This song is about shows an unhealed betrayal wound poisoning the singer\'s life and relationships. The experience was so acutely painful and shockingly unexpected that the singer rationalizes that "Nothing Lasts Forever" as a coping mechanism in order to avoid forgetting the actual event/significance. \n\nThe first stanza they meet someone but they unhealthily idealize the other person and relationship immediately. They "need to live in dreams today" because they have lived their life pathologically avoiding love/intimacy and thus to "change" they do the (bi)polar opposite and idealize them like a fairytale. \n\n \n"And I want more than I can get"... in other words, they will leave me and I\'ll never see it coming/be ready. So like clockwork they dissociate and "forget" this time "successfully":\n\nThey self-sacrifice in "love" to the point of anonynmity. They "hide" the fact that they carry a sense of worthlessness, living in fear that they will betray themselves... but of course they lash out in insecurity and are always "on their knees" apologizing and agonizing despair at awareness with lack of faith/guidance. Speaking of which, the chorus:\n\nThis time they can\'t forget that "Nothing ever lasts forever", which could represent a significant period of regression or depression into self-abandonment ("why bother?"). \n\nIf this is a relationship, then this verse is the last chance. Frustrated, their beloved repays them with less-clear communication.. but more likely it\'s very clear but the singer can\'t see through their blinders. They even see them "running in" toward them but still feel like the rug will still be pulled out from under them. \n\nChorus comes again and they dissociate, letting the beloved down and prompting the end of the relationship as he knew it. This time he is alone and unable to deny the reality of the situation, their feelings and what they did. Everything \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI want it now, I want it now\nDon\'t tell me that my ship is coming in\nNothing comes to those who wait\nTime\'s running out the door you\'re running in
This song is about shows an unhealed betrayal wound poisoning the singer\'s life and relationships. The experience was so acutely painful and shockingly unexpected that the singer rationalizes that "Nothing Lasts Forever" as a coping mechanism in order to avoid forgetting the actual event/significance. \n\nThe first stanza they meet someone but they unhealthily idealize the other person and relationship immediately. They "need to live in dreams today" because they have lived their life pathologically avoiding love/intimacy and thus to "change" they do the (bi)polar opposite and idealize them like a fairytale. \n\n \n"And I want more than I can get"... in other words, they will leave me and I\'ll never see it coming/be ready. So like clockwork they dissociate and "forget" this time "successfully":\n\nThey self-sacrifice in "love" to the point of anonynmity. They "hide" the fact that they carry a sense of worthlessness, living in fear that they will betray themselves... but of course they lash out in insecurity and are always "on their knees" apologizing and agonizing despair at awareness with lack of faith/guidance. Speaking of which, the chorus:\n\nThis time they can\'t forget that "Nothing ever lasts forever", which could represent a significant period of regression or depression into self-abandonment ("why bother?"). \n\nIf this is a relationship, then this verse is the last chance. Frustrated, their beloved repays them with less-clear communication.. but more likely it\'s very clear but the singer can\'t see through their blinders. They even see them "running in" toward them but still feel like the rug will still be pulled out from under them. \n\nChorus comes again and they dissociate, letting the beloved down and prompting the end of the relationship as he knew it. This time he is alone and unable to deny the reality of the situation, their feelings and what they did. Everything \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI want it now, I want it now\nDon\'t tell me that my ship is coming in\nNothing comes to those who wait\nTime\'s running out the door you\'re running in