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Missing Piece

by Joel Madison Blount

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One of the things I love about a song is how it can be tied to a memory and instantly transport me to another time and place. It's also interesting how a song's meaning (or how I interpret its meaning) can evolve, through the course of new experiences or as my perspective changes over time. 

"Missing Piece" is the fifth single from my upcoming full-length album "Stories from Home". I wrote this song mainly because I love Shel Silverstein's short story. But, listening back to it now - seeing how it relates to my own life over the past year, how it seems woven into personal and spiritual struggles and growth - it feels more like an expression of my own story.

I guess that's just part of the beauty of putting words to music and why art is such a vital part of human existence. It helps us to better understand ourselves and each other and remember that we're all fearfully and wonderfully made -

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Waiting for years on your own
Hoping to find someone else who’s all alone

But, everyone who comes by
Who has that look in their eyes
Well you don’t seem to fit into
The space that they need

What do they want of you?
What do they need?
You’re looking for someone, you can complete
Will you ever find your
Will you ever find your missing piece?

Then one day a new shape rolls around
With a different perspective than others you have found

She said, everyone I pass by
Who has that look in their eyes
Well it don’t seem they understand
What they really need

There’s nothing I want of you
Nothing I need
I don’t need anyone to make me complete
I don’t want to be your
I don’t want to be your missing piece

She said, everything changes and we must grow
You can be someone’s and still be your own

So you can choose to live life
Stuck there on your side
Or you can get up and
Work to reshape your mind

Cause you can be anything
You can be free
To follow your heart wherever it leads
You are more than
So much more than a missing piece -

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released July 21, 2023
Lyrics and Music by Joel Madison Blount

Produced, Engineered, and Mixed @ The Lone Wolf Sound Studio

JMB // vocals, guitars
Josh Vigneulle // electric guitar
Steven Potaczek // keys
Dan Elliott // bass guitar
Jordan Stone // drums, percussion
Alison Ritch // background vocals
Sarah Scherf // background vocals

Reuben Cohen // mastering
Jared Ragland // photography

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Joel Madison Blount Birmingham, Alabama

JMB is a songwriter, producer, and mix engineer based at The Lone Wolf / sound studio in Birmingham, AL

His work merges the influence of Southern literary authors with a musical response to the rhythm and melody of life.

He writes songs about our shared human experience, meant to offer hope and inspire the listener to sing out loud. ... more

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