Miss Me More – English Lyrics

• By: Kelsea Ballerini

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic way to connect with culture, and Kelsea Ballerini's "Miss Me More" offers a powerful and relatable story. This song is special because its clear, narrative-driven lyrics about self-empowerment make it easy to follow along and understand the emotions being conveyed. You can learn vocabulary related to relationships, identity, and personal growth while being inspired by a message of strength and self-worth.

[English]

(soothing music)

♪ I retired my red lipstick ♪

♪ 'Cause you said you didn't like it ♪

♪ I didn't wear my high heel shoes ♪

♪ 'Cause I couldn't be taller than you ♪

♪ I didn't wanna lose my friends ♪

♪ But now it's hard to even find them ♪

♪ What you wanted, ain't it? ♪

♪ It's what you wanted ♪

♪ I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ I thought it hurt me ♪

♪ I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ But I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss my own beat, to my own snare drum ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

♪ Miss my own sheets in the bed I made up ♪

♪ I forgot I had dreams, I forgot I had wings ♪

♪ Forgot who I was before I ever kissed you ♪

♪ Yeah, I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ But I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

♪ I put on my old records ♪

♪ That I hid in the back of the closet ♪

♪ And I turn them up to ten ♪

♪ And then I played them all again ♪

♪ I found my independence ♪

♪ Can't believe I ever lost it ♪

♪ What you wanted, ain't it? ♪

♪ It's what you wanted ♪

♪ I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ I thought it hurt me ♪

♪ I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ Yeah, I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ But I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss my own beat, to my own snare drum ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

♪ Miss my own sheets in the bed I made up ♪

♪ I forgot I had dreams, I forgot I had wings ♪

♪ Forgot who I was before I ever kissed you ♪

♪ Yeah, I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ But I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

♪ I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ I thought it hurt me ♪

♪ And I'd wanna kiss you ♪

♪ I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ But I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss my own beat, to my own snare drum ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

♪ Miss my own sheets in the bed I made up ♪

♪ I forgot I had dreams, I forgot I had wings ♪

♪ Forgot who I was before I ever kissed you ♪

♪ And I thought I'd miss you ♪

♪ But I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

♪ I miss me more ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
retire /rɪˈtaɪər/ B2	verb - to leave a job or stop doing something that you do regularly.
lipstick /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/ A2	noun - a cosmetic used to add color to the lips.
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain to (someone or something).
miss /mɪs/ A1	verb - to feel sadness at the absence of someone or something.
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. verb - to experience images, emotions, and sensations during sleep.
kiss /kɪs/ A1	verb - to touch someone with your lips as a sign of love or affection. noun - an act of touching someone with your lips.
record /ˈrekərd/ B1	noun - a flat disc made of plastic with spiral grooves containing recorded sound.
independence /ˌɪndɪˈpendəns/ B2	noun - the fact or power of acting or living without the care of other people.
lose /luːz/ A1	verb - to be deprived of or cease to have (something).
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - discover or perceive (something).
beat /biːt/ A2	noun - a rhythmic pulse.
sheet /ʃiːt/ A1	noun - a large, flat piece of cloth.
wings /wɪŋz/ A2	noun - a pair of appendages used for flight.
closet /ˈklɒzɪt/ A2	noun - a small room used for storing clothes.
turn /tɜːrn/ A1	verb - move around an axis or center.
bed /bed/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture used for sleep.

Key Grammar Structures

• I retired my red lipstick

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The verb "retired" shows an action completed in the past.

• 'Cause you said you didn't like it

  ➔ Reported speech in simple past

  ➔ The phrase "you said you didn't like it" reports what someone said in the past.

• I didn't wear my high heel shoes

  ➔ Negative form of past simple

  ➔ Use of "didn't" to negate the verb in the past tense.

• What you wanted, ain't it?

  ➔ Tag question and colloquial negation "ain't"

  ➔ "Ain't it?" is a colloquial way to form a tag question confirming something.

• I thought I'd miss you

  ➔ Past modal with contraction "I'd" for "I would"

  ➔ "I'd" is the contraction of "I would" used to express past intentions or expectations.

• I miss my own beat, to my own snare drum

  ➔ Use of possessive pronoun and parallel prepositional phrases

  ➔ "My own" emphasizes possession; two prepositional phrases "to my own snare drum" complement the noun "beat".

• I forgot who I was before I ever kissed you

  ➔ Use of embedded question and time clause with past perfect implication

  ➔ "Who I was" is an embedded question acting as the object of "forgot"; the clause "before I ever kissed you" refers to a time prior to another past action.

• I put on my old records that I hid in the back of the closet

  ➔ Defining relative clause

  ➔ The clause "that I hid in the back of the closet" specifies which "old records" are being talked about.