This Isn't What We Meant

We dared to ask for more

But that was long before

The nights began to burn

You would have thought we'd learned

You can't make promises

All based upon tomorrow

Happiness, security

Are words we only borrowed

For is this the answer to our prayers?

Is this what god has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

The future couldn't last

We nailed it to the past

With every word a trap

That no one can take back

From all the architects

Who find their towers leaning

And every prayer we pray at night

Has somehow lost its meaning

For is this the answer to our prayers?

Is this what got has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

A long time ago when the world was pretty

Standing right here in a different city

I'm not coming back anymore

Not coming back anymore

Is this the answer to our prayers?

Is this what god has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant