Love Never

Love Never
Written:	2019
Released:	2019-09-23 (single) 2019-10-18 (album)
Length:	2:54
Label:	RCA, Exotic Location
Writer:	Jimmy Eat World
Producer:	Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Jimmy Eat World

Love Never is the first single from Jimmy Eat World's Surviving released alongside the single Half Heart. The band released a lyric video with the song which is set inside their recording studio.

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Love ain't never been your friend

Love never gonna hear what you're demanding

Love ain't some magical thing

Love never gonna be the way you're dreaming

[Chorus]

It's gonna seem so far

It's gonna feel so hard

Until you want the work more than the reward

Do you want the work more than the reward?

[Verse 2]

Love ain't some magical thing

Love never gonna be the way you're dreaming

[Chorus]

It's gonna seem so hard

It's gonna feel so hard

Until you want the work more than the reward

Until you stop asking "Oh, what is it all for?"

Do you want the work more than the reward?

[Chorus]

It's gonna seem so hard

It's gonna feel so hard

Until you want the work more than the reward

Until you stop asking "Oh, what is it all for?"

Do you want the work more than the reward?

Recording Details

Reception with Charting Data/Certification/Sales Data

Personnel

Jimmy Eat World

Jim Adkins – lead vocals, guitar
Rick Burch – bass guitar, backing vocals
Zach Lind – drums, percussion
Tom Linton – guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Justin Meldal-Johnsen – keyboards

Production

Justin Meldal-Johnsen – producer, engineer
Jimmy Eat World – producer
Mike Schuppan – engineer
Dave Schiffman – engineer
Jim Adkins – engineer
Ken Andrews – mixing
Dave Cooley – mastering
Nick Steinhardt – art direction
Ryan Sanders – art direction
Oliver Halfin – photography

Other Versions

Potential Music Video

In an interview with The Ringer, Zach Lind admits they’ve "had music video clips for [this song] that got canned because they couldn’t nail the concept." ^[1]