Nearly

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[TITLE: NEARLY HAD IT RIGHT] [INTRO | CLOSE VOCAL | SOFT] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right wrong time right feeling we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [VERSE 1 | SIMPLE | CHORUS-LIKE] i left my coat at your place you left your name in my head i took the long way home just to feel it again we nearly had it right we nearly had it right you said nothing too loud i said nothing enough we were close to the line but we never crossed love we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [PRE-CHORUS | LIFTING] and i know and you know we were almost there and i know and you know we were almost there wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling [CHORUS | MANTRA HOOK] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [POST-CHORUS | VOCAL LOOP] [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [BG VOX:] wrong time, right feeling [BG VOX:] wrong time, right feeling we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK | WARM PIANO CHORDS | FILTERED DRUMS] [VOX CHOPS:] nearly [VOX CHOPS:] had it [VOX CHOPS:] right [VOX CHOPS:] wrong time [VERSE 2 | SAME ENERGY AS CHORUS] i saw your street in the morning i felt the pull in my chest i didn’t call, didn’t turn back but i thought of it, yes we nearly had it right we nearly had it right you were calm in the doorway i was gone in my mind we had one little moment and we ran out of time we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [PRE-CHORUS | MORE URGENT] and i know and you know we were almost there and i know and you know we were almost there wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling [CHORUS | FULL GROOVE] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [DROP | REPEATED HOOK] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right we nearly had it right we nearly had it right wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling all that love wrong time all that love wrong time we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [BREAKDOWN | STRIPPED | CLOSE VOCAL] there was a room there was a light there was a way we almost tried there was a touch there was a sign there was a night we left behind we nearly had it right we nearly had it right wrong time right feeling we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [BG VOX:] almost there [BG VOX:] almost there [BG VOX:] nearly right [BG VOX:] nearly right [BUILD | REPEATED | RISING] and i know and you know and i know and you know we were almost there we were almost there wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling [FINAL CHORUS | BIG BUT RESTRAINED] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [FINAL DROP | MANTRA LOOP] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right we nearly had it right we nearly had it right all that love wrong time all that love wrong time wrong time right feeling wrong time right feeling we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [OUTRO | DJ-FRIENDLY | FADING VOCAL] [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [BG VOX:] nearly had it right wrong time right feeling [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [BG VOX:] nearly had it right we nearly had it right we nearly had it right