W3ight of the Alm0st

(Verse 1) Dirt on my boots, but my head’s in the clouds Searching for your face in these Nashville crowds You were the "yes" in a world full of "maybe" Now I’m just driving as far as this tank will take me Got a bottle in the console, a 808 in my chest Just a hollow-point heartbeat, put the "us" to rest. (Pre-Chorus) (Auto-tune swells, vocals getting more melodic) And I’m reaching out for you but you’re gone Like a midnight sun, like a broken dawn I’m trapped in the "nearly," I’m stuck in the "close" You’re the one memory that hurts the most. (Chorus) (Heavy Trap drums kick in. High-energy but melancholic) It’s the weight of the almost, pulling me down Like a golden light in a small abandoned town We were inches from forever, a whisper from the truth Now I’m just trading my soul for a taste of my youth Oh, it’s a long way to fall when you’re standing this tall In the weight... the weight of the almost. (Verse 2) (Drums drop out, just a rhythmic bass pulse) Your voice is a frequency I can’t quite catch A fire in the dark, i guess I missed the mark Counting up all the promises that we didn’t break (Cuz we never got to make 'em...) Yeah, that’s the part that kills me slow Knowing exactly where we’ll never go. (Bridge) (Vocals get raspy, raw, and desperate) We were a "once in a lifetime" that never quite started I’m missing a version of you that doesn’t exist The outline of a lover I never even kissed. (Outro) (Music fades to a lonely, echoing guitar) Almost had you. Almost stayed. Almost lived the life we made. (Vocal trails off with heavy reverb) The weight... It’s just... almost. (Silence)