What We Could Have Been

INTRO — FEMALE, soft / breathy

Mm…
Yeah…

Funny how somebody can come into your life
At the wrong time…
In the wrong way…
And still feel so right.

MALE, distant harmony

So right…

FEMALE

Maybe that's what hurts the most.

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VERSE 1 — FEMALE

You were supposed to be somebody I shouldn't know
A line we crossed that we could never uncross
Started with a secret, turned into something deeper
Before I knew it, I was waiting on your call

Miles between us, but you never felt that far
We'd stay up talking like you were right here in my arms
You'd say what I was thinking before I said a word
And somehow all the silence said more than words ever could

I remember every weekend, every little moment
The way you looked at me like you already knew it
I played it cool when I should've told the truth
I was falling hard, I was just too scared to show you

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PRE-CHORUS — FEMALE

'Cause if I said I needed you
What would that make us?
If you said you needed me
Would we be too much?

So we hid behind the chemistry
Pretended it was only us having fun
But somewhere underneath it all
I think we knew what we'd become

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CHORUS — BOTH

We were the one that got away
The almost that I can't erase
The right love at the wrong damn time
Two hearts scared to cross that line

We had something we couldn't name
Too real to call it just a game
Now you're somebody else's home
And I'm learning how to be alone

But every now and then
I still wonder where we'd be
If we would've said what we were feeling
Instead of letting go so easily

Maybe you and me…
Maybe we were meant to be…
Maybe we'll never know
What we could've been

BOTH — layered harmony

What we could've been…
Ooh, what we could've been…

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VERSE 2 — MALE

I ain't gonna lie, I thought about you too
More than I ever let myself admit to you
You made the distance feel like nothing
Made a complicated situation feel like something

I wanted more, but I didn't know how to ask
Didn't know if your heart was really where mine was at
I could feel it every time you looked into my eyes
But every time I got close, you gave me another sign

Then somebody came around who was closer to me
And I told myself that was easier to believe
No miles, no secrets, no questions about the timing
But easier ain't always better when your heart ain't deciding

And I still remember that last time
The way you drove away, I watched you disappear
Had a million things I could've said
But I let you leave instead

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PRE-CHORUS — MALE

Maybe I was scared too
Maybe I needed you
Maybe I should've stayed
Instead of choosing what was easy

'Cause no matter where I go
Something always takes me back
To the way we used to talk
To the way we used to laugh

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CHORUS — BOTH

We were the one that got away
The almost that I can't erase
The right love at the wrong damn time
Two hearts scared to cross that line

We had something we couldn't name
Too real to call it just a game
Now you're somebody else's home
And I'm learning how to be alone

But every now and then
I still wonder where we'd be
If we would've said what we were feeling
Instead of letting go so easily

Maybe you and me…
Maybe we were meant to be…
Maybe we'll never know
What we could've been