An emotional reflective ballad where a man confesses the pain of trying and failing to measure up to family, to love, to themselves. Each verse builds tension until the chorus bursts with aching power.

LYRICS:
[Verse 1]  
Every mirror shows a stranger’s face,  
A list of failures I can’t erase.  
Every promise feels like borrowed time,  
Every victory slips, never mine.  

[Pre-Chorus]  
I hear their voices, heavy and clear,  
“You could’ve been more, you should’ve been here.”  

[Chorus]  
I was almost enough, but never quite,  
A shadow chasing someone else’s light.  
I break my back just to fall behind,  
Living for love I’ll never find.  
Almost enough yet never free,  
I’m drowning in who you wanted me to be.  

[Verse 2]  
Every test I failed, every mark I missed,  
Every hand I reached, turned into a fist.  
I wore your hopes like a heavy crown,  
But the weight of it all just pulled me down.  

[Pre-Chorus]  
I scream in silence, no one can hear,  
The echo’s the only thing keeping me near.  

[Chorus]  
I was almost enough, but never quite,  
A shadow chasing someone else’s light.  
I break my back just to fall behind,  
Living for love I’ll never find.  
Almost enough yet never free,  
I’m drowning in who you wanted me to be.  

[Bridge]  
If I could be less, if I could be more,  
Would you still leave me outside your door?  
If all I am is a fractured dream,  
Would you wake me up, or let me bleed?  

[Final Chorus]  
I was almost enough, but never quite,  
Always the wrong in your search for right.  
I gave my soul just to fall apart,  
Chasing a place in somebody’s heart.  
Almost enough till the day I’m gone,  
But my broken voice will still sing on.  

[Outro]  
Almost… almost enough…
Almost… almost enough…
But never… never enough…

I Was Almost Enough

David Auchampach