Nothing is forever and good things never last And learning in the future is based on lessons from the past I thought we were gold in the fire And we could not be burned 'Til you lost your desire and I melted to learn I thought I could keep you from changing shape But two people cannot believe on one man's faith And your love it was an hourglass What I thought I'd found was too good to last And your love it was a promise made But your lock and key held a broken chain And now when I see you I don't understand And all I needed from you then Has now become all the time on my hands ♪ It was torture to see it coming as we reached the end of days The sands of time were falling from a premature heart decay And as I stood in falsehood, in our final hour I prayed for the roots of a redwood But you withered like a flower And when you finally spoke the words that broke my heart I couldn't blame you too much 'cause I knew from the start And your love it was an hourglass What I thought I'd found was too good to last And your love it was a promise made But your lock and key held a broken chain And now when I see you I don't understand And all I needed from you then Has now become all the time on my hands And your love it was an hourglass What I thought I'd found was too good to last And your love it was an hourglass What I thought I'd found was too good to last And your love it was a promise made But our lock and key held a broken chain