We Almost Made It

Verse 1

I still keep your jumper on the chair

Like you’re running late, like you’ll still be there

The house knows your footsteps better than me

Every quiet night feels like a memory

I talk to the walls like they’ll answer back

Like they’ll tell me where it all went off track

We were fearless, we were naïve

We thought love was enough to believe

Pre-Chorus

I tried to be patient

Tried to be kind

But loving you felt like losing time

Chorus

We almost made it, didn’t we?

Came so close to everything

Had forever in our hands

But we let it slip like sand

I’d still choose you, if I’m honest now

Even knowing how it all works out

We almost made it — you and me

That’s what breaks me

Verse 2

I hear your name in crowded rooms

Still feel you when I hum our tune

I replay words I should’ve said

They echo louder in my head

You said “love shouldn’t feel this hard”

I said “stay,” but I was scared to ask

We were bleeding, but we smiled

Called it strength, called it time

Pre-Chorus

I held my breath

You let go

And somehow that hurt more than no

Chorus

We almost made it, didn’t we?

Built a life in make-believe

Every dream we didn’t live

Is the hardest thing to forgive

I’d still reach for you tonight

If my heart would let me try

We almost made it — you and me

That’s what breaks me

Bridge (soft, vulnerable)

If I’m being honest

I still wonder

If loving me was too much to shoulder

And I still wear your favourite pain

Like it’s the only thing that stayed

(beat drops, piano swells)

Final Chorus

We almost made it, didn’t we?

That’s the truth I can’t unsee

Not a stranger, not a flame

Just a love we couldn’t save

I’ll forgive us, someday soon

For the things we couldn’t do

We almost made it — you and me

And that’s enough to grieve

Outro

So here’s to love that couldn’t last

Still the best thing in my past

If I never love again

At least I know…

We almost did