Midnight on the dashboard clock
Streetlights blink like tired eyes
Windows down, the city breathing
Every dream we told ourselves still tries
Your laugh was gasoline
On a fire we didn’t fear
We thought love was a straight road
With no edge, no end, no mirror
Your jacket on my shoulders
Your pulse under my skin
You said “this feels like always”
I said “this feels like a win”
We carved our names in seconds
Called it destiny and truth
We didn’t know forever
Was just a rumor for the youth
We were young and fearless
Running fast with open hearts
Every warning looked like fiction
Every ending felt too far
We talked about tomorrow
Like it owed us something more
Like the world would hold the door
We were almost forever
We were fire in the rain
We were every late-night promise
That still whispers my name
We were almost forever
But almost still feels the same
Now I dance with your shadow
While you’re dancing away
We were close to unstoppable
Close to “never apart”
But almost forever
Still broke my heart
Summer nights on your rooftop
Counting planes and naming stars
Saying “when we make it someday”
Like “someday” wasn’t far
You said you loved my silence
I said I loved your flaws
We wore hope like armor
We ignored the cracks in laws
You held my face and told me
“This is it, this is real”
I believed it with my whole chest
I believed how you made me feel
We took pictures for the future
Smiling like we already won
Not knowing every memory
Would someday weigh a ton
We were almost forever
We were sparks in the dark
We were pages of a story
That fell apart
We were almost forever
We were gold till the cracks
Now I’m holding the pieces
While you never look back
We were close to invincible
Close to safe, close to smart
But almost forever
Still broke my heart
Then life got louder than us
Bills, dreams, fear, and doubt
Your words got shorter
Mine came rushing out
You started saying “later”
I started saying “why”
We stopped meeting in the middle
Started learning how to lie
We argued over nothing
Till nothing filled the room
Your silence said more damage
Than a scream ever could
You said you needed breathing room
I said I’d wait right here
But waiting started feeling
Like drowning in a year
Do you still hear our song
When it sneaks into the night
Does your chest feel heavier
When something feels right
Do you remember the way
I knew you before you spoke
Or am I just a lesson
Written, learned, and closed
I packed your things in boxes
Like they might explode
Every shirt still smelled like you
Every step felt overloaded
Friends said “time will heal you”
Time just taught me pain
Taught me love can disappear
Without leaving a stain
I see you smiling in the daylight
Like nothing ever burned
Like we weren’t a whole universe
Waiting our turn
You look free in every photo
I look, then look away
Happiness shouldn’t hurt this much
Even when it fades
We were almost forever
We were fire in the rain
We were every late-night promise
That still whispers my name
We were almos
