Miles From You
Keith Walker Lyrics

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I remember that Best Western - Outskirts of Kansas City
Talkin' and pretending - You were laying right there with me
Holdin on long distance - You way too far away
Wakin' in the morning - Phone pressed against my face

Miles from you
Miles from you
All alone lonely there

Wishin' I was anywhere
But miles from you

I won't forget the first time - I felt it in the kitchen
The tighter I held on to you - The more I felt you driftin
Out the door down the road - And I just saw myself
As a lost highway that turned you - Into that someone else

Miles from you
Miles from you
All alone lonely there
Wishin' I was anywhere
But miles from you

Last night I ran into you
My eyes just passed right through you
And I know it must have looked like
Girl I never even knew you
Yeah I saw you there with him
And I could tell you were in love
And the way it didn't hit me
Was the way I knew I was

Miles from you
Miles from you
Miles
Miles from you
Miles from you
Understanding standing there
I finally found myself somewhere
Miles from you
Miles from you

Miles
Miles

Overall Meaning

Keith Walker's song Miles From You portrays the heart-wrenching experience of being in a long-distance relationship. The singer recalls his time with his lover in a Best Western motel outside Kansas City, where they try to make the best of their limited time together. The lyrics convey the intense longing and loneliness of being "Miles from you" while his significant other is way too far away. The singer's desperate attempts to feel connected to his lover are evident as he wakes up with his phone pressed against his face, trying to feel her presence through their conversations.

The song takes a painful turn as the singer remembers the moment when he felt his lover slipping away. The lyrics "The tighter I held on to you, the more I felt you drifting" express his anguish and powerlessness as his relationship falls apart, and he realizes he is turning into someone else to keep his lover close. The singer eventually bumps into his former lover and realizes that he has moved on, and she has found happiness with someone else. The last few lines indicate that the singer has grown as a person, and his journey of understanding and self-discovery has taken him miles away from his past.

In summary, Keith Walker's "Miles From You" is a powerful, emotion-filled ballad of a long-distance relationship that did not work out. The lyrics convey the agony of being in love but not being able to be with the person, who is "Miles from you." They also talk about the pain of moving on, growing, and coming to an understanding of the past.

Line by Line Meaning

I remember that Best Western - Outskirts of Kansas City
I recall staying at a Best Western hotel located on the outskirts of Kansas City.

Talkin' and pretending - You were laying right there with me
We were conversing and pretending that you were lying right next to me.

Holdin on long distance - You way too far away
We were holding on to a long distance relationship despite you being too far away.

Wakin' in the morning - Phone pressed against my face
I woke up in the morning with my phone pressed against my face indicating I fell asleep while we were on the phone.

Miles from you Miles from you All alone lonely there Wishin' I was anywhere But miles from you
Expressing the distance and loneliness I feel wishing I could be anywhere but miles away from you.

I won't forget the first time - I felt it in the kitchen
I won't forget the moment I first felt the essence of our love in the kitchen.

The tighter I held on to you - The more I felt you driftin
The more tightly I held on to you, the more I felt you slipping away from me.

Out the door down the road - And I just saw myself
You left through the door and went down the road leaving me reflecting upon myself.

As a lost highway that turned you - Into that someone else
I saw myself as a lost highway that took you away and turned you into someone else.

Last night I ran into you My eyes just passed right through you And I know it must have looked like Girl I never even knew you Yeah I saw you there with him And I could tell you were in love And the way it didn't hit me Was the way I knew I was
Recalling an encounter with you last night, my eyes just passed through you, and it must have looked like I never knew you. I saw you with someone else and knew you were in love, and surprisingly, it didn't hit me, and that's when I realized I was miles away from you both physically and emotionally.

Miles from you Miles from you Miles Miles from you Miles from you Understanding standing there I finally found myself somewhere Miles from you Miles from you Miles
Continuing to describe the emotional distance, I am miles away from you, but through understanding, I found my place somewhere while physically still miles apart from you.

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