Nearly Yours

Verse 1

We stood still while the world rushed past

Like the moment knew it wouldn’t last

Your hand close, but it never stayed

Just enough touch to make me brave

I learned your face in borrowed light

Midnight trains, no end in sight

You said my name like it was safe

Then let it fade

Pre-Chorus

Every time I leaned in

You were already gone

Chorus

You were nearly mine

Close enough to feel it break

I held the thought of you

Like a wish I couldn’t say

I saw forever in your eyes

But never crossed the line

You were almost real to me

You were nearly mine

Verse 2

I keep the quiet where you were

Like the air still remembers

Every maybe, every sign

Every “not now,” every “sometime”

You fit my life like a pause

Not a start, not a loss

Just a space I learned to keep

Wide awake, half asleep

Pre-Chorus

If I reached a little harder

Would you have stayed?

Chorus

You were nearly mine

Close enough to feel it burn

I gave you pieces of my heart

You never had to earn

I traced your shadow on my skin

Like it was mine to claim

You were almost everything

But never stayed

Bridge

I don’t blame you

I don’t fight it

Some things glow

But never land

I still look up

When the night’s quiet

Like you might understand

Final Chorus

You were nearly mine

And maybe that’s okay

Some loves are only meant

To pass you on the way

I’ll keep the light you left behind

And let the rest unwind

You were almost real to me

You were nearly mine

Outro

Some things are beautiful

Because they don’t stay