Close Enough To Stay

Verse 1

We talked like it was nothing

But it meant too much to me

You leaned in like a promise

Then stepped back carefully

Your laugh stayed in the doorway

Even after you were gone

I keep replaying silence

Like I said something wrong

Pre-Chorus

I felt it when you looked away

Like I missed the right timing

Chorus

We were close enough to stay

But not enough to try

Your name was on my tongue

But I let it slide

I felt you in the pause

Every word we didn’t say

We were almost something real

Just close enough to stay

Verse 2

You fit into my evenings

Like a habit I don’t break

I memorized your breathing

Like it mattered what I’d take

I never asked for more

You never offered less

We lived inside the maybe

And called it being safe

Pre-Chorus

I don’t blame you for the leaving

I just wish I’d known

Chorus

We were close enough to stay

But scared of what it meant

I held back everything

I should’ve said

I still feel you sometimes

In the quiet of my days

We were almost something real

Just close enough to stay

Bridge (very minimal)

Some loves don’t end

They just don’t start

They sit between

The head and heart

Final Chorus

We were close enough to stay

But not enough to fall

I still see your shadow

On my wall

If you ever wonder why

I don’t let myself feel brave

We were almost something real

Just close enough to stay

Outro

Close enough

But you walked away