Almost Us

I gave you my truth, didn’t sugarcoat

You said “take your time,” but still held me close

You kept the deepest parts of you on hold

Now I see why you never gave me yours

I tried to move slow, tried to play it cool

But you read my silence like breaking rules

Every step forward, you made me feel

Then disappeared when it got too real

You said don’t lean, but you let me fall

Left your fingerprints on my walls

Chorus

Every time I tried to walk away

You said just enough to make me stay

Now I’m stuck loving an empty face

A ghost of you I can’t erase

I miss the way it almost was

The almost love, the almost us

I don’t miss you—

I miss what we could’ve been

Maybe you were just a lesson

A mirror showing me what I need

You made me feel like me again

Brought out a side I couldn’t see

Maybe that was it all along

God sent you when I felt too gone

You helped me find my way back through

Now I see myself the way I used to

The version of me that fell for you

Finally learned how to love me too

Every time I tried to walk away

You said just enough to make me stay

Now I’m done loving an empty face

No more ghosts I have to chase

I miss the way it almost was

The almost love, the almost us

I don’t miss you—

I miss who I was with you