What Almost Yours is about
A relationship that never quite commits. Her name is spoken "like it's temporary", the future is talked about "like it's somewhere you won't be", and she settles for being almost theirs, "as much as I can".
Almost Yours lyrics
You say my name like it’s temporary
Like you’re borrowing the sound
I don’t correct you, I just listen
To the way it falls back down
Your hands are warm but they hesitate
Like they’re waiting for a sign
I’m learning how to read the space
Between your pauses and mine
I don’t ask where this is going
I don’t need to hear it end
I’m almost yours
I feel it when you leave
I’m almost yours
But not in the way you mean
I don’t ask for more
I just stay where I am
I’m almost yours
As much as I can
You talk about the future lightly
Like it’s somewhere you won’t be
I hear myself say “maybe”
When you say eventually
I stopped trying to sound certain
It never made you closer
I’d rather be a quiet truth
Than something you step over
I don’t need your reassurance
I just need you not to rush
I’m almost yours
I feel it when you leave
I’m almost yours
But not in the way you mean
I don’t ask for more
I just stay where I am
I’m almost yours
Maybe I mistake the moment
For something I could keep
Maybe you were never hiding
You were just never deep
I don’t blame you for the distance
I just learned it has a shape
It looks like me still standing here
And you already halfway away
I’m almost yours
I don’t ask why
I’m almost yours
Until you decide
You say my name like it’s temporary
And I let it be enough
You say my name like it’s temporary
And I let it be enough