[Verse 1 - dry lead vocal starts immediately on beat one, low Hammond B3 underneath] Almost here But not inside They know my voice But not my life I say the easy sentence I wear the quiet face They nod like they received me But I never reach the place [Refrain - same melody, same volume, no lift] Almost here But not inside They know my voice But not my life Almost here Still hard to find They read the words But miss the mind [Verse 2 - same groove, warm Rhodes, soft Hammond B3 chords] I move through open doorways Like I know where I belong But every room goes silent In a slightly different song They ask me simple questions I give the simple part The rest stays down below me Speaking under my heart [Refrain - same melody, same volume, no added drums] Almost here But not inside They know my voice But not my life Almost here Still hard to find They read the words But miss the mind [Verse 3 - same arrangement, quiet Hammond answers between lines] I laugh when I should laugh I stay when I should stay But something in the daylight Keeps standing far away Not gone enough to vanish Not close enough to be Just living in the distance Between the world and me [Refrain - same intensity, no chorus lift] Almost here But not inside They know my voice But not my life Almost here Still hard to find They read the words But miss the mind [Verse 4 - same groove, low Hammond B3 sustained chords, no build] Maybe I got used to Being halfway seen Maybe I got tired Of saying what I mean Maybe nothing broke me Maybe nothing shows Maybe I kept living Where nobody really knows [Refrain - same volume, same groove, no final build] Almost here But not inside They know my voice But not my life Almost here Still hard to find They read the words But miss the mind [End - same sparse groove stops softly, no outro] Almost here But not inside
