"I Almost Do" as written by and Taylor Swift....
I bet this time of night you're still up.
I bet you're tired from a long hard week.
I bet you're sitting in your chair by the window looking out at the city.
And I bet sometimes you wonder about me.
And I just wanna tell you
It takes everything in me not to call you.
And I wish I could run to you.
And I hope you know that every time I don't
I almost do,
I almost do.
I bet you think I either moved on or hate you
'Cause each time you reach out there's no reply.
I bet it never ever occurred to you that I can't say "Hello" to you
And risk another goodbye.
And I just wanna tell you
It takes everything in me not to call you.
And I wish I could run to you.
And I hope you know that every time I don't
I almost do,
I almost do.
Oh, we made quite a mess, babe.
It's probably better off this way.
And I confess babe,
In my dreams you're touching my face
And asking me if I wanna try again with you.
And I almost do.
And I just wanna tell you
It takes everything in me, not to call you.
And I wish I could run to you.
And I hope you know that every time I don't
I almost do,
I almost do.
I bet this time of night you're still up.
I bet you're tired from a long hard week.
I bet you're sitting in your chair by the window looking out at the city.
And I hope sometimes you wonder about me.
I bet you're tired from a long hard week.
I bet you're sitting in your chair by the window looking out at the city.
And I bet sometimes you wonder about me.
And I just wanna tell you
It takes everything in me not to call you.
And I wish I could run to you.
And I hope you know that every time I don't
I almost do,
I almost do.
I bet you think I either moved on or hate you
'Cause each time you reach out there's no reply.
I bet it never ever occurred to you that I can't say "Hello" to you
And risk another goodbye.
And I just wanna tell you
It takes everything in me not to call you.
And I wish I could run to you.
And I hope you know that every time I don't
I almost do,
I almost do.
Oh, we made quite a mess, babe.
It's probably better off this way.
And I confess babe,
In my dreams you're touching my face
And asking me if I wanna try again with you.
And I almost do.
And I just wanna tell you
It takes everything in me, not to call you.
And I wish I could run to you.
And I hope you know that every time I don't
I almost do,
I almost do.
I bet this time of night you're still up.
I bet you're tired from a long hard week.
I bet you're sitting in your chair by the window looking out at the city.
And I hope sometimes you wonder about me.
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"I Almost Do" as written by Taylor Swift
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1. "I bet this time of night you’re still up" - possible hint to Adam's self-confessed insomnia? Taylor is obviously staying up late at night thinking about him.
2. "I bet you’re sitting in your chair by the window, looking out at the city" - sitting by the window looking out always sounds like something Adam would do, he's a very thoughtful individual and this comes across in his songs. Also maybe just me wishing too hard, but the way she sings "out at the city" almost sounds like Owl City maybe I don't know.
3. "I bet you think I either moved on or hate you
‘Cause each time you reach out there’s no reply" - Adam never received a reply to his Valentine's day gift of the cover of Enchanted "I never heard back from Taylor but I'm sure she's busy." and I'm sure somewhere he said she stopped replying to his e-mails as well.
4. "We made quite a mess, babe
It’s probably better off this way" - There's one interview when asked why Adam and Taylor stopped speaking he said "I don't know. I think I'm not the most romantic and eloquent guy in the world. She's just this endearing, wonderful girl and maybe I said something wrong, who knows. It went on for 3 or 4 months, something like that."
5. The clue in Taylor's album booklet was "Wrote this instead of calling" - Adam has often admitted that he's so shy that he finds telephone calls awkward or uncomfortable so that may be pointing to that, on Adam's blog regarding his reply to Enchanted he chose to record her song rather than call her.
"That song is sort of about pining away for if you're ever going to see someone again, walking away too early," she told me. "It was about this guy that I met in New York City, and I had talked to him on email before, but I had never met him. And meeting him, it was just this overwhelming feeling of: I really hope that you're not inlove with somebody. And the whole entire way home, I just remember the glittery New York City buildings passing by and then just sitting there thinking, am I ever gonna talk to this person again? It was that feeling of pining away for a romance that may never even happen, but all you have is this hope that it could, and the fear that it never will." - Taylor Swift regarding Enchanted
I'd like to pick out that she said she left too soon which would relate to her not wanting to have to say another goodbye in relation to I Almost Do.
So yeah, maybe just wishful thinking on my part but what do you think?
This is exactly how I feel with my really good friend who moved. I want to talk to him, but I know it will only end in sorrow.
The guy keeps trying to reach out to her, and it takes everything she has not to reply. But she has to keep her distance because she doesn't want to end up hurt again.
She has dreams about being with that person again, and she almost wants those dreams to come true. What stops her from making those dreams become a reality is that the guy hurt her bad enough that she couldn't risk saying another goodbye.
You want to text or call him, maybe even ask questions and whenever you want to, you can't and when you don't, you almost do. It's really tricky ... the only way to describe the feeling is to feel completely helpless of a situation. So many questions pop up in your head like "Will he reply?" "Is it worth it?" "What's the point?" "I wonder what he's up to" "If I don't, nothing will happen but what if I do?".
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