Almost Touch

[Intro] [Soft ambient hum, distant warm bass] [Verse: Intimate] Coffee cools between us on the table Your sleeve brushes mine when you reach for sugar I hold my breath still, don't want to move it Every small shift feels like a revelation [Pre-Chorus: Restrained] My hand hangs halfway over the edge Wondering if you'd pull it closer or let it fall Words curl tight behind my bated breath Afraid to break the quiet we built after all [Chorus: Bittersweet] [Hook: Emotional] Almost touch, almost say the words we need Every heartbeat's holding back the lead [Hook: Emotional ends] Silence tastes sweeter than a broken dream We keep the space where both of us can breathe [Verse: Intimate] You laugh and your shoulder leans a little closer I can smell your perfume, warm and familiar I tilt my face up, then I turn away quick Don't want you to see how my hands are shaking [Pre-Chorus: Vulnerable] Your eyes linger longer on my jawline now I wonder if you're feeling the same old pull We both know the truth hiding in the pause But neither one of us dares to make the first move [Chorus: Expansive] [Hook: Emotional] Almost touch, almost say the words we need Every heartbeat's holding back the lead [Hook: Emotional ends] Sweet ache settles deeper in the bone Better this than waking up alone [Bridge: Vulnerable] What if we're wrong, what if we're just scared What if we ruin everything we share What if it burns, what if it falls apart What if the glow fades when we cross the line We've walked this edge for so many nights Too scared to fall, too scared to climb [Chorus: Emotional] [Hook: Emotional] Almost touch, almost say the words we need Every heartbeat's holding back the lead [Hook: Emotional ends] We'll keep this quiet, we'll keep this slow Almost love is the only love we know [Outro: Fading] Coffee's cold now, the room goes dark Your hand almost finds mine in the dark Almost... [Fade out]