Ecclesiastes 3:3

90 songs meet this passage

• “We're building it up to break it back down”

  BURN IT DOWN · LINKIN PARK

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:3

  The song's cycle of building and tearing down mirrors the Preacher's observation of seasons for building up and breaking down, though here it is driven by bitterness rather than wisdom.

• “Now we're saying bye, bye, bye”

  Nineteen · Tegan and Sara

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song sits in the ache of a season ending, the natural grief of love that has run its course.

• “Sometimes goodbye's the only way”

  Shadow of the Day · LINKIN PARK

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's resignation to necessary endings mirrors the Preacher's acknowledgment that there is a time to lose and a time to mourn.

• Smile · Morgan Wallen

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The narrator recognizes a season has passed, a bittersweet acceptance that mirrors Ecclesiastes' honesty about times of loss and mourning.

• “No, no te puedo olvidar”

  Baile Inolvidable · Bad Bunny

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There is a real season for mourning and weeping over lost love, and this refrain captures that ache honestly.

• Pink Skies · Zach Bryan

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The practical rituals of mourning and moving forward mirror this passage's acceptance of a time to weep and a time to rise again.

• Add Up My Love · Clairo

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The singer's wish to postpone grief to a chosen moment echoes this passage's acknowledgment that there's a time to mourn, even if we can't always control when it comes.

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

  As It Was · Harry Styles

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The refrain's grief over change and loss resonates with the Preacher's acknowledgment that life moves through seasons of loss and mourning.

• “I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded”

  Someone Like You · Adele

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There is a season for mourning and a season for letting go; the song sits honestly in the former without denying the latter must come.

• “I set fire to the rain”

  Set Fire to the Rain · Adele

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The act of burning away a painful relationship reflects the hard but necessary season of letting go and grieving before moving on.

• Yesterday · The Beatles

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's whole posture, longing for a season that has passed, reflects this meditation on time, loss, and the ache for what once was.

• “thunder only happens when it's raining”

  Dreams · Fleetwood Mac

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  An acceptance that pain and loss have their natural season, without demanding answers or blame.

• “It's such a shame our friendship had to end”

  Purple Rain · Prince & The Revolution

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The lament over an ended season of friendship mirrors the Preacher's acknowledgment that all relationships and seasons have their appointed end.

• “there's a calm before the storm”

  Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Mono Single) · Creedence Clearwater Revival

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's sense of cycles and seasons mirrors the Preacher's observation that life moves through appointed times, both calm and storm.

• “I wanna be free, yeah, to feel the way I feel”

  Man! I Feel Like a Woman! · Shania Twain

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time to dance and laugh; the song's desire for a joyful night out fits within the rhythm of ordinary human seasons.

• “I remember how bad I need ya, when I taste tequila”

  Tequila · Dan + Shay

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The ache of remembered love surfacing unbidden reflects the natural, human rhythm of mourning described here; grief revisiting at unexpected moments is not condemned but part of being human.

• Down Under · Men At Work

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's lighthearted storytelling and humor reflect the simple, human pleasure Scripture allows for in its proper season, a time to laugh and to enjoy life's oddities.

• “Mother help your daughter put her weddin' dress away”

  Clementine · Johnny Cash

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  A season of expected joy (a wedding) is overturned into mourning, the very reversal Ecclesiastes names as part of life's rhythms.

• SNAP · Rosa Linn

  strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Scripture recognizes a season for mourning, but the song never moves past the mourning into any sense that a different season might come.

• Escapade · Janet Jackson

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  A season for rest and lightness after labor isn't wrong in itself; Ecclesiastes affirms there's a time to dance and enjoy the fruit of one's work.

• Come Back to Me · Janet Jackson

  strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song clings to a season that has passed, while Ecclesiastes reminds that there is a time to let go as well as to hold on, a tension the song never resolves.

• Love Takes Time · Mariah Carey

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's whole posture, that grief has its own necessary season and cannot be rushed, aligns with this passage's acceptance of time for mourning and healing.

