What comes as no surprise
To a jaded mind no less
Insight comes from soothing grace

Left to waiting days
Another chord unstrummed


Our secret's safe and sound
Solid now, unless it breaks in two
Faithfully unbound

And none of this was ever built to last

With the paleness of a less than life

From a corner watching old paint dry
Never once a break
Into the self again

An endeavor that will flat or fail
What maturity comes to end
Never one to face

Another beat undone

Our secret's safe and sound

Solid now, unless it breaks in two
Faithfully unbound
And none of this was ever built to last


Once again
Another instant saved today

Left a print that leads nowhere
Never built to last
What makes it work

A part of life that'll make a weak heart grow
Take it if you're willing to pay, willing to kill
Prepared to lay it down

Just know that
(The prayer, the lord, the weaker, the prey)
Was never ever built to last

Never ever built to last