Verse 1 (🎧 Sparse piano + distant strings) (🎤 Soft, trembling, close) Your coat is still hanging by the door Like you’re just late, not gone for sure Every room holds its breath for you I walk in slow, I don’t know what to do (🎛 Low string pad creeps under) I talk to walls like they might reply I learn to breathe when I don’t cry Pre-Chorus (🎧 Strings rise, heartbeat tempo) (🎤 Voice opens, emotion building) I keep replaying where we stood All the things I thought I could Chorus (🔥 Full vocal bloom + orchestral lift) (🎧 Drums enter, wide cinematic swell) We were almost fire Close enough to feel the burn Every dream a dying wire Every bridge we couldn’t turn We were almost fire But we never learned to stay Verse 2 (🎧 Piano stronger, rhythm steadier) (🎤 Fuller tone, controlled) Your name still lives inside my chest A quiet weight I don’t confess I smile when people ask me why Some endings never say goodbye (🎛 Cellos answer the vocal) I built a world on what we said It fell apart inside my head Pre-Chorus 2 (🎧 Strings higher, tension thicker) (🎤 Voice pushes, nearly breaking) If loving you was all I knew How do I unlearn the truth Chorus 2 (🔥 Added harmonies + deeper drums) (🎧 Orchestra wider, more force) We were almost fire Close enough to feel the burn Every dream a dying wire Every bridge we couldn’t turn We were almost fire But we never learned to stay Bridge (🎛 Music drops to piano + breath) (🎤 Bare, confessional) I don’t blame the dark or time I blame the fear we called a sign If I could reach you through the years I’d tell you I’m still standing here (🎧 Strings swell slowly back in) Final Chorus (🔥 Maximum emotional release) (🎧 Full orchestra + drums, soaring) We were almost fire And I still feel the flame Every love that ends in quiet Leaves a permanent name We were almost fire But I won’t forget the way Outro (🎧 Instruments fall to single piano note) (🎤 Soft, fading) Almost still burns
