Ecclesiastes

Life's a vapor can't hold it right

Chasing dreams through the depth of night

Under the sun it's all routine

Dust to dust if you know what I mean

I built my towers I claimed my land

Drank from gold with a heavy hand

Wisdom mixes with foolish grace

But the end is the same we all trade place

Time and season for all in life

A time for peace a time for strife

The meaning hides in the cracks unseen

In the echoes of the in between

Laughter fades and the party's done

Joy and pain under the glaring sun

I saw kings fall i saw beggers rise

I saw wealth burn in a fires guise

The wise and the fool both meet the grave

Is it all vanity is it all we crave

Chasing the wind it's all in vein

Trying to win but there's no gain

Everything passes like sand through glass

Nothing we hold ever seems to last

The preacher speaks of the simple truth

The chase will end no fountain of youth

Searching for meaning under the sun

Everything's been done it's all been spun

Chasing the wind no prize to be won

It's vanity of vanities said the wise one

Season spinning round time's on repeat

Planting and plucking dreams beneath our feet

Laughter and crying in the balance we meet

What gain is there when dust is all we keep

I built castles I sang my songs

I drank wine but it didn't last long

Works of my hands they melted like dawn

Fading like shadows when the sun moves on

Two are stronger when together they strive

But one alone a cord can't survive

The race isn't given to the fastest alive

It's all chance and fate under heaven wide skies

The preacher spoke with the voice of old

Fear God he said that's the purest gold

Keep his commands as the story unfolds

This whisper of truth never grows cold

No gold no silver can make us whole

Wisdom and folly both take a toll

A time to live a time to lose control

It's all just vapor slipping from the soul