An Old Almost

[Verse 1] We shared a room and a borrowed little desk Counted out the hours, tried to do our best You asked me for a pen, I gave you mine Then carried that small moment home each night [Pre-Chorus] You never saw the careful way I turned Whenever your chair scraped across the floor I made a secret out of every word And kept it where you couldn't find the door [Chorus] Now I see you by the lockers after class And the whole day tilts, then settles back You say hello like nothing ever changed I say it too, but I don't sound the same It isn't heartbreak, not exactly that Just an old almost I keep walking past [Verse 2] There are new names written on the seating chart New routines, but you still catch my heart A hallway, a laugh, the sleeve of your coat And suddenly I'm seventeen notes below [Pre-Chorus] I wonder if the truth would make it small Or turn the quiet into something real So I leave it folded in the wall A feeling I was never meant to reveal [Chorus] Now I see you by the lockers after class And the whole day tilts, then settles back You say hello like nothing ever changed I say it too, but I don't sound the same It isn't heartbreak, not exactly that Just an old almost I keep walking past [Bridge] Maybe you were only a bright detail In a season that was moving fast Maybe I was learning how a heart can fail Without a single thing collapsing [Final Chorus] Now I see you and I let the moment pass No more rehearsing every word we had You say hello, and this time I can breathe The secret isn't heavier than me It isn't heartbreak, not exactly that Just someone I once liked, still in my path [Outro] We shared a room, then we went our separate ways I still see you around some days