[Verse 1]
You were laughing in that thrift store aisle
Trying on that jacket two sizes wide
I said it looked wrong
You wore it home
Now it’s folded in my room like a borrowed life
You called late just to talk ‘bout clouds
Said you loved how rain slowed the town down
I almost said “I love you” back then
Swallowed it whole
Now it lives in my chest
[Chorus]
We were almost
Almost didn’t happen
Right words
Wrong time
They just stayed in my mouth
We were so close
To starting what we’re missing now
I keep holding
Holding what could’ve been loud
Love that could’ve made it
Never got a chance to break in the light
We were almost
But almost never learned how to fight
[Verse 2]
Every song on your old playlist hits
Like a photograph I never took of us
Your name still pops up in my phone search
Then I lock the screen
Say it’s just bad luck
You moved out
Found a place near the lake
I heard it from a friend of a friend
You’re probably pouring two cups these days
I’m here rehearsing words I never said
[Chorus]
We were almost
Almost didn’t happen
Right words
Wrong time
They just stayed in my mouth
We were so close
To starting what we’re missing now
I keep holding
Holding what could’ve been loud
Love that could’ve made it
Never got a chance to break in the light
We were almost
But almost never learned how to fight
[Bridge]
If I called you tonight
Would you answer?
Would you laugh
Would you hang
Would you stay?
Would you say you still replay that chapter?
Or say you finally turned the page?
[Chorus]
We were almost
Almost didn’t happen
Right words
Wrong time
They just stayed in my mouth
We were so close
To starting what we’re missing now
I keep holding
Holding what could’ve been loud (so loud)
Love that could’ve made it
Never got a chance to break in the light
We were almost
Now I’m learning how to say goodbye