Something's Missing (Sheppard song)

"Something's Missing"
Song

"Something's Missing" is a song by John Mayer. It is the third track from Heavier Things, Mayer's second studio album. This song is distinct from all other songs by Mayer as it was the only song to have appeared on every live release Mayer had contributed to up to Where the Light Is. This included the live album, Try!, from his group John Mayer Trio. Mayer has mentioned (even in his Grammy acceptance speech) that his song "Daughters" wasn't suitable as a single. He has mentioned that "Something's Missing" along with "Come Back To Bed" would have been more suitable as the singles from the album, despite the success "Daughters" earned him.

The meaning of "Something's Missing"

The song is about a "gap" or a "hole". Mayer talks of the song as meaning one can't specifically say what it is, but that "something's missing".

In the song, he goes through a checklist of things in his life, each of which he confirms is NOT missing (in sequence):

• Friends
• Money
• Well-Slept
• opposite sex
• Guitar
• Microphone
• Messages waiting on him when he comes home

After this, the lyrics then digress and cause him to wonder, "How come everything I think I need always comes with batteries?".

John plays this song in an unusual tuning, tuned (from bottom to top) E B E F# B E.

He also uses an unusual guitar, a blue Fender Stratocaster/Telecaster hybrid.

External links

• "Something's Missing" lyrics, at Yahoo! Music