First verse

[Verse 1] You said “start with a verse” So I’m stuck on this first line Rhyme chasing its own tail Like it’s lost its only mind Coffee ring on the page Ink bleeding where I paused Every word feels almost right Then falls apart again [Chorus] It’s always almost right Always one beat late I can feel the shape of what I mean But I can’t get it straight Your name is on my tongue Your ghost is in my pen Every word feels almost right Then falls apart again [Verse 2] Phone face down on the desk Still I hear it in my head Your laugh in the wrong tense All the things I should’ve said Crossed-out versions of us Margins full of “what if then?” Every line that might have saved it Falls apart again [Chorus] It’s always almost right Always one beat late I can feel the shape of what I mean But I can’t get it straight Your name is on my tongue Your ghost is in my pen Every word feels almost right Then falls apart again [Bridge] Maybe this is all we were Half a thought and half a plan Almost love that almost worked Til it slipped right through my hands (oh no) If I ever find the ending Will it change how this one ends? Or will every try to fix it Fall apart again? [Chorus] It’s always almost right Always one beat late I can feel the shape of what I mean But I can’t get it straight Your name is on my tongue Your ghost is in my pen Every word feels almost right Then falls apart again Then falls apart again