ashes of forever

I built a future

in the space between your hands

I drew a map of us across a hundred different lands

Tom, I looked at you and saw the end of time

A steady rhythm in a world that had lost its rhyme

I never questioned if the ground beneath would hold

I thought we’d be the story

that never got too old

I thought our love would last for eternity

A sanctuary built for only you and me

I thought we had a bond

that nothing could break

But you traded our forever for a single mistake

Now I’m standing in the ashes of the plans we made

Watching my eternity slowly start to fade (ohhh) They say forever

is a promise, not a place

But I swear I saw it living right there on your face

Before the stranger, before the blinding pain

Before we left our golden days out in the pouring rain

Now you carry all the guilt for what you threw away

But your regret can't bring me back to yesterday

How does a lifetime vanish in a single night?

How does a shadowed moment swallow up the light?

You say you'd take it back,

you say you'd change the past But I’m the one who has

to mourn a love that didn't last

The "always" that we promised

turned into a lie And I'm still standing here,

asking myself why

'Cause I thought our love would last for eternity

A sanctuary built for only you and me

I thought we had a bond

that nothing could break

But you traded our forever for a single mistake

Now I’m standing in the ashes of the plans we made

Watching my eternity slowly start to fade (yeah) I really thought we

had it all. I thought we were the ones who wouldn't fall.

Just an illusion in the end.

My missing piece, my lover,

and my friend.

Now it's just a memory.

A shattered eternity. (ahhhh)