Cover art for MIA by Forrest Nolan
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MIA Lyrics

[Intro]
Why you gotta do that?
Why you gotta do-
(Oh my God, Ponyboy!)

[Verse 1]
12 a.m. still haven’t texted me back
I got a real bad feeling things are falling off track (Things are falling off track)
I've got a scary intuition that the things that I lack
Have got your phone on silent, let the screen turn black (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Pick up your phone, I wanna talk to ya (I wanna talk)
'Cause I'm all alone, I can't think straight (I can't think straight)
My heartbeat’s beatin' 'cause I thought I knew ya (It can't stop)
Keep leavin' me on read, you're going MIA (MIA)

[Chorus]
Why you gotta do that?
Why you gotta do
Everything you know I hate?
I hit your phone up, but I don’t get no luck
'Cause you’re always going MIA
Why you gotta say those things?
Things you know that I don’t like
Why you gotta do that to me?

[Verse 2]
My homie told me it was bad, saw the red flag (The red flag)
I double text her, but I still don’t get no text back (Don't get no text back)
She coming home late, she coming with a new sweater
Shoulda saw signs, shoulda knew better
I could smell on her breath that she had just a mint (Just had a mint)
Not enough to cover up an unfamiliar scent (Unfamiliar scent)

You took a piece of me right from my heart
Got no time for games, baby we just can’t restart
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m falling to pieces
Broke like a bottle
But we can’t just be friends
It’s a hard pill to swallow
Now all of your girlfriends (Yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just say that I’m shallow (Yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh)
But we can’t just reset (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You're a hard act to follow, (I get it, uh-huh, uh-huh)
Oh-oh, yuh

[Chorus]
Why you gotta do that?
Why you gotta do
Everything you know I hate?
I hit your phone up, but I don’t get no luck
'Cause you’re always going MIA
Why you gotta say those things?
Things you know that I don’t like
Why you gotta do that to me?

[Bridge]
I ripped up our pictures, though memories remain
An accident, unfortunate, too hard to explain
Like all good things, this must come to an end
All I ask is next time don't go off with a friend
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m falling to pieces
Broke like a bottle
But we can’t just be friends
It’s a hard pill to swallow
Now all of your girlfriends
Just say that I’m shallow
But we can’t just reset
You're a hard act to follow, oh-oh, yuh

[Chorus]
Why you gotta do that
Why you gotta do (Why you gotta do?)
Everything you know I hate? (Everything you know I hate)
I hit your phone up, but I don’t get no luck (Hit your phone up)
'Cause you’re always going MIA
Why you gotta say those things (Gotta say those things)
Things you know that I don’t like (Things that I don't like)
Why you gotta do that to me? (Yuh)

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What did Forrest Nolan say about "MIA"?
Genius Answer

I wrote this song with my buddy, Forrest, about being cheated on. Some of the lines are even direct quotes from the events leading up to the breakup and finding out about her cheating.

via Bong

  1. 1.
    You make me feel alright (Missing Lyrics)
  2. 2.
    MIA
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    To the moon (Missing Lyrics)
  4. 6.
    No name #1 (Missing Lyrics)
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September 29, 2021
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