I'm re-reading Ecclesiastes which is sobering, but also makes me even gladder for Christ.
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Story behind the song
Life and eternal life. The track has a very strange back story. The original was a beat called 'Flapjack' -- at some point I added a sound byte from Age of Empires -- the wololo taunt, there followed sound clips from various games. So when it came time to turn it into a rap, frankly, I wanted to keep the sound of the wololo but with more meaningful words. This emerged.
Lyrics
It's a writing in a stream;
It's a living in a dream;
Life, a sublimated steam,
Zero sum is what it seems.
Jack sprat eats the fat;
His wife eats up lean;
And death eats everything,
Nothing left is what it means!
Sand castle on a beach,
With the tide coming in.
The same for poor or rich,
And always has been.
All vanity and emptiness,
Emptiness and vanity,
It's a bitter business,
God has given to humanity.
But now the King came down,
Left His heavenly crown,
He wrestled with death,
Struck it to the ground.
He'll share his victory,
'Cause he took your sin.
You can walk in life,
You can live in Him!
Everything is rich,
Everything is full,
There is nothing empty,
There is nothing dull!
There's no vanity,
Living in Christ,
He restores your sanity,
And gives you life!