This song shows an unhealed abandonment wound poisoning the singer\\'s life and relationships. A common one is growing up receiving a lot of abuse/neglect from family. The experience was so acutely painful and shockingly unexpected that the singer rationalized that "Nothing Lasts Forever" as a simple fact rather than being able to understand they were victimized (which a parent who is consistently abusive would deny/gaslight to no end).\n\n-\n\n The 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 largely avoiding intimacy, and thus to "change" they do the (bi)polar opposite and idealize "the relationship" like a fairytale. \n-\n\n"And I want more than I can get"... in other words, they will leave me and I\'ll probably never recover. So like clockwork they dissociate from the pain of this uncomfortable "truth". Notably they "forget" succesfully by "performing" but it\'s all fueled by feelings of inadequacy.\n-\nThey self-sacrifice in "love" to th e 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: This 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 his own 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.. The singer has a chance to face his demons, likely regretting having avoided his issues instead of facing them.
This song shows an unhealed abandonment wound poisoning the singer\\'s life and relationships. A common one is growing up receiving a lot of abuse/neglect from family. The experience was so acutely painful and shockingly unexpected that the singer rationalized that "Nothing Lasts Forever" as a simple fact rather than being able to understand they were victimized (which a parent who is consistently abusive would deny/gaslight to no end).\n\n-\n\n The 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 largely avoiding intimacy, and thus to "change" they do the (bi)polar opposite and idealize "the relationship" like a fairytale. \n-\n\n"And I want more than I can get"... in other words, they will leave me and I\'ll probably never recover. So like clockwork they dissociate from the pain of this uncomfortable "truth". Notably they "forget" succesfully by "performing" but it\'s all fueled by feelings of inadequacy.\n-\nThey self-sacrifice in "love" to th e 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: This 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 his own 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.. The singer has a chance to face his demons, likely regretting having avoided his issues instead of facing them.