• Love Shack · The B-52's

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's carefree dancing and revelry fits the natural human season for laughter and celebration, though it stops there.

• “Time won't forget what you meant to me”

  Miles Away · Winger

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Acknowledges that love, loss, and the passage of time each have their season, which is the ache this song sits in.

• Jump · Kris Kross

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's simple joy in dancing and movement fits the biblical acknowledgment that there's a time to dance and celebrate.

• “Why did it have to end”

  This Used to Be My Playground · Madonna

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's grief over endings mirrors the Preacher's acknowledgment that every season, including joyful ones, has its appointed close.

• Move This · Technotronic

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time to dance; this song fits squarely in that category of innocent physical joy and celebration, nothing more, nothing less.

• “It's Friday, I'm in love”

  Friday I'm In Love · The Cure

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's delight in a particular day echoes the idea that there is a time for joy and a time for sorrow, each with its place.

• They Want EFX · Das EFX

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time for lighthearted play and wordsmithing for its own sake; this track is pure verbal amusement rather than a vehicle for deep reflection.

• “It's friday night and the weekend's here, I need to unwind”

  Hey Mr. D.J. · Zhané

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time for rest and celebration after labor; the desire to unwind with friends isn't inherently wrong.

• “Come on out and dance”

  Wild Night (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello) · John Mellencamp

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The call to dance and celebrate fits the Preacher's reminder that there's a time for joy and for lightness in life's rhythm.

• Back & Forth · Aaliyah

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Scripture acknowledges a time to dance and a time for lighthearted joy; this song sits comfortably in that ordinary, innocent space of celebration.

• When Can I See You · Babyface

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The whole song sits in the season of mourning and longing that Ecclesiastes names as part of being human, without rushing past it.

• “In my dreams, you're still with me”

  Never Lie · Immature

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song sits in a season of mourning and remembrance, the natural human rhythm Ecclesiastes names as part of life under heaven.

• Tootsee Roll (Rap Version) · 69 Boyz

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There is a time to dance; this song is simply an invitation to lighthearted, communal joy and movement.

• Beautiful in My Eyes · Joshua Kadison

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song accepts that love includes seasons of sorrow as well as joy, echoing the wisdom that there is a time to weep and a time to laugh.

• “you and I will never be”

  Sukiyaki · 4 P.M.

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The acceptance of a season now ended reflects this passage's wisdom that there is a time to lose and a time to mourn.

• “Should've seen it coming when the roses died”

  This Ain't a Love Song · Bon Jovi

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The singer recognizes in hindsight that the relationship had a season and that season was ending, a very human and biblical experience of time and loss.

• Brokenhearted (feat. Wanya Morris) [Single Version] · Brandy

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Her weariness with love's cycles echoes the wisdom that there is a season for weeping before healing comes.

• “I'm not too sure, and I'm not too proud to say”

  Good · Better Than Ezra

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  An admission that something good has passed, without needing to resolve it into either regret or peace, fits the Preacher's acceptance of seasons.

• Exhale (Shoop Shoop) [from "Waiting to Exhale" - Original Soundtrack] · Whitney Houston

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's acceptance of seasons of winning and losing, laughing and crying, mirrors this meditation on time and change.

• “I finished crying in the instant that you left”

  It's All Coming Back to Me Now · Céline Dion

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The narrator's attempt to close a season of grief reflects the natural human rhythm of mourning and moving on, even if it ultimately unravels.

• Who Do U Love (David Morales Mix) · Deborah Cox

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's whole arc, a season of mourning a lost love and beginning to move on, mirrors this acknowledgment that there's a time to weep and a time to let go.

• “And how I wish - I wish it weren't so”

  Save Tonight · Eagle-Eye Cherry

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's ache over an unwanted parting mirrors the Preacher's recognition that there's a time to weep and a time to lose, seasons we don't control.

• Wild Wild West · Will Smith

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time for lighthearted dancing and play; this song fits that season of simple enjoyment without claiming to be more than that.

