Near-Meet

作词 : Friend A

作曲 : Friend A

编曲 : Friend A

The corner store’s light glows till three a.m.

I hold a cold drink, then our eyes meet—yours familiar, dim

You wear that low ponytail, just like back then

Feet pause for a beat, but no words break the rim

Traffic lights flash, cars cut through the night

I stand rooted, watching you cross to the other side

Your favorite song hums in the wind’s soft flight

I bite my tongue, didn’t call your name—not even a sigh

Your number’s deleted, then typed again

Text box empty, down to just a period’s thin

Last year this season, we walked these streets hand in hand

Now the same path holds only shadows, blending in

Your white sneakers—still the style you loved back when

But the hand you’re holding’s not mine, a new face, calm

The evening wind lifts my jacket, as if teasing gently then

Some meetings end before they can restart, my friend

Streetlights flicker, down the familiar lane

Near-meet lingers, like a half-sung refrain

We circled how many times, fate’s quiet game

Still missed the sign, the moment’s gentle claim

Stories left unwritten, chapters cut short and plain

Let regret drift away, on the wind’s soft train

Echoes of a near-meet, we passed each other by

Corner clocks chime, shattering memories nigh

Once-promised forever, stuck on yesterday’s sigh

Never got the chance to say a proper goodbye

Echoes of a near-meet, time leaves a tiny why

Carefree smiles hide a flicker of goodbye’s cry

Unspoken words buried, where the heart won’t pry

Calmly accept this fate—our missed, gentle tie

Echoes of a near-meet, we passed each other by

Corner clocks chime, shattering memories nigh

Once-promised forever, stuck on yesterday’s sigh

Never got the chance to say a proper goodbye

Echoes of a near-meet, time leaves a tiny why

Carefree smiles hide a flicker of goodbye’s cry

Unspoken words buried, where the heart won’t pry

Calmly accept this fate—our missed, gentle tie

If I’d been braver, just one step more that night

If I’d called your name, stopped you in your flight

Would the ending shift, just a little light?

Instead of letting regret take flight

Heard later you’re living just right

I learned to make peace with the "almost" fight

Those missed moments, like a gentle goodnight

Left in the summer wind, where memories take flight

Echoes of a near-meet, we passed each other by

Corner clocks chime, shattering memories nigh

Once-promised forever, stuck on yesterday’s sigh

Never got the chance to say a proper goodbye

Echoes of a near-meet, time leaves a tiny why

Carefree smiles hide a flicker of goodbye’s cry

Unspoken words buried, where the heart won’t pry

Calmly accept this fate—our missed, gentle tie