"Not Meant to Be" is a song recorded by Canadian rock group Theory of a Deadman for their third studio album, Scars & Souvenirs (2008).

It was the first song from the album to impact mainstream radio in the United States, concurrent with the release of "Hate My Life" to rock formats.

[2][3] "Not Meant to Be" is a ballad with influences of pop and rock music composed in the key of A minor and set in common time to a "slow" tempo of 120 BPM.

By the first chorus in the song, all of the non-singing scenes start running backwards: all the objects in the house (including a fish tank, a wine rack, a mirror, a table, two chairs and more) change from broken to unbroken and Kara's car is also shown travelling backwards, implying that the whole timeline of the main story is running in reverse.

Digital EP – released July 10, 2009[9] "Not Meant to Be" debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated April 25, 2009.