UB40's "Look At Me" is a melancholic plea from someone missing an absent lover. The narrator insists "what you see is what you get" while expressing emptiness and longing for past intimacy, repeating refrains that underscore regret and a desperate need for reconnection.
Remember why I couldn't say goodbye. Look at me, don't give up yet. What you see is what you get. Things ain't like they used to be. I've been missing you and me. If you ask yourself, did I think of you? Oh, so many times. If you only knew. And how you made me feel. In dreams, your kiss I'd steal. Nothing else was real. Look at me, don't give up yet. What you see is what you get. Things ain't like they used to be. I've been missing you and me. Follow it, I'm on. Everything so clear. And you're all alone, no one else cares. Life is lonely, therefore I must confess, I'm full of emptiness. Look at me, don't give up yet. What you see is what you get. Things ain't like they used to be. I've been missing you and me. they used to be. I've been missing you and me. Full of nothing, I can't call my phone. I'll tell you something only I know: the end of everything, no matter what you say, somehow you'll always be. Look at me, don't give —What you see is what you get? Things ain't like they used to be! I've been missing you and me... Look at me; don't give up yet! What you see is what you get? Things ain't like they used to be... I've been missing you and me... Look at me; no give up yet! What you see is what you get? Things ain't like they used to be... I've been missing you and me. Look at me, don't give up yet. What you see is what you get. Things ain't like they used to be. I've been missing you and me. Look at me, don't give up yet. What you see is what you get. Things ain't like they used to be. I've been missing you and me. Look at me, don't give up on me. What you see is what you get.
UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming / Madness - Too Hot To Handle ft. UB40 / One in Ten (Live)
