Alex Lloyd - Never Meant To Fail

This song is for me about lost love with the man I was deeply in love with.
We were together for 4 years after high school.
We were never meant to fail.

AMAZING...................Alex has a depth of understanding what it means to be human.................and that we fail.

I dont know when or where I heard this song in the past but hearing it now... nostalgia just slapped me on the face....

Man this song takes me back right into mid 2000s Australian summer

Reminds me of my first divorce. My first trip to hell. Unending, aching, desolate loneliness.

The ending might work for a man. I'd be ✋ no thanks.

I miss this voice so much ... ❤️

very powerful song...
Absolutely adore this song!

So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
This deserves a lot more views. Love this song!

Australian Music is always win :)
Matt Le Nevez the beautiful beast!

Why would you think that? o.O
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.

fair shit

Man this song takes me back right into mid 2000s Australian summer

Fuk this song hurts!!! I love it!! lol :)
@dermut71 is alex lloyad racist?

fair shit

ugh the heart strings yo.

Australian Music is always win :)
Matt Le Nevez the beautiful beast!
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
This deserves a lot more views. Love this song!
Man this song takes me back right into mid 2000s Australian summer

I got here from watching an Australian TV show on Hulu "City Homicide". Fell in love with this song when it played in Season 1 Episode 4 "The Return".

fair shit

Man this song takes me back right into mid 2000s Australian summer
What a fucking SONG!!!!
What a fucking SONG!!!!

Why would you think that? o.O
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
This deserves a lot more views. Love this song!

fair shit

Man this song takes me back right into mid 2000s Australian summer
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
This deserves a lot more views. Love this song!
fair shit

So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
This deserves a lot more views. Love this song!
fair shit

Man this song takes me back right into mid 2000s Australian summer
Hey! Patrick from Offspring is in this clip!!

Why would you think that? o.O
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
This deserves a lot more views. Love this song!
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
This deserves a lot more views. Love this song!

❤ this song!

ugh the heart strings yo. 
So true. Underrated. Shoulda got a go Alex Lloyd.
IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT LOVES YOU ALEX ;) HOPE YA LIVIN'LARGE MATE & LOVE'LIFE

Amanda offended them with beauty nature little rocky 😂bye a

Still loving this song in 2020!! Shld have way more views...

This starts somewhat like U2's 'One'- which is a good thing.

Ohhh Laurence breuls

Ahhhhh gets me every time

One of my favourite songs ever!!!

I moved to Sydney in 2005. Pubs and the beach were my life. In fact the pub in the video looks familiar.
Funny every bloke wore zip up jackets with the two sleeve strips back then😀

Music clip looks like it was filmed in the classic inner city Sydney pubs in the early 2000s. He was a Sydney boy...

Good shit Alex. Hope you are well Brother

Was this shot @ a Pub in Sydney ?

Shout out to those listening in 2022 you bloody champions

This might be over-sharing... but hey it's only social media right?:

I was walking through the supermarket today (in 2022) and heard this song being played. I couldn't quite make out the lyrics but I remembered the melody from 17 years ago... but, unlike 17 years ago, it brought me to tears.

I am now listening to the lyrics and am astounded at how relevant they are to the last 3 years of my life.

It is moments like these that I feel so fortunate to be alive in such a beautiful world.

Thank you Alex Lloyd.

This is my favourite

There's something I'm feeling, there's something that's wrong
These streets are revealing, in the early morn,
The war was last night, these wounds are not healed
If we keep believing, then we've gotta feel
As it goes
By the story that's already told
Comes a time when we all must let go
What happened to the story
Discontented cuts inside
It's not meant to, be this lonely
We were never meant to fail
Something that's crawling
In my skin
Emotions are falling
As it begins
I lost all my virtues
Long ago
I didn't want to hurt you
But now we know
As it goes
By the story that's already told
Comes a time when we all must let go
What happened to the story
Discontented cuts inside
It's not meant to, be this lonely
We were never meant to fail
Never meant to fail
Never meant to fail
As it goes
By the story that's already told
Comes a time when we all must let go
What happened to the story
Discontented cuts inside
It's not meant to, be this lonely
We were never meant to fail
We were never meant to fail
We were never meant to fail
We were never meant to fail
We were never meant to fail

Alex seems to be quite awkward Infront of the camera lol. I love him btw!

A great song in its time and still sounds fresh even today !!!!!

1999-2005 Alex's art was the backdrop of australian life for many many of us ,sparse,isolated,loneliness,jubilation,warmth,sorrow,pain,rediscovery etc etc,his art encompassed it all

Always awesome to come back to

Kia ?

Her car ?

Great song

You can almost see and smell a Sydney Pub …. greatest City ever.

the song is ringing in my head

Beautiful this song really touched my heart fr man

Love this song. Ollie your brother.

Had a chance to have a beer with Alex at the River Hotel in Margaret River Western Australia after his gig there in 2022, champion bloke!...goes without saying how good the concert was

Lovely song. Why isn't AL better known?