“Almost Told You”

[Intro]
I was one breath away
From changing everything...
But I stayed quiet.


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[Verse 1]
You were laughing in the glow
Of a thousand fairy lights
And I rehearsed it in my head
A hundred thousand times

You said, “what?” and looked my way
I just smiled and said, “it’s nothing”
But what I meant was “you’re my everything”
And now... it’s all gone missing


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[Pre-Chorus]
Now she holds your hand
Like I dreamt I would
And I pretend I’m fine
Like heartbreak tastes good


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[Hook]
I almost told you / Right before the lights went low
Almost kissed you / But I let my silence grow
Now I’m quiet in your shadow / With a heart you’ll never know
I almost told you...
But I let you go


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[Verse 2]
I watched her call you “babe”
With the voice I used at night
When I whispered to my pillow
That one day you’d be mine

You always saw right through me
But not deep enough to find
The girl who wrote you love songs
In the corners of her mind


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[Pre-Chorus]
Now my chances sleep
In the spaces we forgot
And every almost-memory
Is everything I’m not


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[Hook]
I almost told you / Right before the lights went low
Almost kissed you / But I let my silence grow
Now I’m quiet in your shadow / With a heart you’ll never know
I almost told you...
But I let you go


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[Bridge – Strings rise, whispered tone]
If I had one more yesterday
I’d trade it just to say...
All the things I buried deep
The ones that never got away


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[Final Hook – Falsetto, raw]
I almost told you / And I still see it play
Like a ghost I live with / Every single day
Now your heart belongs to someone
Who was brave enough to stay
And I almost told you...
But I let you slip away

85 BPM. B Min. Soft, melancholic dream-pop with airy synths and emotional restraint