Ache of Almost Lyrics by Cordelia Cross

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[Verse 1]

I stood with my hands on the edge of the flame

Close enough to feel my name

Every door was almost mine

Every star just out of line

I learned the shape of nearly there

How hope can thin into the air

I felt the win beneath my skin

But never crossed the line to in

[Pre-Chorus]

So close I could taste the sound

Of everything I never found

[Chorus]

This is the ache of almost

Breathing in what could have been

Living on the edge of something

I was never let within

This is the ache of almost

Every promise half complete

I carry all the weight of arrival

With no ground beneath my feet

[Verse 2]

I watched the finish lines move back

Every time I stayed on track

They called it timing, called it fate

I called it learning how to wait

I wore my patience like a scar

Measured inches into miles

Smiled through the tightening grip

Of dreams that slipped me by in files

[Pre-Chorus]

I held the prize without the crown

I felt the rise without the sound

[Chorus]

This is the ache of almost

Breathing in what could have been

Living on the edge of something

I was never let within

This is the ache of almost

Every promise half complete

I carry all the weight of arrival

With no ground beneath my feet

[Verse 3]

Do not say I did not try

I burned in silence, I survived

Every almost left a mark

Every maybe lit the dark

I am built from near and not

From all the chances left to rot

Still I stand, still I endure

The wound that never had a cure

[Chorus]

This is the ache of almost

Echoes where my victories hide

I was ready for the moment

But the moment passed me by

This is the ache of almost

Not a failure, not a ghost

Just the quiet, endless burning

Of knowing how close I was

So close