Intro – F# minor

(spoken, soft) I kept your maybe like a locket I never wore.

Verse 1 – F#m7 → Dmaj7 → Eadd9 → C#7(b9) → F#m7

I learned your coffee, your late-night fonts, the way you text and disappear,

Scrolled every almost, traced every echo like lipstick on a mirror.

You were a headline stuck in draft, a storm that wouldn’t rain,

I chased the outline of your mouth through windows of a train.

(BVs: “almost… almost”)

Pre-Chorus – same progression

I set a table for two in my mind, silverware shining like signs,

But every seat I saved for you stayed empty—still I underlined.

(Ad-lib: “mmm… underlined”)

Chorus – Dreamy Hook (mod to C)

You were never quite mine—just a neon on the skyline,

Close enough to color me, too far to call it “our time.”

I kept dancing with your shadow, counting seconds as a sign—

I was obsessed with a lover who never crossed the line.

(BVs: “never, never,” pads of “ahh”) [Whistle: brief accent]

Post-Chorus – ad-lib bed

Verse 2 – back to F# minor

I wrote us Sundays, planted roses on a balcony of make-believe,

Watched every trailer for the movie where you finally choose me.

But you were busy being someday—my calendar kept score,

I wore your maybe like perfume, till I couldn’t breathe no more.

(BVs: “breathe no more”)

Pre-Chorus – F# minor

I kissed the thought of what you’d say, tasted letters never sent,

Built a future out of fragments—every heartbeat paid the rent.

Chorus – Dreamy Hook (C)

Same as above, bigger stacks, extra ad-libs.

(Lead belt: “Close enough to color me—”) [Tape delay tail]

Lift Chorus – Classic Glow (B♭)

If almost is a promise, then baby, I’ve been blind—

I dressed in midnight diamonds for a star that wasn’t mine.

(BVs: rich “ooh-ahh” choir)

Now watch me fade your glitter, return the borrowed shine—

I’m letting go of the lover who lived between the lines.

Bridge – Tension (D)

Maybe I loved the ache, the chase, the fiction of your name,

I built a chapel out of wait—lit candles with my blame.

If wanting is a mirror, I finally face the frame—

(soft) I bless the door you never opened… and walk the other way.

Final Chorus – Classic Glow (B♭), biggest

Full band, stacked harmonies, glitter risers.

I was never your forever, just the lyric you’d rewind—

Close enough to haunt me, too far to make it mine.

I’m done loving the outline, I’m painting over lines—

Goodbye to the lover who never quite was mine.

Tag/Outro – return to F# minor

(spoken) I keep the lesson, not the almost.