Verse 1

We stood beneath it, no way to send it

The gradient between the clouds and what we meant

Something so exact it almost had a name

We watched it shift and felt the old familiar ache

Chorus

We wanted you here

Not for us, but for this

The kind of thing a photograph just misses

The exact shade of almost and of far

We held it in our chests where you are

Verse 2

We've tried to describe it, found the wrong words for it

Warm but not golden, blue but not quite calm

It lasted maybe four minutes on a Tuesday

We memorized it like an unanswered voicemail

Chorus

We wanted you here

Not for us, but for this

The kind of thing a photograph just misses

The exact shade of almost and of far

We held it in our chests where you are

Bridge

Maybe this is how we carry each other

Not in words but in the colors we can't share

Every sky we see alone becomes a letter

Sent to someone standing somewhere in the air

Outro

We looked up

We thought of you

The sky went gray

We looked up

Instrumental Outro

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