Heartbreak after heartbreak
And it makes me want to call you out of nowhere
'Cause I still care
But then no good ever came from asking

Dangerous questions
Like, what if I'd stayed?
It almost makes me regret walking away

But I know you'll always be
Almost my hometown James Dean
Almost eighteen and married
Maybe then I'd only be half as lonely as I am right now
Almost the girl of your dreams
Almost too damn easy
But in the end the most we'd ever be is
Half in love and almost happy

I know I'm the bad guy in your story
But you're better for it really
And it's ok if you hate me
'Cause I became the most

Dangerous question
Like, what if I'd stayed?
Or what if we tried one more time
Then would everything change?

But I know you'll always be
Almost my hometown James Dean
Almost eighteen and married
Maybe then I'd only be half as lonely as I am right now
Almost the girl of your dreams
Almost too damn easy
But in the end the most we'd ever be is
Half in love and almost happy

Ghost of everything I could have had
You're haunting all of my dreams
Dreams dreams dreams
You're popping up in corners of my mind I only feel when I sleep
I'm digging ghosts up out of closets 'cause I want to try them on for the night
And you know I only want you when it's midnight playing tricks on my mind

But I know you'll always be
Almost my hometown James Dean
Almost eighteen and married
Maybe then I'd only be half as lonely as I am right now
Almost the girl of your dreams
Almost too damn easy
But in the end the most we'd ever be is
Half in love and almost happy

We were almost, almost happy
Almost happy