We were midnight conversations, feet on the dashboard, secrets in the dark

Laughing like we were bulletproof, pretending we didn't feel the sparks

You'd brush my shoulder, I'd forget to breathe, but we both knew the line we shouldn't cross

So I tucked my feelings into silence, and you pretended you were never lost

You said some things aren't meant to be, but God, why did it feel so real to me

Cause we were almost something, almost brave enough to try, almost let the truth slip every time we said Goodbye

You held me like you meant it, then let go like you didn't care at all

We were almost something, and almost is what hurts the most of all

You'd call me after midnight, searching for something you never named

I'd listen like it didn't kill me, to pretend my heart wasn't aflame

Friends joked we were closer than two people just friends should ever be

But we built a house out of boundaries and lived inside what we couldn't set free

We danced so close to touching souls, but we were terrified of losing control

We were almost something, almost brave enough to try, almost let the truth slip every time we said goodbye

You held me like you meant it, then let go like you didn't care at all

We were almost something, and almost is what hurts the most of all

I still replay the night you lingered at my door like you were gonna stay here

I said everything, your mouth was too scared to say

We could've ruined everything, or maybe we could've had it all

But you stepped back into the hallway, and that was the moment we chose to fall

We walked that tightrope, said we'd never look down

But I was staring at your lips while you were staring at the ground

We kept the truth folded in a note we'd never send

Choosing heartbreak, overtaking the risk of losing a friend

Now I'm living in the silence where I maybe used to breathe

You're the love I never had, and the one I'll never leave

We were almost something, almost brave enough to try

Almost let the truth slip every time we said goodbye

You held me like you meant it, then let go like you didn't care at all

We were almost something, and almost is the deepest cut of all

Maybe in another lifetime we don't stop at love or life

But here in this lifetime we stay friends and pretend we never wanted more