intro
Verse 1
We met beneath a flickering sign,
two bad ideas at closing time,
you had your cigarettes, I had my pride,
both of us too stubborn to leave either behind.
You said, “Maybe we're just badly timed,”
I said, “Maybe that's a beautiful lie.”
We laughed like fools with nowhere to go,
and called it love because we didn't know.
Pre-Chorus
Oh, what a lovely little tragedy,
you and me with all our chemistry,
burning bright enough to miss the warning signs,
then blaming the moon when we ran out of time.
Chorus
So here's to the almost,
and losing each other better.
to every little disaster
that looked good on you.
let the good times die—
we weren't meant to last,
but we gave it a hell of a try.
Verse 2
I kept your number, deleted your name,
just to make pretending easier again.
You kept my jacket, I kept your song,
funny how souvenirs know when you're wrong.
We had a talent for making it worse,
turning small arguments into Shakespearean verse.
You wanted forever, I wanted tonight,
somewhere between them we both lost the fight.
Pre-Chorus
And isn't it charming, looking back now,
how we mistook desperation for a vow?
We were two clever liars with terrible timing,
calling it fate while the whole thing was dying.
Chorus
and losing each other better.
we weren't meant to last,
but we gave it a hell of a try.
Bridge
No, don't look so tragic,
we've got stories to tell.
You were heaven for a minute,
tell them we were magnificent
here's to the greatest failure
well, darling, we played—
Outro
So here's to the almost...
To the mistake we remember.