[Verse 1]
I learned it nine years ago
Love don’t sign a forever note
You can hold on hard
Still watch it turn to smoke
I gave you my best
You gave me your morning face
Then one day you slipped
Like sand through my hands
[Pre-Chorus]
And I hated the truth
But the truth stayed cruel
What you feel today
Won’t always stay with you
So I stood in the wreck
With my jaw set tight
Told my heart one thing
We survive tonight
[Chorus]
Love is not forever
Love is not forever
You will leave one day
I will still move on
Love is not forever
Love is not forever
I can break and bleed
Still I carry on
[Verse 2]
I used to beg time
To freeze in your room
To keep your laugh alive
To keep your perfume
But life takes its due
It cuts clean and slow
What you call a home
Can be gone by dawn
So I learned the weight
Of a hand let go
A scar on my chest
And a lesson in my bones
[Pre-Chorus]
And I hated the truth
But the truth stayed real
What you build in love
Can still fail to heal
So I stood in the wreck
With my jaw set tight
Told my heart one thing
We survive tonight
[Chorus]
Love is not forever
Love is not forever
You will leave one day
I will still move on
Love is not forever
Love is not forever
I can break and bleed
Still I carry on
[Bridge]
If you come back now
I won’t beg you to stay
I learned how to bless it
Then let it walk away
I loved you for real
That part stays mine
But I won’t drown
In a love that died
[Final Chorus]
Love is not forever
Love is not forever
You will leave one day
I will still move on
Love is not forever
Love is not forever
Nine years in the dark
And I still carry on