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1,000 Miles Away Lyrics
It's morning time, wonder where you are
Wonder who you're talking to
Wonder if the sun has risen where you are
It's morning time, I miss your hands on my skin
This bed's too big without you
Oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and I'm lying next to you
The sun shines golden, and I feel like my car
A little run down, a little beat up
Maybe just a little green
Maybe it's my battery, maybe it's my starter
Maybe my heart's too weak
There's just this feeling, thought I had to get going
Got too scary, got too big, got to get out of here
But now I don't know how to get home
Oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you
Mama says take my vitamins
Daddy says "girl, don't stay out so late!"
Sister says "there's other fishes in the sea!"
But love is not a rational thing
And my heart is beyond advice
No, love is not a rational thing
Oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.
These fields stretch out like patchwork on my granny's quilt
She used to tell me:
"Life is a series of strange and mysterious things
One minute you think you're up
The next you find you're down"
Your mind says 'Sweetheart, you gotta stick around'
But your heart says 'oh, I'm too weak in the knees,'"
Oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away
I said oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away and lying next to you
Wonder who you're talking to
Wonder if the sun has risen where you are
It's morning time, I miss your hands on my skin
This bed's too big without you
I'm a thousand miles away, and I'm lying next to you
A little run down, a little beat up
Maybe just a little green
Maybe it's my battery, maybe it's my starter
Maybe my heart's too weak
There's just this feeling, thought I had to get going
Got too scary, got too big, got to get out of here
But now I don't know how to get home
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you
Daddy says "girl, don't stay out so late!"
Sister says "there's other fishes in the sea!"
But love is not a rational thing
And my heart is beyond advice
No, love is not a rational thing
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.
She used to tell me:
"Life is a series of strange and mysterious things
One minute you think you're up
The next you find you're down"
Your mind says 'Sweetheart, you gotta stick around'
But your heart says 'oh, I'm too weak in the knees,'"
I'm a thousand miles away
I said oh god, what do I do?
I'm a thousand miles away and lying next to you
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I think a relationship/marriage ended and the boyfriend/husband moved far away, probably to start over. The narrator continues to live in the same place, but feels that she is mentally and emotionally with him, wherever he is now.
fuck'n beautiful.
amazing...thats all i have to say. everyone who says jewel is a horrible poet...u can all suck the cock, id seriously like to see u write something as beautiful as the songs/poems she writes.
anyone treminded of the tune to painters?
I have found many songs on this new album that reflect previous songs of hers. Certain lyrics too. But I LOVE the way she sings out "GOD!" It gives me chills.
This song is incredibly beautiful; an amazing closer to her newest album. Wow...just heartbreakingly wonderful.
The way she sings that last "oh god" brings me to tears...
i have never been so moved in a long time in music, and im a kind of person who loves people like tori amos and cat power. this song is stunning, haunting and extremly painful. chills.
Amazing. Makes me cry. Gives me chills. Heartwrenching
what do you think she means when she says she's 1,000 miles away but she's lying next to him? for some reason that phrase just confuses me. is she saying that he's so far away but it feels like he's right there because of all the emotions he's left with her? what do you think?
what do you think she means when she says she's 1,000 miles away but she's lying next to him? for some reason that phrase just confuses me. is she saying that he's so far away but it feels like he's right there because of all the emotions he's left with her? what do you think?