meaningless, meaningless
utterly meaningless
toiling under duress
everything’s meaningless
work and play, fun and stress
everything’s meaningless
the sun will rise then it sets
chasing after the wind
what does man gain from all his labor
at which he toils under the sun
there is no remembrance of old
and even those who are yet to come
they’ll not be remembered by those who follow
I built houses and planted vineyards
generations come and go
but the earth remains forever
I denied myself nothing my eyes desired
I refused my heart no pleasure
I stole or borrowed what I admired
I built for myself a treasure
Yet when I surveyed what my hands did
And all I had toiled to get done
Everything was meaningless chasing after the wind
Nothing gained under the sun
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom
And also madness and folly
This too is meaningless a great misfortune
The wise is grieved the fool is jolly
The wise like the fool won’t be remembered long
Like the fool the wise man must die
And when both the fool and the wise are gone
The sun will set and again will rise
words by the teacher (ecclesiastes two)
arranged by jesse myers 2000
music by jesse myers,jake strasheim, and brandon biggs
alternate choruses include:
my agenda, meaningless
my soap box, meaningless
what we had, meaningless
vigilance, meaningless
we are all going to die
meaningless, meaningless
this wretchedness, meaningless
rhetoric, meaningless
the violence, meaningless
nothing gained under the sun
nothing remains, meaningless
it wastes away, meaningless
order arises, meaningless
ugly inside, meaningless
nothing gained under the sun
everything fails, meaningless
I am the nail, meaningless
pointless screaming, meaningless
has no meaning, meaningless
nothing gained under the sun
all that I build, all I destroy
all I despise, all I enjoy
all of the work, all of the play
nothing remains, it all wastes away
