Ecclesiastes 1:4

7 songs meet this passage

• “So many people have come and gone”

  More Than a Feeling · Boston

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:4

  The song's ache over fading faces and passing years mirrors the Preacher's observation that generations come and go while the world continues.

• “Dreaming of a past that couldn't last”

  Bad Blood · Nao

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

  The ache over something fleeting and unrecoverable mirrors the Preacher's meditation on the transience of all human things.

• “You know it's not the same as it was”

  As It Was · Harry Styles

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

  The repeated ache over impermanence and change echoes Ecclesiastes' meditation on life's fleeting, shifting nature.

• “Nothing lasts forever”

  Wildest Dreams · Taylor Swift

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

  The song's resigned awareness that this love is fleeting echoes the Preacher's lament over the transience of all things under the sun.

• “Gonna be a big man someday”

  We Will Rock You · Queen

  strains against Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

  The boy's dream of future greatness echoes the restless human ambition Ecclesiastes names as fleeting, a chasing after wind that fades with each generation.

• November Rain · Guns N' Roses

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

  The song's resignation to the fleeting nature of love mirrors the Preacher's lament over the transience of all things under the sun.

• “The world's still spinning 'round, we don't know why”

  Champagne Supernova · Oasis

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:3-9

  Like the Preacher's observation that everything cycles without clear purpose, the song voices the same bewildered wondering about life's repetition and meaning.