Almost Never Yours

[Verse 1]
You brushed the hair
Off my tired face
Laughed at my fears
Like they were out of place
You held my hand
Only halfway tight
Just enough
To keep me up at night
[Chorus]
You were almost mine
In another life
Maybe
In a softer time
Where the timing didn’t break me
I can feel your name
Still trembling in my throat
You were almost mine
But almost doesn’t hold
[Verse 2]
I still see you
In the smallest things
In the coffee cup
And the phone that never rings
We drew our plans
On a paper napkin
Folded them small
Watched them never happen
[Chorus]
You were almost mine
In another life
Maybe
In a softer time
Where the timing didn’t break me
I can feel your name
Still trembling in my throat
You were almost mine
But almost doesn’t hold
[Bridge]
I wish you well
More than I wish you back (oh, I try)
But some nights I fall
Through every what-if and every lack
If love is a door
We never quite walked through
I’ll stand in the hallway
Just a moment
Remembering you
[Chorus]
You were almost mine
And I loved you like you’d stay
In a borrowed dream
That morning stole away
I will carry us
In a place the world ignores
You were almost mine
Almost never yours

Intimate piano ballad with female vocals; soft, resonant keys and a warm, deep pad underneath. Verse 1 stays close and whisper-like, then swells into a cinematic, string-laced chorus with gentle rises and falls. Subtle reverb on vocal, tender backing harmonies in the second chorus, letting each pause and breath feel heavy and human., beautiful, deep, heartfelt, ballad, soft