Nearly had it right

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[INTRO | CLOSE VOCAL | SOFT] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out not because the love ran out we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [VERSE 1 | SIMPLE | CHORUS-LIKE] we were young we were open only just beginning didn’t know what we started didn’t know it would become us we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [PRE-CHORUS | LIFT] and it grew and it grew without warning then it hurt then it hurt without ending not because the love ran out not because the love ran out [CHORUS | MAIN MANTRA HOOK] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out we changed in different ways we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out we changed in different ways [POST-CHORUS | VOCAL LOOP] [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [BG VOX:] love didn’t run out [BG VOX:] different ways we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [INSTRUMENTAL | WARM PADS | MUTED PIANO | FILTERED DRUMS] [VOX CHOPS:] nearly [VOX CHOPS:] right [VOX CHOPS:] love didn’t [VOX CHOPS:] run out [VERSE 2 | CUT BACK | MORE TENSION] we got loud we got tired losing what we carried same love new damage same room, different people we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [PRE-CHORUS | RISING] and we tried and we tried past the feeling then we knew then we knew we had to leave it not because the love ran out not because the love ran out [CHORUS | FULL GROOVE] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out we changed in different ways we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out we changed in different ways [DROP | MANTRA] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out not because the love ran out we changed in different ways we changed in different ways [BREAKDOWN | STRIPPED | CLOSE VOCAL] love was not the problem love was not the end we were not the same now we were not the same then we nearly had it right we nearly had it right [BG VOX:] love was not the problem [BG VOX:] we were not the same [FINAL CHORUS | BIG BUT RESTRAINED] we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out we changed in different ways we nearly had it right we nearly had it right not because the love ran out we changed in different ways [OUTRO | DJ-FRIENDLY | FADING] [BG VOX:] nearly had it right [BG VOX:] love didn’t run out [BG VOX:] different ways we nearly had it right we nearly had it right