Verse 1

Smoke curls slow in a midnight room

Piano leans into a fragile tune

Your shadow sways where the blue lights stay

We’re almost something… one note away

Your fingers trace what we never say

A half-held breath in a soft cliché

The chord hangs loose, it wants to stay

But it don’t resolve… it fades to gray

Pre-Chorus

There’s a tremble in the minor key

Like you’re reaching out but not to me

Chorus

We’re one note away from a perfect song

One word shy of where we belong

Close enough to feel the flame

Far enough to miss the spark

We’re leaning in but holding back

A harmony that fades to black

Oh love, why do we always play

One note away?

Verse 2

Your laughter bends like a saxophone

Warm and wild but alone

We improvise what we’re scared to face

Dancing ‘round that empty space

I see the truth in your tired eyes

A bridge we cross but never arrive

The melody knows where it should go

But we let it drift… soft and low

Pre-Chorus

There’s a silence where the high note lives

Like a heart that wants but won’t forgive

Chorus

We’re one note away from a perfect song

One touch short of holding on

Close enough to taste the wine

Far enough to draw the line

We’re almost brave, almost true

Almost me and almost you

Oh darling, why do we stay

One note away?

Bridge

Maybe the note is a word unsaid

Maybe it’s pride, maybe it’s fear instead

Maybe it’s one small step across the floor

One “stay” whispered at the door

What if the chord just needs release?

What if surrender sounds like peace?

Final Chorus

We’re one note away from letting go

Or one note close to letting it show

Close enough to change our fate

If we dare to modulate

No more almost, no delay

Let the music find its way

Oh love… we don’t have to stay

One note away.Piano lingers… soft decay

Still suspended…

One note away.