Neck Deep – Wish You Were Here

Trivia

Lagu emosional ini dirilis pada tahun 2017 dan menjadi bagian dari album studio ketiga Neck Deep, “The Peace and The Panic”. Liriknya, yang ditulis bersama oleh vokalis Ben Barlow dan mantan bassis Fil Thorpe-Evans, menyentuh tema kehilangan yang mendalam.

Secara spesifik, lagu ini diilhami dari pengalaman kehilangan orang terdekat—seorang teman masa kecil Fil Thorpe-Evans dan juga mendiang ayah Ben Barlow.

Pesan utamanya adalah penyesalan karena tidak memanfaatkan waktu bersama dan kesulitan menerima klise “mereka sudah berada di tempat yang lebih baik.” Bagian lirik: “Too bad, it’s not what I believe” menegaskan sentimen ini, menjadikannya lagu yang sangat pribadi dan mengharukan tentang duka cita.

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intro

 
C 
  
 
 
G 
  
 
 
F 

verse

C 
Take it slow, tell me all
 
How you’ve  
G 
grown just for  
F 
me
Could we all reminisce?
C 
Better yet, here’s a pen
 
Make a  
G 
list
 
Fill it  
F 
full of all the things I’ve missed
 
‘Cause I can  
G 
barely drive past the school
 
Wi
Am 
thout stopping to think of you
 
And  
F 
how we used to act the fool
 
But  
G 
worst of all I wish I called
 
At  
Am 
least a thousand  
Em 
times or more
F 
Just to hear what I’ve been missing

chorus

C 
If a picture is all that I  
G 
have
 
I can picture the times that we  
F 
won’t get back
 
If I picture it now it don’t  
Am 
seem so bad
 
Either  
G 
way, I still wish you were  
C 
here
 
Don’t say everything’s meant to  
G 
be
 
‘Cause you know it’s not what I be
F 
lieve
 
Can’t help but think that it should’ve been  
Am 
me
 
Either  
G 
way, I still wish you were  
C 
here

verse

 
Thinking  
C 
back on the days
 
Where we all used to  
G 
say
 
I know  
F 
anywhere’s better than here
 
In the  
C 
back of the class
 
Where we grew up too  
G 
fast
 
Living  
F 
life like there’s nothing to fear
 
But the  
G 
eyes on the road
 
Driving  
Am 
home all alone
 
Singing a
F 
long to a song from three summers ago
 
The one that  
G 
made you remember it
Am 
Em 
Now I’ll  
F 
always remember it
 
As the  
G 
song that your life  
C 
ended 
 
with

chorus

C 
If a picture is all that I  
G 
have
 
I can picture the times that we  
F 
won’t get back
 
If I picture it now it don’t  
Am 
seem so bad
 
Either  
G 
way, I still wish you were  
C 
here
 
Don’t say everything’s meant to  
G 
be
 
‘Cause you know it’s not what I be
F 
lieve
 
Can’t help but think that it should’ve been  
Am 
me
 
Either  
G 
way, I still wish you were  
C 
here

bridge

 
And they  
F 
say you’re in a better pla
C 
ce
 
But a better place is right here with  
Am 
me
 
Yeah they  
F 
say you’re in a better pla
G 
ce
 
Too bad it’s not what I be
C 
lieve

chorus

 
‘Cause a picture is all that I  
G 
have
 
I can picture the times that we  
F 
won’t get back
 
If I picture it now it don’t  
Am 
seem so bad
 
Either  
G 
way, I still wish you were  
C 
here
 
Don’t say everything’s meant to  
G 
be
 
‘Cause you know it’s not what I be
F 
lieve
 
Can’t help but think that it should’ve been  
Am 
me
 
Either  
G 
way, I still wish you were  
C 
here

outro

 
Yeah they say you’re in a better pl
G 
ace
 
Either way I still wish you were  
F 
here
(‘Cause they say you’re in a better place)
 
They  
Am 
say you’re in a better place
 
In the  
G 
end I just wish you were  
C 
here

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