Intro - Minimal] [Soft acoustic guitar fingerpicking, wind sounds] [Verse 1] Night three hundred and twelve, somewhere in the Gila Stars so thick I could reach up and touch 'em Radio's out, phone's got no signal Just me and my thoughts and the questions that rush in Am I wasting my life on a dream too big? Am I running toward something or just running away? The cold seeps through my sleeping bag at 2 AM And I wonder if anyone would care if I quit today [Chorus] But a thousand nights have been my witness A thousand stars have watched me build Through the doubt and the distance Through the loneliness that almost killed A thousand nights of asking why A thousand dawns that answered: this is how you learn to fly [Verse 2] Night seven hundred and forty-one, Elephant Butte Wind's so strong my truck is rocking side to side Testing limits of what this gear can really do Testing limits of what this man can hold inside Some nights I see families in their RVs, warm and bright And I wonder what it costs to live the other way But then the sun comes up on another testing site And I remember why I can't go back to yesterday [Chorus] 'Cause a thousand nights have been my witness A thousand stars have watched me build Through the doubt and the distance Through the loneliness that almost killed A thousand nights of asking why A thousand dawns that answered: this is how you learn to fly [Bridge - Spoken softly over guitar] Night one thousand and seven Somewhere between Silver City and the border I realized I'm not lost anymore I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be Building exactly what the world needs Even if nobody's watching but the stars [Final Chorus - Building gently] Yeah, a thousand nights have been my witness A thousand stars signed their name To a man who chose the wilderness Over comfort, over fame A thousand nights beneath the sky A thousand reasons I know why [Outro - Minimal] I'm still here Still building Still believing in the morning light [End] [Fade with harmonica and wind]
