Gone

## Promotional single by Machine Gun Kelly featuring Leroy Sanchez

"**Gone**" is the ninth track from Machine Gun Kelly's sophomore studio album, *General Admission* (2015). It was released as a promotional single from the album on October 1, 2015, which reflects upon his relationship with his daughter and his own father.

He told MTV News of his paternal relationship, "We haven't gotten good again. We're working towards that. Trying. The career is a gift and a curse. He hates that I'm so honest with certain stuff, but also, he's proud that I didn't become a fuck-up like everyone thought I was gonna be when I didn't wanna go to school." He added about his daughter, "She hates my job, because it takes me away, but she loves being around it. She's always checking in. She feels like the cheerleader for our squad."

## Music video

The official music video was uploaded to YouTube on December 4, 2015, directed by Casey McPerry. The ending message states, "This song is dedicated to every broken home, it's never too late for us to fix it."

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Chorus: Leroy Sanchez]

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

But are you missing me?

I know you're missing me

[Verse 1: Machine Gun Kelly]

Looking down at my phone, see another missed call

I'm pissed off, I never had these problems back when I was piss poor

Scared to see my daughter now because I'm lost in the life

In the bathroom getting high when she called twice

Sorry, but I'm scared to look at something so precious when I'm a mess

And her mother know it, I wonder if she ever regrets

Tryna convince my family that I'm only gone for these checks

When really I'm obsessed with getting my revenge through success

Cause people hated on me, how could I not show 'em?

Fans waited on me, damn, how do I not owe 'em?

Imagine having to make that decision

While baby girl's in the kitchen, tears dripping

Wondering where her pop's going

But I never meant to make you unhappy, can I see that smile?

Phone's ringing... "Aye, yo, I'm with my child"

Anyways, I wanna write you a symphony

But instead she said all I ever wanted is you to stay a while, damn

[Chorus: Leroy Sanchez]

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

But are you missing me?

I know you're missing me

[Bridge: Machine Gun Kelly]

And hey, hey, hey

It's been so long since you've gone away

[Verse 2: Machine Gun Kelly]

Five years to be more specific

I was out here trying to sign to Atlantic

You crossed the Pacific

Now is it a coincidence that my first instrument was a violin

That my father wanted for me, so we ended up buying

And now the instrumental that we're vibing to got one high in it

And while I'm writing my first verse he called me up crying?

That shit is crazy, half a decade with no explanation

Now you're asking if it's too late to save us

Man, I don't know so I hang up without saying nothing, just click end

Wasn't man enough to say it so I wrote with a pen

I just wanted to make you happy, but you never smiled

I just wanted that phone call that said your daddy's proud

Anyways, maybe eventually we'll relive memories

And you'll be next to me and both of us can stay a while, yeah

[Outro]

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

I know you've been gone, gone, gone

But are you missing me?

I know you're missing me

[Bridge: Machine Gun Kelly]

And hey, hey, hey

It's been so long since you've gone away

And hey, hey, hey

It's been so long since you've gone away

[Outro: Machine Gun Kelly, *Leroy Sanchez*]

One day I'll be gone

One day, one day, one day, one day I'll be gone

(*But are you missing me?*)

One day, one day, one day, one day I'll be gone

(*But are you missing me?*)

One day, one day, one day, one day I'll be gone

(*But are you missing me?*)

One day, one day, one day, one day I'll be gone

(*But are you missing me?*)

## References

1. ↑ Fleischer, Adam (December 4, 2015). "MGK Shares Intimate Father-Daughter Moments in the Tearful 'Gone' Video". *MTV*. December 4, 2015.