• I Will Remember You · Sarah McLachlan

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's whole posture of weeping, remembering, and honoring what was lost reflects this meditation on time, mourning, and memory as part of life's rhythm.

• All Night Long · Faith Evans Featuring Puff Daddy

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time to dance and a time to enjoy good things; this song sits comfortably in that category of simple, momentary gladness.

• “How was I to know I'd miss you so?”

  From the Bottom of My Broken Heart · Britney Spears

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The singer's bewildered grief fits the Preacher's observation that mourning and loss have their own appointed season in human life.

• Survivor · Destiny's Child

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's conviction that seasons turn from sorrow to joy echoes the Preacher's observation of appointed times for weeping and laughing.

• Get Ur Freak On (Amended LP Version) · Missy Elliott

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time to dance and celebrate; this track's core purpose is simply to get a crowd moving, which isn't inherently at odds with that rhythm of life.

• When It's Over · Sugar Ray

  strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Ecclesiastes accepts that seasons end and grief has its place, while this song stays stuck circling 'it never ends,' unable to move toward acceptance or closure.

• “Who can say why your heart cries”

  Only Time · Enya

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Like the Preacher's reflection on seasons of mourning and joy, the song accepts that love and sorrow come in their own time, beyond our control.

• Play (Radio Edit) · Jennifer Lopez

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There is a time to dance and enjoy simple pleasure; this song sits comfortably in that category of harmless celebration.

• “You've got me feeling hella good”

  Hella Good · No Doubt

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time for dancing and pleasure; the song's joy in physical delight isn't wrong in itself, just narrow in scope.

• Rainy Dayz (feat. Ja Rule) · Mary J. Blige

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The acceptance that hard seasons come and go without shame fits the wisdom that there's a time to weep and a time to be comforted.

• “I've been afraid of changing”

  Landslide · Dixie Chicks

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Her fear of time's passage sits alongside Ecclesiastes' acceptance that every season, including aging and loss, has its appointed place.

• Sing For the Moment · Eminem

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The chorus's 'sing for the moment... maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away' echoes this sense of seizing fleeting time, laughter and tears both having their season.

• “Music make you lose control”

  Lose Control (feat. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop) · Missy Elliott

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time to dance; the song's call to let loose on a dance floor isn't inherently at odds with the rhythms of joy Scripture makes room for.

• “Shake it 'til the moon becomes the sun”

  Pon de Replay · Rihanna

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time for dancing and celebration, and this song captures that simple, time-bound joy without pretense of being anything more.

• “I miss that town, I miss the faces”

  Photograph · Nickelback

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time for every season; the ache of missing a place and people reflects the Preacher's honest acknowledgment that seasons pass and grief is natural.

• “Time always kills the pain”

  Cool (Remastered 2019) · Gwen Stefani

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Acknowledges a season for pain and a season for healing, a truth the song quietly leans on.

• “I'm losing you and its effortless”

  Over My Head (Cable Car) · The Fray

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The quiet grief of watching something end without a fight mirrors the Preacher's honest reckoning with loss and seasons passing.

• “I just can't get over us”

  So Sick · Ne-Yo

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The struggle to move past a season of mourning echoes this passage's honesty that grief has its own time and can't simply be willed away.

• Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) · Fergie

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's acceptance that seasons of relationship and separation both have their place echoes the wisdom that there's a time for every purpose under heaven.

• “We never really had our closure”

  Better Than Me · Hinder

  strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Ecclesiastes accepts that seasons end and grief has its place; this song instead clings to unresolved longing rather than letting go.

• “gotta get my body moving, shake the stress away”

  Don't Stop The Music · Rihanna

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a legitimate place for dancing and release; the song taps a real human rhythm even if it stops there.

• American Boy (No Rap Version) · Estelle

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There is a time for lighthearted enjoyment and romance; this song fits that season of life rather than claiming deeper meaning it doesn't attempt.

