Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 1

3 songs meet this passage

“Then even the memories have all faded away”
The Sweetest Days · Vanessa Williams
strains against Ecclesiastes 1:11
The song rests its hope in memories that it admits will fade, where Scripture points to a remembrance and hope that outlasts human memory.
“Another version of me, I was in it”
End of Beginning · Djo
resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
The song's sense that past selves and seasons blur together echoes the Preacher's observation that what has been will be again, and former things are soon forgotten.
“watching the world wake up from history”
Right Here Right Now · Jesus Jones
strains against Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
The song treats this moment as a decisive break from the past, while Ecclesiastes cautions that human history tends to cycle rather than truly escape itself.