“Almost” is the eighth track from DNCE’s self-titled debut studio album, in which lead singer Joe Jonas sings about a relationship that was very close to being flawless, but eventually came to an abrupt end.
Both this song and another one from the same album, “Truthfully,” are two acoustic-led tune...
[Verse 1]
Some days I'll admit, I was difficult
Everything that you did, I was critical
You're holding the car keys, I'm sayin', "Don't tease me"
If you're leavin', just leave me
[Chorus]
Baby, we were good, we were almost perfect
I'd say it's your fault, but you don't deserve it
You won't get back what we had with no one
Baby, we were good, it was almost worth it, we were almost
[Post-Chorus]
Almost
Almost
[Verse 2]
So real, sometimes, it was fictional, yeah
So good, sometimes, it was criminal
So happy without me, or are you just actin'?
Either way is right
[Chorus]
Baby, we were good, we were almost perfect
I'd say it's your fault, but you don't deserve it
You won't get back what we had with no one
Baby, we were good, it was almost worth it, we were almost
[Post-Chorus]
Almost
Almost
Ah, ah, ah, almost
Almost
Ah, ah, ah, almost
[Chorus]
Baby, we were good, we were almost perfect
I'd say it's your fault, but you don't deserve it
You won't get back what we had with no one
Baby, we were good, it was almost worth it, we were almost (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
[Post-Chorus]
Ah, ah, ah, almost
Almost (Ah, ah, ah)
Ah, ah, ah, almost
We were almost (Ooh)
Ah, ah, ah, almost
Almost
Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Almost
Almost was written by Sir Nolan & Simon Wilcox & Dewain Whitmore & Cole Whittle & Joe Jonas.
Almost was produced by Sir Nolan.
You were a writer on every one of the songs, but only two of those featured writing from other band members (Whittle contributed to “Unsweet” and “Almost”). Was there a reason for that?
It was a unique situation of how things were written in this project. Originally I was just working on music by m...
“Almost” and “Unsweet” are two that I can’t wait for people to hear live. Really all these slower songs, we’re going to really make a moment out of that and try to do a medley of our acoustic set.
–Joe Jonas via Billboard (2016)