We were talking…
like nothing was changing…
but everything was…
We used to talk about everything
like it meant nothing at all
you laughed like it was easy
to not feel the fall
Now your voice feels closer
than it used to be
like it’s stuck between
your breath and me
It didn’t happen all at once
it never made a sound
just something in the way we stood
that felt less like friends now
We were almost just friends
until the air got strange
like something underneath the room
started learning our names
We were almost just friends
but I can’t unsee the way
you look at me like silence
is something we should break
We still act like nothing’s changed
but the timing’s always off
like every sentence lands
a second too soft
If this is just imagination
why does it feel so real
like every word we don’t say
is louder than what we feel
We were almost just friends
but I don’t think that’s true anymore
there’s something in the way we move
that wasn’t there before
We were almost just friends
and maybe that’s the line
we crossed without permission
somewhere in time
We were almost just…
almost just…
friends…