Filtered dreams

Verse

I still think about the nights

we stayed up talking like the world was ending.

You’d laugh at something small,

and I’d pretend it didn’t hit me deeper than it should.

There was always something in your eyes,

a question you never asked out loud.

I felt it every time you looked at me,

like we were standing on the edge of something

neither of us knew how to name.

Pre‑Chorus

And I swear there were moments

when the air between us shifted,

like the whole room leaned in

waiting for one of us to move.

Chorus

You were almost mine

close enough to touch,

too far to hold.

A story we kept writing

but never let unfold.

And I still catch myself turning

like you might be standing there,

a habit I can’t unlearn

from loving you in silence.

Verse

I remember the night you told me

you were leaving for a while.

You said it like it didn’t matter,

but your voice cracked on the last word.

I wanted to ask you to stay

God, I wanted to

but I froze,

thinking you’d hear too much in the silence

if I said anything at all.

Pre‑Chorus

And I still replay that moment,

wondering what would’ve changed

if I’d just taken one step closer

instead of letting you walk away.

Chorus

You were almost mine

close enough to touch,

too far to hold.

A story we kept writing

but never let unfold.

And I still feel the space you left,

quiet but sharp,

like a promise we never made

but both of us broke anyway.

Bridge

Maybe in another life

we didn’t hesitate.

Maybe we didn’t talk ourselves

out of something real.

Maybe you’d be here now,

sitting beside me,

laughing at how close we came

to missing everything.

Final Chorus

You were almost mine

close enough to touch,

too far to hold.

A story we kept writing

but never let unfold.

And I still feel the space you left,

quiet but sharp,

like a promise we never made

but both of us broke anyway.

Outro

If I ever see you again,

I hope I’m brave enough

to say the words I swallowed.

You were almost mine

and I’m still learning

how to let that go.