The Burden Of Life

Adaptation of "The Year" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)

What can be said,

That's not been said 

A million times?

The new comes, 

The old must die,

We know

And we dream,

We dream

But we don't know 

Why rise with the light?

We die 

Into darkest night 

Crying through the night….

We touch the world 

With songs we sing

We curse it soon

Life has wings

Life has wings

We live,

We love

We hate

We die

We adore our brides 

Despise our dead

Laugh, 

Weep, 

Hope, 

Fear,

And that's the burden of life

Year after year

Time

Time

Time

We understand

We understand

Much too late

Darkest night 

Terror

Death

Destruction

The darkest night

And that's the burden of life

Year after year

And that's the burden of life

Year after year

And that's the burden of life

Year after year

My God, why have you forsaken me?

Now we know

Now we know

Much too late

Year after year 

Year after year