Almost (the one before the one)

I was a little numb from the last
And he was unattached to the past
I became his favourite way to kill some time
But it felt real and I thought we could be

Like in the movies, falling so carelessly
But that was just me

I'm always the one before the one
While he figures out just what he wants
He takes me to parties, I stay the night
Get ready to leave by the daylight
'Cause I am just the one before the one
While he figures out just what he wants
All of my friends know, I bet his don't
They ask, "is it official?"
I say, "almost, almost"

I'll watch as he becomes a better man
For the next girl who won't have to stand on the sidelines
And I gave all I had, a little too fast, didn't think twice
Just waited and waited, hoping we could be

Like in the movies, falling so carelessly
But that was just me

I'm always the one before the one
While he figures out just what he wants
He takes me to parties, I stay the night
Get ready to leave by the daylight
'Cause I am just the one before the one
While he figures out just what he wants
All of my friends know, I bet his don't
They ask, "is it official?"
I say, "almost, almost"

I almost called his bluff
He almost used the word love
We almost broke up
But almost is not enough

I'm always the one before the one
Soon he'll figure out I'm not what he wants
I wrote so many songs to prove myself wrong
But I was just stringing myself along
'Cause I was just the one before the one
While he figures out just what he wants
Both of my parents know, I bet his don't
They ask, "is it official?"
I say, "almost, almost, almost"