I learned your laugh like a secret code,
Soft like rain on a borrowed coat.
We were almost brave, almost true,
I was almost me, when I met you.

I didn’t plan to feel this deep,
It snuck in while I tried to sleep.
Just when my heart learned your name,
You slipped away like a dying flame.

You were almost mine, that’s the crime,
A love that learned to breathe, then ran out of time.
I just started to care, just started to fall,
Now I’m holding the echo, not you at all.
Yeah, you were almost mine—
And that hurts the most, every time.

Your shadow still sits in my phone,
Unread texts, a quiet tone.
I replay the nights we barely began,
Dreams half-written, gone unplanned.

I was late to the feeling, early to the pain,
Sunrise heart, sudden rain.
If loving you was a crime scene,
I’d leave my fingerprints on every dream.

You were almost mine, that’s the crime,
A spark that learned to glow, then crossed the line.
I just started to care, just started to fall,
Now I’m dancing with silence, hitting the wall.
Yeah, you were almost mine—
A goodbye dressed up as a sign.

Maybe in another life, we finish the song,
No wrong timing, no moving on.
But here I am, learning the art
Of losing someone who touched my heart.

I don’t hate you, I just miss
What we were about to be like this.

You were almost mine, that’s the truth,
A brief forever, dressed as youth.
I just started to care, just started to fall,
Now I’m stronger alone, but I miss it all.
Yeah, you were almost mine—
A beautiful almost… goodbye.

If love’s a lesson, I passed with scars,
I lost you early, but found my stars