Almost Mine

We talk like friends, but my heart misreads it
Every time you smile, I fall a little further
You tell me he's good, and I nod
But it's hard not to feel what I'm not supposed to

I keep my hands in my pockets
Trying not to cross that silence

You were almost mine
In a life that never started
Now I live between what's right
And what my heart keeps repeating

You walk beside me, unaware
And I'm learning how to breathe through it
He calls your name, and you turn
And I lose my words again

I keep my hands in my pockets
Trying not to show what I promise

You were almost mine
In a world that never happened
Now I live between what's safe
And what still burns beneath it

Maybe love is just bad timing
Right person, wrong horizon
So I'll smile, stay kind
And love you quietly from behind the line

You were almost mine
And maybe that's the reason
Why every song I write
Still sounds like you breathing