On my way back from a wedding I drove round some of the old streets

I got swept up by the memories of cold nights and warm sheets

I parked outside the house we'd lived in, I tried to think of all the pain

But all I remembered was the laughter and the precious trust we can't reclaim



There are no second prizes and there will be no consolation wreath

We may as well miss by a mile as miss by the skin of our teeth

They all thought we were some sure thing

I had the bloody coat and the wedding ring



Chorus:

But nothing's written in rock, I know I'm not the one

Was I just the great pretender

Written in rock, there was no battle won, only a mutual surrender

No guarantees, that's all right

If I was gonna stay I would have stayed all night

Bye bye love, you were so damn right

Nothing's written in rock, nothing's written in rock



You finally learned the deep dark secret, that I knew you were waiting for

So I watched the death of innocence of the young dreamer at life's door

This world can tear your soul to pieces, if you give it half a chance

There are no rules to remember, there are no written steps to the dance



I don't believe in fate, I don't believe in blind luck on the draw

I don't believe in love, I mean I don't believe anymore

They all thought we were the real thing

I had the bloody coat and the wedding ring



chorus



I remember you all dewy-eyed and breathless

Pointing the direction to the great promised land

I remember me all petrified and restless

Wondering what you were hiding in the other hand



Everybody keeps a lonely heart and everybody gets that feeling

Everybody needs another heart

To give a little bit of healing to a battered soul



Oh, nothing's written in rock, oh



chorus



Oh, nothing's written in rock, oh



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