kind of heart-wrenching pain you feel when you’re in love and when you’re a guy and you’re trying to tell a girl, ‘Don’t waste your time coming and talking to me because, in my head at least, you probably already gave me up a long time ago.’ Tom DeLonge on the meaning of “I Miss You”. Once the lyrics start singing about a spider eating the insides of a bug, I think people take that and go, ‘Maybe it’s not about their families.’ And it talks about Halloween on Christmas and all these different dark kinds of things. Tom DeLonge spoke on this during an interview with MTV in 2006: Due to the fact that both Mark and Tom had young kids at the time of its release, many then assumed the song was about missing their families while out on tour, thouh that is not necessarily the case. Penned in collaboration between Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge, the meaning of the lyrics to “I Miss You” have long been a source of mystery. “I Miss You” and much of Blink-182 adds more layers to the sound, including piano, cello, and more. While the band did delve into more serious territory with songs like “Adam’s Song” off Enema of the State (1999) and “Stay Together For The Kids” off Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001), those songs were very much four-chord driven three-piece rock songs. However, Blink-182 is a fantastic send-off for the blink that we knew and loved, and while it does feature a change from their early sound, there is a lot of that same fun-loving spirit to enjoy, with an added tinge of melodrama thanks to songs like “I Miss You”. As many fans know, the band was never quite the same after returning from the hiatus in 2009, and following the 2011 semi-flop of Neighborhoods, Tom DeLonge left the band for good. The self-titled album came after a brief yearlong hiatus for blink-182, and just before they took an “indefinite hiatus” in 2005 that lasted four years. “Feeling This” was the lead single from the album and was also a hit, though not nearly as big as the follow-up single, “I Miss You” despite being a rocker like many of their older beloved songs. Given its mellow sound and infectious hook, this song took the world by storm upon its release, making nearly as big a splash as they did with 1999’s “All the Small Things”, topping it in sales but not in radio airplay. Hit single “I Miss You” is the centerpiece for this shift, and arguably one of their best songs. Photo by Nigel Crane/Redfernsīlink-182’s 2003 self-titled album signaled an era of change for the band, who took a sonic step away from the irreverent, gritty pop-punk that dominated their youth towards a more polished sound.
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