This Isn't What We Meant Lyrics

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 it's meaning

For is this the answer to our prayers, is this what God 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.

They're not coming back anymore.

They're 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.