Lyrics to
Nothing Lasts Forever

This version of Nothing Lasts Forever was released by The Kinks in 1974.

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Flash is on the run and he goes to Belle for help.
He sings this song with Belle.

When we were young and green
We shared our dreams together,
And you were my friend.

We had our good times pal,
We thought they’d last forever.
But nothing lasts forever,
Nothing lasts forever.
Time goes by and people change
It’s best we go our separate ways
And it was wrong to think our love would never end
My friend
Nothing lasts forever,
Nothing lasts forever.
Time goes by it takes us all,
Nations crumble and empires fall
And who are we
To think that we would always be,
You see nothing lasts forever,
Nothing lasts forever.

I know that you’ll survive
And you’ll get by whatever.
Though you say goodbye.
My love will never die,
It will last forever.

Your love will die but mine will last forever,
Your love will fade but mine will last forever.
Your feeling might go but mine will last forever.
And though you’re gone you’re in my mind forever.

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About Lyrics and Nothing Lasts Forever by The Kinks

The lyrics to Nothing Lasts Forever are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Kinks in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Nothing Lasts Forever are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Kinks and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Nothing Lasts Forever back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Nothing Lasts Forever by The Kinks in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Nothing Lasts Forever" means the words set to the music of Nothing Lasts Forever, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Kinks. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Nothing Lasts Forever and the lyrics to Nothing Lasts Forever are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Kinks who came here looking just for the lyrics to Nothing Lasts Forever, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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