Missing You

**Producer(s)** | Konrad Snyder, Ian Fitchuk

**Missing You** is a non-album single by Ashe and Stephen Sanchez, released 4 November 2022 through Sanchez's label Mercury/Republic Records.

The song is carried by soft guitar and piano while Sanchez and Ashe trade verses back and forth.

## Background

In talking about the song Stephen said, “This song means a lot to me because I was writing, yes, about a love I remember through my eyes, but also a love through someone else’s eyes. It was something I’d never done before: heard about how in love someone else was and writing from their experience with it. It was exhilarating.” He continues and describes working with Ashe for the first time: “Ashe is one of the most inspiring artists I’ve ever worked with. Full of such tangible joy, It’s the most fun I’ve had writing a song. She is a powerhouse of a vocalist and a troubadour at heart. A true artist with something to say. As a friend, she makes colors more vibrant and love more true. I am grateful to know her and I am honored to have our words immortalized in song”.

On the song and working with Stephen, Ashe said, “‘Missing You’ just fell out. The minute Stephen and I got in the room together, he sat down at the piano and sang to me ‘what if the windows flew off all the buildings and I could not see you again,’ and we disappeared into some writing abyss where there was only love and joy, and as cheesy as it sounds, it just wrote itself. Writing with Stephen is a lot like running around a field at night catching ideas like lightning bugs. It connected me to some childlike, beautiful place that I hope to return to again”.

*Billboard* described the song as "A true collaboration, the pair trade verses and challenge one another to push hardest on the chorus, allowing the song’s story to soar both sonically and emotionally*"**.*

## Meaning

This song is about love from the two different people's perspectives.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1: Stephen Sanchez, *Ashe*]

What if the windows flew off all the buildings

And I could not see you again?

It'd be as if the sun decided to stop shining

And I could not breathe you in

*What if the winter takes off with the leaves*

*And they don't grow back in spring?*

*That'd be the feeling of my heartbeat fleeting*

'*Cause I know it's you I needed*

[Chorus: Stephen Sanchez, *Ashe*]

We're getting caught in the static, our love's wreaking havoc

It don't have to be tragic, I still wanna have it

There's no going back to the life that I knew

After one heart is made up from two

*I'm so in love that it's painful, I think you're an angеl*

*With the face of my children, I don't wanna miss it*

*My wholе life through*

*I was missing you*

[Verse 2: Stephen Sanchez, *Ashe*, **Both**]

What if the stars lost all of their glitter

And they fell down from the sky?

*That'd be like* **finding you, choosing you**

**Loving you, losing you after searching all my life**

[Chorus: Both]

We're getting caught in the static, our love's wreaking havoc

It don't have to be tragic, I still wanna have it

There's no going back to the life that I knew

After one heart is made up from two

I'm so in love that it's painful, I think you're an angel

With the face of my children, I don't wanna miss it

My whole life through

I was missing you

[Bridge: Both, *Ashe*, **Stephen Sanchez**]

If love is incarnate and not just a feeling

Then I'm staring right at it and not at the ceiling

I said something stupid instead of "I love you"

I guess I was nervous, what I'm falling into

*Into you*, **and out my mind**

*I want this before* **I'm out of time**

*Into your arms* **from out my chest**

*I give you my heart* **and all of the rest**

[Chorus: Both, *Ashe*, **Stephen Sanchez**]

We're getting caught in the static, our love's wreaking havoc

It don't have to be tragic, I still wanna have it

There's no going back to the life that I knew

After one heart is, is made up from two

I'm so in love that it's painful, I think you're an angel

With the face of my children, I don't wanna miss it

My whole life through

*I was missing you* (**I was missing you**)

[Outro: Ashe, *Stephen Sanchez*, **Both**]

My whole life through (*My whole life through*)

I was missing you (*I was missing you*)

My whole life through (*My whole life through*)

I was missing you (*I was missing you*)

**My whole life through**

## Trivia

* The promotional photo is a composite. The image of Ashe is from the *Rae* release party on 14 October 2022 at The Viper Room, West Hollywood.

* It is a non-album single as it was released after *Rae*, and was not included as part of Sanchez's debut album *Angel Face* in 2023.

## Navigation

 Rae Tracklist

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://preludepress.com/news/2022/11/04/stephen-sanchez-ashe-missing-you/
2. ↑ https://www.thesoundcafe.com/post/breakout-singer-songwriter-stephen-sanchez-releases-lovestruck-anthem-with-new-single-evangeline
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CkL4FRfPGZl/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=