Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do
There's a girl here and she's almost you, almost
All the things that your eyes once promised
I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying
Almost blue
Flirting with this disaster became me
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Almost blue
It's almost touching; it will almost do
There's a part of me that's always true, always
Not all good things come to an end now; it is only a chosen few
I have seen such an unhappy couple
Almost me
Almost you
Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do
There's a girl here and she's almost you, almost
All the things that your eyes once promised
I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying
Almost blue
Flirting with this disaster became me
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Almost blue
It's almost touching; it will almost do
There's a part of me that's always true, always
Not all good things come to an end now; it is only a chosen few
I have seen such an unhappy couple
Almost me
Almost you
Almost blue
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It's about two people in a relationship who have grown apart. "There's a girl here and she's almost you..." refers to his current love, but because they've grown apart, she's just not the same.
Anyway... this song reminds me of his album North.
here he uses a device (hardly original, but rarely done as well) exploiting the ambiguity of a word which fits into both one line and the next:
There's a girl here and she's almost you...almost
All the things that your eyes once promised
[which is how he sings it...but it also works this way]
There's a girl here and she's almost you
Almost all the things that your eyes once promised
So what's it all about? As I see it, he is singing to his ex-lover, about a narrow escape he's just had with a different girl, who in many ways was almost like his ex. He flirted with this girl, but caught himself in time, realising that he was well on the way to making a fool of himself, by trying to repeat his affair with the ex - an affair that we must assume ended in tears, or at least ended with him (and her) being blue.
Structurally, the song seems greatly inspired by Rodger and Hart's "My Funny Valentine," especially with the opening minor chord and descending bass line to the 7th and 6th. I always thought MFV's light hearted lyrics were at odds with the sad, haunting feel of the melody, so I feel Almost Blue is the superior song. Steve Nieve's piano makes the arrangement gorgeous.