Nothing Lasts Forever is a song from the episode "Hope Castle", the second last song to be sung in the episode (prior to a short reprise of "Hope Will Carry Us Through"). It is a solemn and melancholy song, performed mainly by Jelly about how nothing lasts forever and things will eventually go away, but on the upside, how the team worked together, gave it their best, and still have each other even though the fruits of their labor is for naught. It's similar to a song released as a single performed by Bette Midler from her 1990 album Some People's Lives, called "From a Distance".
Lyrics[]
Peanut: You okay, Jel?
Jelly: It's not fair, Peanut. Castle Forever was supposed to last forever. Now it's nothing.
[Jelly]
Nothing lasts forever
That's what people say
When something you've been dreaming of
Just gets washed away
Nothing lasts forever
What am I supposed to do
When hopes and plans vanish in the sand
How do I make it through?
[Peanut]
But at least we worked together
[Munchy]
We gave it our best shot
[Jelly]
Maybe when you lose something
You discover what you've got
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing we can do
It's hard to know
When things just come and go
It's so hard to understand
When things just shift about like sand.
Season One:Oodelay-O • Noodle Dance • Bye, Bye PB&J • Pickin' Babbleberries • Secret Hidden Treasure • Squeezin' and a-Wheezin' • Come on In and Join the Play • Close Your Eyes • Gorilla Go Away • Get Those Bubbles • Jumpy's Themes • Fiddlin' Funs • What You Need • Put on Your Best Face • Good Clean Fun • The Best Party Ever • Just Not Cool/Just Too Hot • Blowing Bubbles • Pop, Pop, Pop • Jump Down on the Truth • Hooray for Captain Peanut • Everybody Wants to Be a Soap Box Racer • Look at Me • On the Shores of Lake Hoohaw • Otters Three • Shipshape • Otters in the Wild • Catch a Bunch of Bass • We Hope You Enjoyed the Show
Season Two: Do the Waddle • P-O-O-D-L-E • Nearly Dancing • Opal's Lullaby • Hoohawan Birthday Song • Who Needs Toys? • Whammy Clammy • Glasses Boy • Down in Old Hoohaw • PB&J's Mother's Day Song • I'm So Strong • Come Back • Hoo-Haw, Hoo-Haw • Anything Can Happen • Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers • Scrub-a Dub-a • El Dorado • Everybody Wins • PB&J's Good Night Song • The Woof-Woof Song • The Goodnight-Woof-Woof Mashup • Save Our Tree • John Jacob Jingle-Otter Breath • Bubble-O Popple-O • Super Socks • We Are Noodle-Matic Puppets • Welcome to Our Toys • Welcome to Our Fun • It Works Both Ways • When I'm in My Shoes • We're Only Just Kids • Gotta Find Our Friend • Practice Makes Perfect • Sisters and Brothers • At the Fair • Sherlock Otters • Who's Your Buddy? • Let the Fun Begin! • We Want Something Different • Flying • An Oodely-Doodely Day • Follow Your Nose (song) • Hoohaw Hoo • The Bankie Song • Zip-Zap-Zoom! • Tickle Me Too • Treasure Magnifico • There Aren't Any Monsters • My Lucky Mirror • A Never-Ending Song • 'Til You're Better Again • Catching Lightning Bugs • Watching Lightning Bugs • Otter Cafe • Thanks to Peanut Otter • Slow 'n' Steady • Friends • We're On Our Own • Go Slow, You Know Season Three: Halloween • Making Fun • One, Two, Three (Playing Together) • Givin' Dad a Hand • Friends and Neighbors • Biggest Little Thing • Talkin' Bout Hoohaw Lake • From Our Heart • The Ballad of Johnny Pompalope • Teamwork • When are We Gonna Get There? • Laugh it Out! • Worth the Wait (Patience) • Imaginings • Munchy is Whistling • Big, Bad Billy the Duck • Good Old Billy the Duck • A Helping Partnership • Speak Your Feelings Out • What Makes You Shine • The Come Back Mama Song • I Love My Life • The Clean-up Song (Everything in its Place) • Have Fun • The Great Outdoors • Gotta Keep Thinking, Gotta Keep Hoping • A Simple Hat • I Love a Good Book! (The Reading Song) • Oodelee, Oodelay • A Watchbird is Watching • My Official Soccer Team Hat • Sharing Babbleberries • I Might Just Find Something New Today • I Wish I Was Home • No Big Deal • Little Friend • Our New, Old Friend • Time for a Little TLC • We'll Laugh Together • Gonna Make the Giggle Melons Grow • Make it Last • Try, Try Again • All Together We Can Build It • Hope Will Carry Us Through • Nothing Lasts Forever • Before You Go • We Always Win! • All By Myself • We're Best Friends • Redolfo, Redolfo • Wedding in Hoohaw • PB&J's Wedding Dedication Song • Big Beaver Now • Don't Judge a Book By its Cover • You Just Can't Hide Your Heart • New Friends, Life's Sweet Surprise • Nothing to Do in Lake Hoohaw • It's Gonna Be Great • No Place We'd Rather Be