Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles

Making my way downtown

Walking fast

Faces passed

And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead

Just making my way

Making my way

Through the crowd

And I need you

And I miss you

And now I wonder....

If I could fall

Into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass me by

'Cause you know I'd walk

A thousand miles

If I could

Just see you

Tonight

It's always times like these

When I think of you

And I wonder

If you ever

Think of me

'Cause everything's so wrong

And I don't belong

Living in your

Precious memories

'Cause I need you

And I miss you

And now I wonder....

If I could fall

Into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass me by

'Cause you know I'd walk

A thousand miles

If I could 

Just see you

Tonight

And I, I

Don't want to let you know

I, I

Drown in your memory

I, I

Don't want to let this go

I, I

Don't....

Making my way downtown

Walking fast

Faces passed

And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead

Just making my way

Making my way

Through the crowd

And I still need you

And I still miss you

And now I wonder....

If I could fall

Into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass us by

'Cause you know I'd walk

A thousand miles

If I could

Just see you...

If I could fall

Into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass me by

'Cause you know I'd walk

A thousand miles

If I could

Just see you

If I could

Just hold you

Tonight

1.  Why are you sharing this song?

I am sharing this song because this song meant a lot to me. This song was the first song coming out of the radio when I first arrived in the U.S. I was going to stay for a year and everything I saw was both exciting and unfamiliar. But when I heard this song, it soothed my feelings and I didn't feel so tense anymore. So it is my very first English song that I can remember so clearly.

2.  What is the meaning of the lyrics?

This is actually not a love song but instead a song of heartbreak. From the first part " Making my way downtown.......and I'm home bound," we can see that the woman is going back to her own home, not her lover's home. "If I could fall......'cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you.....just hold you tonight," this means that the woman would walk a thousand miles to try to save a dying flame, so her lover either dumped her or may have died. Indeed, it is a sad song but the tune and lyrics are beautiful that I could not help but listen to it again and again. For all those who are going through a heartbreaking process, listening to this song would make you feel much better because it can really comfort your feelings.