We bought the good coffee again You put the pictures back where they'd been I found your jacket over my chair And didn't wonder how long it'd stay there We made it through breakfast somehow Talked about nothing, we're good at that now You made me laugh with your mouth full of toast For half a second I forgot we were close Look at us Look at this Nothing's burning Nothing's missed If I don't look too carefully We're doing beautifully We're almost normal again Almost easy, almost friends Almost dancing in the kitchen Like we never reached the end You say my name, I say yours Nobody's walking out the door If almost is enough tonight We're almost normal again We went to the store after five Argued about which kind of wine You took the basket, I took your hand Both of us froze like that wasn't the plan Then you smiled So did I We let the moment walk on by Paid for the groceries Drove back home Two people getting very good At almost letting go We're almost normal again Almost easy, almost friends Almost dancing in the kitchen Like we never reached the end You say my name, I say yours Nobody's walking out the door If almost is enough tonight We're almost normal again The couch remembers where you sit The hallway knows the shape of it Your toothbrush hasn't moved an inch Neither have we Maybe this is how it starts Maybe this is how it heals Not with some enormous answer Just with ordinary meals Maybe one day I won't notice Every pause between your words Maybe normal isn't something We can force until it works We're almost normal again Almost easy, almost friends Almost dancing in the kitchen And I almost can pretend You say my name, I say yours Nobody's reaching for the door And almost feels so good tonight I nearly ask for more Almost morning Almost fine Almost yours Almost mine Almost normal Again
