(Verse 1)
I built my whole world in the shape of your name
Counted the days like a prisoner counts rain
Every birthday wish, every 11:11
Was me begging the stars for a life we’d live in
You knew how I felt, yeah you smiled when I cried
Kept me close enough, but never inside
(Pre-Chorus)
I was your maybe-someday, your “what if” in the dark
A bookmark in your story, a spare beating heart
(Chorus)
Ten years on the shelf, collecting dust and tears
While you gave forever to someone else in just one year
I was praying on my knees, you were down on one
Now she’s wearing my future and your ring in the sun
You replaced me like I never even bled
Posted “Mrs.” with a stranger and left my love for dead
Tell me, was I crazy? Was I blind?
How do you marry her and never think of me one time?
(Verse 2)
I still taste the almosts, the “we should grab coffees”
The late-night confessions you swore nobody knows me like you do
I waited like a fool in the wings of your play
You gave the starring role to a girl I’ll never meet anyway
(Pre-Chorus)
I was your safety net, your soft place to fall
Turns out you never planned on falling at all
(Chorus)
Ten years on the shelf, collecting dust and tears
While you gave forever to someone else in just one year
I was praying on my knees, you were down on one
Now she’s wearing my future and your ring in the sun
You replaced me like I never even bled
Posted “Mrs.” with a stranger and left my love for dead
Tell me, was I crazy? Was I blind?
How do you marry her and never think of me one time?
(Bridge)
I hope when you kiss her you taste my ghost
I hope when she says “I love you most”
You hear my voice in the back of your head
Saying “Remember the girl who loved you first instead?”
(Final Chorus – bigger, rawer)
Ten years on the shelf, now I’m burning it down
Gonna dance in the ashes of this one-sided crown
You can keep your white dress and your brand-new life
I’m done being the almost, the never-was wife
Yeah, you replaced me, but watch me replace the pain
I’m deleting your shadow, I’m dancing in the rain
One day I’ll laugh when somebody says your name
‘Cause real love won’t leave me waiting
Real love won’t play that game
(Outro – soft, cold smile)
Congratulations on the wedding…
I’m finally over the almost.
Bye.
