Where We Almost Were (2026)

I never meant to read your eyes
Like something I should hide from me.
I kept my distance like a rule,
Afraid of what you’d see.
I learned to love without a sound,
Without a promise, without a name.
I stayed so careful with my heart
I almost lost the flame.


I never asked you to be sure,
I only wanted you to stay.
But every time I reached for you,
You slowly pulled away.
You spoke in silence, half-made truths,
In pauses I tried to ignore.
I waited for you to arrive,
While standing at the door.


We were close enough to feel it,
Too afraid to let it start.


I didn’t mean to love you quietly,
Like something I should hide.
I didn’t mean to need you slowly,
Then lose you over time.
If this was never meant to be,
It still felt real to me.
We were almost something true…
Almost you and me.


I told myself I needed space,
That wanting you was something wrong.
But every night I felt your absence
Like a missing song.


I told myself you’d find your way,
That fear would loosen its grip.
But love can’t live inside a pause,
It falls through fingertips.


We were standing on the edge
Of words we never said.


I didn’t mean to love you quietly,
Like something I should hide.
I didn’t mean to need you slowly,
Then lose you over time.
If this was never meant to be,
It still felt real to me.
We were almost something true…
Almost you and me.


If I had known you were afraid,
I would’ve waited anyway.


If I had known I’d lose you here,
I would’ve stayed.


We didn’t mean to hurt this way,
We just loved without a plan.
Two hearts afraid of breaking first,
Let go before they ran.
If this was never meant to last,
It still meant everything.
We were almost something real…
And that’s the hardest thing.