Thousand Mile Stare (Special Release 💙)

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This one is for my wife first.

She’s the person behind the person who wrote this song. The one who has seen the exhaustion, the weight, the quiet moments, and everything that never makes it into words. I love you, and this one is yours. 💙

And to every healthcare worker carrying the weight of your own life while somehow carrying pieces of everyone else’s too...I see you.

The long shifts. The faces you remember. The things you take home with you. The people you help who may never know what it cost you to keep showing up.

'Thousand Mile Stare' is for you.....

Yeah…
Blue scrubs by the front door waiting
another sunrise on your skin
You leave before the house wakes up
come home carrying where you've been
You know how to calm the panic
when somebody's world comes undone
But I see you staring past the window
when the day is finally done
You don't have to say you're okay
I hear it in the way you breathe
Some things sit a little deeper
than the words you'll never speak
Thousand mile stare
Somewhere between then and now
I watch you leave the room
without ever walking out
I won't tell you to let go
I know what that can break
Some ghosts don't need a name
to keep you wide awake
That little heart around your neck
still catches light when you turn away
A piece of someone you came from
you carry through another day
Butterflies still stop you cold
for reasons I don't need to know
Some memories don't make a sound
they just find a way to show
They know your name on a badge
they know the hands that pull them through
I know the silence after midnight
when the whole world catches up with you
You don't have to outrun it
you don't have to hide the scars
Some things stay right beside us
even when they're worlds apart
Thousand mile stare
Somewhere between then and now
I watch you leave the room
without ever walking out
I won't tell you to let go
I know what that can break
Some ghosts don't need a name
to keep you wide awake
to keep you wide awake
Thousand mile stare
Somewhere between then and now
I watch you leave the room
without ever walking out
I won't tell you to let go
I know what that can break
Some ghosts don't need a name
to keep you wide awake
Thousand mile stare…

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This one is for my wife first. She’s the person behind the person who wrote this song. The one who has seen the exhaustion, the weight, the quiet moments, and everything that never makes it into words. I love you, and this one is yours. 💙 And to every healthcare worker carrying the weight of your own life while somehow carrying pieces of everyone else’s too...I see you. The long shifts. The faces you remember. The things you take home with you. The people you help who may never know what it cost you to keep showing up. 'Thousand Mile Stare' is for you..... Yeah… Blue scrubs by the front door waiting another sunrise on your skin You leave before the house wakes up come home carrying where you've been You know how to calm the panic when somebody's world comes undone But I see you staring past the window when the day is finally done You don't have to say you're okay I hear it in the way you breathe Some things sit a little deeper than the words you'll never speak Thousand mile stare Somewhere between then and now I watch you leave the room without ever walking out I won't tell you to let go I know what that can break Some ghosts don't need a name to keep you wide awake That little heart around your neck still catches light when you turn away A piece of someone you came from you carry through another day Butterflies still stop you cold for reasons I don't need to know Some memories don't make a sound they just find a way to show They know your name on a badge they know the hands that pull them through I know the silence after midnight when the whole world catches up with you You don't have to outrun it you don't have to hide the scars Some things stay right beside us even when they're worlds apart Thousand mile stare Somewhere between then and now I watch you leave the room without ever walking out I won't tell you to let go I know what that can break Some ghosts don't need a name to keep you wide awake to keep you wide awake Thousand mile stare Somewhere between then and now I watch you leave the room without ever walking out I won't tell you to let go I know what that can break Some ghosts don't need a name to keep you wide awake Thousand mile stare… © 2026 Stace / @ar_oldsoul. All rights reserved.

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