Quite Miss Home

Track 6 on YOU

Producers

Oct. 18, 20191 viewer82.8K views

Quite Miss Home Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm in the kitchen while you smoke outside
You're careful not to let the smoke inside
I always tell you it's poison
But I know it helps you take the edge off the day
We get a drink before it's closing time
The one on High Street with the blinking sign
All of these memories feel poignant
I won't be there to see the snow melt away

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh
Yeah, I been gone on business
I gotta make some money
I really feel the distance

[Chorus]
And I quite miss home
And I miss you telling me to leave my shoes at the door
'Cause you just swept the floor and the dirt drives you crazy
Yeah, I quite miss home
'Cause it feels like poetry
When the rain falls down on the window
While you're in my arms and we're watching the TV
Yeah, I quite miss home
Yeah, I quite miss home

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[Verse 2]
I smell you cooking from the living room
And then I tell you that I love your food
I know it doesn't come easy
But you know it reminds me where I'm from

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh
I'm in another city
I got nobody with me
And it just really hit me

[Chorus]
That I quite miss home
And I miss you telling me to leave my shoes at the door
'Cause you just swept the floor and the dirt drives you crazy
Yeah, I quite miss home
'Cause it feels like poetry
And the rain falls down on the window
While you're in my arms and we're watching the TV
Yeah, I quite miss home
Yeah, I quite miss home

[Outro]
And I quite miss home
Yeah, I miss you telling me to leave my shoes at the door
'Cause you just swept the floor and the dirt drives you crazy
Oh, I just miss home
'Cause it feels like poetry
As the rain falls down on the window
While you're in my arms and we're watching the TV
Oh, I miss home
Yeah, I quite miss home
Oh, I quite miss home
Yeah
Yeah, I quite miss home

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James Arthur’s “Quite Miss Home” is addressed to someone whom the singer used to live with. And if the addressee is the same in the first verse as the second, then this is someone he used to work with also. The overall implication is that such was a romantic partner, although the way the song reads he could also perhaps be referring to a (most likely female) family member. And in the present day, James is residing in “another city” due to business opportunities. And in the midst of such he is reminiscing on his past with this individual, as in suffering due to being devoid of her company.

He explains how all of the songs are inspired by other people saying, “Even if it’s things that have happened in my life, I’m trying to sing from the point of view of someone else.”