• “It'll all get better in time”

  Better in Time · Leona Lewis

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's trust that pain has a season and healing will come reflects this passage's assurance that there is a time to weep and a time to heal.

• “It's no surprise I won't be here tomorrow”

  No Surprise · Daughtry

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song mourns an ending season with resignation, echoing the Preacher's recognition that there's a time to part and to mourn.

• DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love (feat. Pitbull) · USHER

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There is a time to dance and be light-hearted; the song's desire for release after a hard week isn't inherently wrong, just untethered from anything deeper.

• Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) · Gotye

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The whole song sits in a season of mourning and loss, honest about grief without pretending otherwise, which matches the Preacher's acknowledgment of a time to weep.

• “It's always a good time”

  Good Time · Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

  strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Scripture recognizes seasons of sorrow and joy; the song's claim that it's 'always' good time flattens that rhythm of real life.

• “Party in slow motion”

  Pontoon · Little Big Town

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  Scripture affirms there's a time for everything, including rest and enjoyment; this song captures that lighter, leisurely season of life.

• “Let's have a party”

  Red Solo Cup · Toby Keith

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a time for laughter and lightness; this song fits squarely in that category of harmless seasonal fun rather than anything weightier.

• “Think I'll miss you forever”

  Summertime Sadness · Lana Del Rey

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The ache of loss and longing for what's gone is an honest human experience Scripture itself gives space to grieve.

• “How it goes, but I know that I won't forget her”

  Best Song Ever · One Direction

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's a wistful acknowledgment of a season that passed quickly but left a mark, echoing the Preacher's sense of time and memory.

• Carry On · Fun.

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  The song's overall arc from mourning to resolve to keep going reflects the rhythm of seasons for weeping and seasons for standing back up.

• Kick the Dust Up · Luke Bryan

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

  There's an honest, uncynical joy in rest and community after hard work, which Scripture does affirm as a good rhythm of life.

• I Hate This Part · The Pussycat Dolls

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-5

  The song's ache over a relationship's end echoes the wisdom that there is a time to part, even when it grieves the heart.

• “the love that you lost wasn't worth what it cost”

  ROADS UNTRAVELED · LINKIN PARK

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-6

  There's a season to let go, and this line names that kind of release from a painful attachment.

• “I just can't say goodbye”

  Never Had a Dream Come True · S Club 7

  strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-6

  Scripture names a season for letting go, something the song's narrator resists even while admitting there's 'no use looking back.'

• “But nothin' is better sometimes”

  when the party's over · Billie Eilish

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  Ecclesiastes names a time to let go as part of life's rhythm; the song reaches for this same acceptance that ending something can be the right, if sad, choice.

• Man in Black · Johnny Cash

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  The lament over war's dead, certain each side believed God backed them, echoes the sober realism of a time for war and a time for peace.

• Remember When · Alan Jackson

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  The honest acknowledgment of seasons of joy and brokenness reflects the wisdom that life holds a time for everything, including pain and healing.

• Standing Still · Jewel

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  The song's sense of drifting between stillness and motion, fight and flight, mirrors Ecclesiastes' meditation on life's seasons and the search for meaning amid uncertainty.

• “People make mistakes to make up, to break up, to wake up”

  All I Have (feat. LL COOL J) · Jennifer Lopez

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  A season for tearing down and building up; the song's acknowledgment that relationships cycle through pain echoes this realism about seasons.

• Don't Wanna Try · Frankie J

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  The weary question of whether to keep trying echoes this passage's acknowledgment that there is a time to hold on and a time to let go.

• “I understand if you can't talk to me again”

  White Flag · Dido

  strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  Ecclesiastes names a season for letting go as much as holding on; the singer acknowledges this truth intellectually but still resists living it out.

• American Soldier · Toby Keith

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  Acknowledging a time to live and a time to die, the song accepts mortality as part of a larger purpose rather than fleeing it.

• Alejandro · Lady Gaga

  resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

  The song's theme of choosing to end one romantic season before starting another echoes this reflection on timing and letting go.