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 
 Till 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 our 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 comin' 
 As we reached the end of days 
 The sands of time were fallin' 
 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 our 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