Wisdom and sorrow

by Denial of Death

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lyrics

For in much wisdom is much grief
And increase of knowledge
Is increase of sorrow

All is meaningless
What has been will be again
What has been done will be done again
There is nothing new under the sun

I’ve never denied myself
Anything my eyes desired
I refused my heart no pleasure
And yet all was meaningless

Then I turned my thoughts to wisdom
I saw that wisdom is better than folly
But the fate of both is the same
Also the wise must die

I saw the oppression in this world
And the tears of the oppressed
I hated life, for the work done
Under the sun was grievous to me

Sorrow is better than laughter
For by the sadness of the face
The heart is made better
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure

The fate of humans is the same of the animals
As one dies, so dies the other
But of all animals, only you, man,
Know you will die: your wisdom is grief

The dead are happier than the living
But even happier than these
Is the one who's never been born
Who hasn’t seen the evil under the sun

The living know they will die
But the dead know nothing
Their love, hate, and memories
Their names, pleasure, and pain are vanished
Forever