Beautiful Almost

[Intro] (Mmm) The city hums low, the room goes dark You're a breath away — and that's the whole show [Verse 1] We've been dancing around it for months Every close call, we laugh it off, we shrug Your hand lingers half a second on my shoulder And I file it under "almost enough" I've memorized the exact distance Between where we are and where we'd break [Pre-Chorus] One inch closer and it stops being a game One word braver and we're not the same I want to run — but I want to stay [Chorus] Don't get close enough to break this Beautiful almost we made Half a step from heaven, half a step from flame I'd rather keep you as a maybe Than lose you to a name So don't get close enough to break this Beautiful almost we made [Verse 2] You said "what if" once, and the room got small I laughed, but I kept the word like a stone Every night I rewind that sentence Every night I let it go alone I know the courage costs me something But the fear costs me more [Pre-Chorus] One inch closer and it stops being a game One word braver and we're not the same I want to run — but I want to stay [Chorus] Don't get close enough to break this Beautiful almost we made Half a step from heaven, half a step from flame I'd rather keep you as a maybe Than lose you to a name So don't get close enough to break this Beautiful almost we made [Bridge] Maybe I'm not afraid of us breaking Maybe I'm afraid of us working 'Cause then there's no excuse No distance to hide behind No "almost" to blame I'd have to be all in, with no way back And that's the scariest thing I've ever known [Final Chorus] So keep me here, in the almost Don't give me a reason to stay or go I'll keep my hands in my pockets You keep yours where they are And we'll live — beautifully, almost [Outro] (One day, one of us will reach And this will break Beautifully Almost)