Thousand Miles is the fourth track on Miley Cyrus‘ eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation featuring nine-time Grammy award winning artist Brandi Carlile. The country-pop track marks the first collaboration between the two artists. The track is a reflection on the end of a relationship.
[Verse 1: Miley Cyrus]
Amazing, I'm driving 'round town in a beat-up old Mercedes
You think I'm crazy, you might be right
But when he smiles, I don't care about the past
Just like that
[Pre-Chorus: Miley Cyrus]
I told myself I closed that door
But I'm right back here again
I know half of what I'm saying don't make no sense
So don't ask me where I been
[Chorus: Miley Cyrus]
I'm not always right, but still, I ain't got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don't really care
I'm out of my mind, but still, I'm holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
[Verse 2: Miley Cyrus & Brandi Carlile]
I look in the rearview, I was talking to you 'fore I realize it's madness
Before the sadness
Oh, I pick up the phone and I call back home, but all I get is a dial tone
And instead of hangin' up, I hang my head
[Pre-Chorus: Miley Cyrus & Brandi Carlile]
I told myself I closed that door
But I'm right back here again
I know half of what I'm saying don't make no sense
So don't ask me where I been
[Chorus: Miley Cyrus & Brandi Carlile]
I'm not always right, but still, I ain't got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don't really care
I'm out of my mind, but still, I'm holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Pre-Chorus: Miley Cyrus]
I told myself I closed that door
But I'm right back here again
I know half of what I'm saying don't make no sense
So don't ask me where I been
[Chorus: Miley Cyrus & Brandi Carlile]
I'm not always right, but still, I ain't got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don't really care
I'm out of my mind, but still, I'm holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
Thousand Miles was written by Miley Cyrus & Tobias Jesso Jr. & Bibi Bourelly & Mike WiLL Made-It.
Thousand Miles was produced by Kid Harpoon & Tyler Johnson & Mike WiLL Made-It.
Miley Cyrus released Thousand Miles on Fri Mar 10 2023.
No, this marks the first collaboration between the two artists.
When I wrote “Thousand Miles,” it started as a song that was very different from the one that’s on the album. I wrote it in 2016 or 2017. And it was after one of my really close friends lost her sister to suicide. And I just couldn’t imagine not having my little sister in my life. And so, I wrote th...
During the tracking week ending March 25, 2023, the song debuted at #68 on the Hot 100 chart.