Breathe Something Beautiful

Look into the Sky, as far as eyes can see
frozen in time, and captured by your beauty
none can compare, from the depth of the sea
to the rising of the sun, true breathe of clarity.

So take a breathe of something beautiful
and sing it to me for the whole word to see.

How can i stand, and not be moved
when words can't describe the awe of it all
the stars that light the sky, the wind that touches me
has never felt so free, true breathe of clarity.

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3:11-14 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil--this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

5:2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

5:7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God.

5:19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work--this is a gift of God.

8:15 So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.

8:17 then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.

9:7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.

9:9-10 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun-- all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, [fn] where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

11:7-9 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

This song is about acknowledging God's creation and the gift of life that God has given us. We see in verse 5:7 "Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God." We can not understand or comprehend what the Lord has done, or add or take away to what God has done.

Dust in the Wind- Kansas

Dust in the Wind- Kansas
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone

All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity- Eccl. 2:16

Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea- Eccl. 1:11

All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see- Eccl. 3:22

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind- Eccl. 3:20

[Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky- Eccl. 1:4

It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.

I found the theme of this song to be related to the one in Ecclesiastes. As amazing as life "can" be, it doesn’t last forever and will end. It doesn’t wait on your dreams to become reality (Eccl. 2:16). Like a drop of water in an endless sea reminds me of one mans life compared to the lives of every other man to live. We will be forgotten as the sea continues to grow (Eccl. 1:11). Everything we work for will eventually crumble and we will not be able to see what happens after we are gone (Eccl. 3:22). “All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return” (Eccl. 3:20). “Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever” (Eccl. 1:4).

Songs and Ecc

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The Eleventh Hour by August Burns Red

We’ve heard the sound that ears bleed to hear.
The sound of a place the entire universe awaits.
A passion so powerful that walls crumble to their foundations.
Here the strongest fall to their knees(12 Remember your creator before its too late).
The lost find their way back home,
but the masses buy what will make them rich,
feasting on lies, chasing their tails. (2:4-8, 5:10-11 meaninglessness of wealth/accumulation)
Truth be told, they’ll get what they were promised.
Crawling away, burning with regret, to the deepest, darkest depths of Hell (9:2-3 A common destiny awaits all).
We got news for you.
The day is soon coming when turning your back won’t be an option.
Keep telling yourself what you really don’t believe.
You can compromise what you know to be true,
and you can turn off all of your senses,
but in the end you’ll see nothing stands between a man and his maker. (3:17 there is a time of judgment coming)
No matter what it’s your decision.
This isn’t something you could do alone.
Give up, give in no matter what, it’s your decision

As Cities Burn

Our World is Grey

I'm sure if you wanted to stop love,
You could just untie your end and let it go.
But, my God, you don't.
Yeah, I think I love you for it.

You're still sending cells to their rightful places,
When forming more likely to escape. (11:5 how the body is formed in the mothers womb)
Such a narrow way of life.
What's it look like from your side? (11:5 yet we still cannot fully comprehend God)
From here I can't see why it's worth
One more coming out cursed?

(Better still is the unborn 4:3, 6:3-6)

Say it, say it!
Say what this is all for!
Say it's redemption.

(Overall question in Ecc)

'Cause our world is grey, world is grey.
We're just swaying from side to side.
Our world is grey, world is grey.
We are thieves and saints alike.(7:20, 7:28-9, 9:3 The hearts of men are evil)
But you don't let go, don't let go.
We keep swaying and swaying.
And you don't let go, don't.
Yeah, I think I love you for it.

He's shooting god up in his arm through a needle. (2, Pleasures are meaningless)
And she's putting cuts on her legs to bleed out the devil. (4:1 oppression is evil, and the oppressed have no comfort, this is the result)
"Surely you will not die, eat and be like God."
What have we done?

Say it, say it!
Say that this is all for redemption.
(Overall point of the book of Ecc.)

'Cause our world is grey, world is grey.
We're just swaying from side to side.
Our world is grey, world is grey.
We are thieves and saints alike.
But you don't let go, don't let go.
We keep swaying from side to side.
We all just sway, we all just sway.
But you don't let go, you don't.
You don't.