Ladies Love Lyrics: Tamia's "Almost"

I'm sitting here listening to Spotify radio while reading. This song comes on and my heart drops. "Almost" has been one of my favorite Tamia song since the day I first heard it. I love Tamia. She is, in my opinion, one of the most slept on great singers of my lifetime. She is that dope to me. Anyway, back to this song. The lyrics have always pulled at my heart. But, tonight, they made me super sad. I know exactly why. How can you not get sad about almost having it all? That's exactly how I'm feeling as I type this. Tamia gets it. The song has been on repeat for 23 minutes and 14 seconds. Don't judge me. Get into these lyrics/ 

"Can you tell me
How can one miss what she's never had
How could I reminisce when there is no past
How could I have memories of being happy with you boy
Could someone tell me how can this be
How could my mind pull up incidents
Recall dates and times that never happened
How could we celebrate a love that's to late
And how could I really mean the words I'm bout to say

[Chorus]
I missed the times that we almost shared
I miss the love that was almost there
I miss the times that we use to kiss
At least in my dreams
Just let me take my time and reminisce
I miss the times that we never had
What happened to us we were almost there
Whoever said it's impossible to miss when you never had
Never almost had you

I cannot believe I let you go
Or what I should say I should've grabbed you up and never let you go
I should've went out with you
I should've made you my boo boy
Yes that's one time I should've broke the rules
I should've went on a date
Should've found a way to escape
Should've turned a almost into
If it happened now its to late
How could I celebrate a love that wasn't real
And if it didn't happen why does my heart feel..."