[Intro – soft piano chords and acoustic guitar]
[Male Vocal – calm reflective tone]
We were young when we first said
Nothing could break this
Two hearts learning how to stand
Inside the same dream
[Male Vocal – soft tone]
We built something real back then
Laughter in the quiet
Thought forever meant a road
We’d always walk together
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[Verse 1]
[Male Vocal – mid tone lead]
There were nights we fought the storms
Holding onto hope
Believing love was strong enough
To carry every moment
[Soft Male Harmony – gentle backing]
Every moment…
[Male Vocal – reflective tone]
But time has ways of changing things
Slowly, quietly
Paths that once were side by side
Start moving differently
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[Pre-Chorus]
[Male Vocal – emotional tone]
Maybe love was never broken
Maybe we just grew
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[Chorus]
[Male Vocal – strong emotional lead]
Forever isn’t always
Though we believed it then
Two hearts can share a lifetime
Even if it ends
[Soft Male Harmony – light backing]
Even if it ends…
[Male Vocal – reflective tone]
Some love stays inside you
Long after goodbye
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[Verse 2 – Nova’s perspective]
[Nova Monroe – powerful emotional female vocal]
I remember all the promises
We made beneath the stars
Believing every word we said
Would carry through the years
[Nova Monroe – softer tone]
But life has ways of changing hearts
And pride can build its walls
Sometimes love is still alive
Even when it falls
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[Pre-Chorus – duet build]
[Nova Monroe – emotional tone]
Maybe we were meant to learn
[Male Vocal – soft response]
What forever really means
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[Chorus – duet]
[Male Vocal + Nova Monroe – emotional harmony]
Forever isn’t always
Though we believed it then
[Nova Monroe – strong tone]
But every memory we made
Still lives somewhere within
[Soft Male Harmony – gentle backing]
Somewhere within…
[Male Vocal – emotional tone]
Some love stays inside you
Long after goodbye
[Nova Monroe – powerful tone]
Forever isn’t always
But it never really dies
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[Bridge – piano only]
[Nova Monroe – soft reflective tone]
Maybe we were meant to find
Who we would become
[Male Vocal – quiet tone]
Even if forever
Wasn’t where we’d run
[Soft Falsetto Vocal – background layer]
Ohhh…
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[Final Chorus]
[All Vocals – emotional harmony lift]
Forever isn’t always
Though we believed it then
[Nova Monroe – soaring emotional vocal]
But every love we lived
Still matters in the end
[Male Vocal – reflective tone]
Some love stays inside you
Long after goodbye
[Male Vocal + Nova Monroe – soft harmony]
Forever isn’t always
But I’m grateful that it was