[Verse 1] We agreed to meet at half past nine You said the café on the left, I said the one on the right There were two of them, of course there were two of them A Tuesday in November but my phone said it was June The clock above the door had frozen somewhere near the moon I ordered tea for one and waited anyway [Pre-Chorus] And there's a version of us somewhere on time Probably laughing, probably doing fine [Chorus] We are always almost there One street over, one year early, one day late We are living in the space Between the when and the where Some people catch the moment We catch air We are always almost there [Verse 2] You left a note beneath a stone in Lisbon I found it three weeks early in a coat I'd had for years It said "I'll meet you when the summer finally clears" The summer didn't clear, it just moved somewhere north We collided in a carpark in November, slightly lost Laughing like we'd planned the whole absurdity [Pre-Chorus] And there's a version of us in the right café I hope they're nice to each other anyway [Chorus] We are always almost there One street over, one year early, one day late We are living in the space Between the when and the where Some people catch the moment We catch air We are always almost there [Bridge] Maybe time isn't broken, maybe we are Maybe the universe is pointing us toward something further out Like every wrong arrival is a letter we're still writing And every wrong address is just a longer way around [Final Chorus] We are always almost there One street over, one year early, one day late But we are living in the space Between the when and the where Some people keep the moment We keep faith We are always almost there Always almost there [Outro - fading, gently] Half past nine, or was it ten One of these days we'll get it right Or maybe this is right
