Almost doesn't count

Through my tears i persevered...all the pain, i lived in neglect
tried so hard to please you, my poor heart i forgot to protect.
i never cared about anything else no matter what time or day it was...
i was always going to be there, i needed you so much and more because...
you were in every single tear that my eyes would ever cry,
without you i felt like i could never breathe, and i wanted to know why
your heart was the only light that i could ever see...
and i never wished for someone so much to want to be with me.
everyday without you was another without my soul,
in your absence my heart was never whole...
and i swear to this day there's not a thing i wouldn't do
to just spend just one single moment holding you...
to feel your breath on my skin, your heart beating next to mine,
my heaven on this earth, existing beyond every depth of time...
it was with you that i could always find content
and it was in your eyes that i could remember what love meant...
it was in your heart that i thought I'd found what i was looking for...
and it was in my pain that i knew i couldn't do this anymore.
of all the things i did and all i was willing to do..
nothing ever seemed like it was going to be good enough for you.
so in this love i guess i did what almost did amount
and in this life i have sadly learned that almost doesn't count.