Almost Us
Create an emotional pop ballad about two best friends who love each other but can never be together. Convey tenderness, longing, and bittersweet acceptance through heartfelt vocals, intimate piano, warm strings, and a gentle slow-to-midtempo rhythm. Build gradually to a moving, restrained chorus, keeping the tone sincere and poignant.
Lyrics
The coffee’s cold but we’re still sitting hereTracing patterns on the wooden table topI know the way you laugh to hide a tearI know exactly when the talk is gonna stopTen years of secrets kept behind our teethA lifetime building walls we can't climb downThere’s so much water flowing underneathBut we just keep on walking through this townYou’re the best thing I will never haveThe right direction on a broken mapI love you more than I can say out loudSo I’ll just keep on being in the crowdYou’re the best thing I will never haveThe only story with a missing halfWe’re perfect in the spaces in betweenThe greatest love that no one’s ever seenYou tell me ‘bout the person that you metI nod my head and say they sound so kindI haven’t found the courage for it yetTo tell you you’re the only thing I findWe play the part and keep the distance cleanA little closer and the glass might breakWe live within the lines of what has beenFor both our lives and for our friendship’s sakeYou’re the best thing I will never haveThe right direction on a broken mapI love you more than I can say out loudSo I’ll just keep on being in the crowdYou’re the best thing I will never haveThe only story with a missing halfWe’re perfect in the spaces in betweenThe greatest love that no one’s ever seenMaybe in a different world we made itMaybe in a different life we triedBut here the sunset’s already fadedAnd I have nowhere left for us to hideYou’re the best thing I will never haveThe right direction on a broken mapI love you more than I can say out loudSo I’ll just keep on being in the crowdYou’re the best thing I will never haveThe only story with a missing halfWe’re perfect in the spaces in betweenThe greatest love that no one’s ever seen