Used To Be Forever by jem - Zona

Used To Be Forever

Track · Feb 10, 2026 · English

Used To Be Forever

Duration

3:04

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

We were kids with matching futures

Drawing rings in dusty notes

Every plan had both our names there

Like it was written in stone

Then came secrets

Then came sorry

Little cracks I tried to hide

Every year a different story

I moved further back inside

[Chorus]

I used to see forever when I looked at you

Now I just see maybes in a crowded room

I still feel that pull when you say my name

But the flame’s burned low

And it’s not the same

I used to swear you were my always

My one true

I still love you

But I don’t know if I’m meant to keep choosing you

[Verse 2]

You still make the coffee how I like it

You still know the songs I play

But my questions sit between us

Every word we never say

I remember holding you like

I could never let you fall

Now I’m here with hands in pockets

Leaning halfway from it all

[Chorus]

I used to see forever when I looked at you

Now I just see maybes in a crowded room

I still feel that pull when you say my name

But the flame’s burned low

And it’s not the same

I used to swear you were my always

My one true

I still love you

But I don’t know if I’m meant to keep choosing you

[Bridge]

If loving you is habit

Is that still love

Or fear?

If I stay because it’s easy

Will I disappear? (oh)

[Chorus]

I used to see forever when I looked at you

Now I trace the distance between me and you

I still feel that pull when you say my name

But it hurts to hold what I can’t reclaim

I used to swear you were my always

My one true

I still love you

But I don’t know if I’m meant to grow old with you

Style

intimate alt-pop ballad with female vocals; close-mic’d piano and warm pad bed in the versessubtle sub-bass and soft finger-snap groove under the chorus. vocal doubles and airy harmonies bloom on the hookbridge strips back to almost a cappella before final chorus swells with gentle toms and reverb-drenched keys.

Prompt

a love that was perfect then he made mistakes and slowly over the years I became more distant and didn’t care as much anymore I still love him but I’m unsure if he’s my forever like I used too

Credits

Prompt byjem

GeneratedFeb 10, 2026

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