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Miles From Home lyrics
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Intro
Left my whole world at the terminal gate Passport heavy with the dreams on my plate Different soil, different stars in the sky But the hunger in my chest never dies
Verse 1
Mama's kitchen still haunts me in my sleep at night The way she'd hum while cooking underneath fluorescent light I traded that for subway cars and strangers passing fast Building something new but feeling tethered to my past They say home is where the heart is, mine's in different zones Half of me is laying bricks, the other half's with bones Buried in a cemetery seven thousand miles away But I promised her I'd make it, so I grind through every day
Pre-chorus
Every step I take, I feel the distance grow But every door I open helps me finally know
Chorus
Miles from home, but I'm closer to the vision Every road I roam rewrites my own tradition Miles from home, yeah the roots still hold me down But my branches reach for crowns in every foreign town
Verse 2
Now I'm fluent in survival, speak the language of the grind Got two accents in my mouth and got two countries on my mind I remember watching planes and wondering where they'd go Now I'm thirty thousand feet up, got that window seat below The homesickness hits different when you're winning at the game Buy the house but miss the feeling, got the fortune, lost the frame Video calls at three AM just to catch them when they wake Every time I hear "we're proud of you" I feel my shoulders shake
Pre-chorus
Every step I take, I feel the distance grow But every door I open helps me finally know
Chorus
Miles from home, but I'm closer to the vision Every road I roam rewrites my own tradition Miles from home, yeah the roots still hold me down But my branches reach for crowns in every foreign town
Bridge
Some nights I question if I made the right choice Then I hear my father's words in my own voice "The map is not the territory," he'd say Now I'm proof that getting lost can find the way
Verse 3
Now I send the wire transfers, help my little cousins dream Show them borders are just lines, not as solid as they seem I'm the blueprint and the evidence that distance doesn't win That your zip code ain't your destiny, it's where your story begins Built a table long enough to seat both worlds I claim Different spices, different faces, but the love remains the same I'm the bridge between the places, I'm the proof of what we're worth Miles from home but now I'm rooted everywhere on Earth
Pre-chorus
Every step I take, I feel the distance grow But every door I open helps me finally know
Chorus
Miles from home, but I'm closer to the vision Every road I roam rewrites my own tradition Miles from home, yeah the roots still hold me down But my branches reach for crowns in every foreign town
Bridge
Carry my ancestors' whispers in my chest Turn their sacrifice into manifest Home is not a place, it's what I carry inside Both the grief and the glory live side by side [Chorus] x2 Miles from home, but I'm closer to the vision Every road I roam rewrites my own tradition Miles from home, yeah the roots still hold me down But my branches reach for crowns in every foreign town Miles from home, but I'm closer to the vision Every road I roam rewrites my own tradition Miles from home, yeah the roots still hold me down But my branches reach for crowns in every foreign town
Outro
Started with a one-way ticket and a prayer Now every city that I touch knows I was there Miles from home, yeah, miles from home But I brought home with me everywhere I've grown
Inside the recording
Left my whole world at the terminal gate Passport heavy with the dreams on my plate
Every step I take, I feel the distance grow But every door I open helps me finally know
Started with a one-way ticket and a prayer Now every city that I touch knows I was there
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