!Gieraffe

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Saw you laughing in the hallway

Wished that I could make you stay

Had a thousand words to tell you

But I always walked away

We were young and time was endless

Or at least that's what I thought

Now you're holding someone else's hand

And I'm drinking what I'm not

Chorus

One more beer to drown the feeling

One more night to play pretend

I was scared to say I loved you

Now I'm watching our story end

You were waiting for an answer

I was waiting to be brave

Now he's standing there beside you

With the words I never gave

Instrumental Break

Verse 2

Found your picture in my old phone

Still remember what you'd wear

Funny how I had forever

But I never took you there

Now the bottles keep me talking

To the ghost of what could be

You found someone who could tell you

Everything I couldn't speak

Chorus

One more beer to drown the feeling

One more night to play pretend

I was scared to say I loved you

Now I'm watching our story end

You were waiting for an answer

I was waiting to be brave

Now he's standing there beside you

With the words I never gave

Instrumental Break

Bridge

Maybe you were never mine

Maybe I just took too long

Now I'm learning one drink at a time

That silence can be wrong

Build-Up

Final Chorus

One more beer to drown the feeling

One more night to play pretend

I was scared to say I loved you

Now I'm watching our story end

You were waiting for an answer

I was waiting to be brave

Now he's standing there beside you

With the words I never gave

Outro

Here's to you and him tonight

Here's to all I left unsaid

I'll put down this final glass

And let go of what we never had

Instrumental Outro

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

I found a photograph from sophomore year

Your jacket gray and fading at the seams

I was nineteen and certain I knew everything

You were the question I never dared to ask

Verse 2

There's a ring on my hand that I forget

Some nights I take it off and set it on the sill

He's a good man who loves me in a quiet way

And I smile at him and I feel nothing still

Chorus

Back when we were almost something

Back when we were almost there

I keep walking down that hallway

Looking for you everywhere

Back when we were almost something

Almost brave enough to speak

Now I'm standing in a kitchen

Wishing I could go back

Wishing I could go back

Post-Chorus

Almost almost

Oh-oh

Almost almost

Oh-oh

Verse 3

You turned and walked away that afternoon

I told myself it didn't mean a thing

I put my books up and I put my heart down too

And I let the silence teach me how to sing

Chorus

Back when we were almost something

Back when we were almost there

I keep walking down that hallway

Looking for you everywhere

Back when we were almost something

Almost brave enough to speak

Now I'm standing in a kitchen

Wishing I could go back

Wishing I could go back

Instrumental Break

Bridge

Maybe we were only kids

Maybe we were right to run

Maybe you felt it too

And just never said a word

I don't want you to come save me

I don't want to blame the man I chose

I just want to know

I just want to know

Final Chorus

Back when we were almost something

Back when we were almost there

I would trade this whole ring for it

Trade the years I cannot share

Back when we were almost something

Almost brave enough to speak

Now I'm standing in a kitchen

Wishing I could go back

Wishing I could go back

Outro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Almost