Nothing Lasts Forever - ArlenaZara
The autumn leaves are falling
Turning golden and into dust
A perfect, painful metaphor
For all we built on trust
I used to think our story
Was written in the stars
A timeless, endless journey
Safe behind our fragile bars
But even granite mountains
Are eroded by wind and rain
And what I thought was permanent
Dissolved into the pain
I'm standing where the ocean
Meets the sand beneath my feet
Watching every promise vanish
In the salt waters retreat
They say that nothing lasts forever
That love is just a loan
And eventually the bank comes claiming
Everything you own
I wish I didn't learn that lesson
In the heart's cruelest way
Watching all my tomorrows
Disappear with yesterday
The anchor finally rusted through
The ship has sailed the storm
Nothing lasts forever
Not the fire, not the warm
The ink is dry on chapters
I don't wanna close just yet
The memory of your smile
Is a sun that starts to set
I'm holding on to photographs
That start to fade and crease
A temporary capture
Of a moment's fleeting peace
We thought we were exceptions
To the universal rule
Two dreamers in the rain
Acting like a fool
The sun shines brightly now
But the light feels cold and thin
Just a hollow, empty feeling
Where it used to fit right in
They say that nothing lasts forever
That love is just a loan
And eventually the bank comes claiming
Everything you own
I wish I didn't learn that lesson
In the heart's cruelest way
Watching all my tomorrows
Disappear with yesterday
The anchor finally rusted through
The ship has sailed the storm
Nothing lasts forever
Not the fire, not the warm
I used to dread the ending
But now I understand
The beauty was the moment
That we walked hand in hand
It wasn't meant to be
A destination, just a ride
A transient, painful journey
With nothing left to hide
It hurts to let you go
To finally release the dream
To step into the flow
Of an unforgiving stream
They say that nothing lasts forever
That love is just a loan
And eventually the bank comes claiming
Everything you own
I wish I didn't learn that lesson
In the heart's cruelest way
Watching all my tomorrows
Disappear with yesterday
The anchor finally rusted through
The ship has sailed the storm
Nothing lasts forever
Not the fire, not the warm
Nothing lasts forever
Just the memory of us together
Nothing lasts forever
Just the change
In the weather