Lex Zaleta

Lyrics

THIS TOO SHALL PASS

When your heartache grows bigger than your heart,
And your grief knows no end or start;
Or when your joy piles up so high,
That it tippy-toe touches the bright sky,
That’s when I will ask
That you speak these words:
This too shall pass,
This too shall pass,
This too shall pass.

The joys of this world are fleeting;
They will fade in the blink of an eye.
Your sorrows too are retreating,
Though they seem to take longer to die.

When you’re deep in the valley of despair,
And you cannot escape the cancer there,
Or you’re standing on a mountaintop so high,
Looking certain victory in the eye,
That’s when I will ask
That you speak these words:
This too shall pass,
This too shall pass,
This too shall pass.

Yes, the joys of this life are fleeting;
They will fade in the blink of an eye.
Your sorrows too are retreating,
Though they seem to take longer to die.

When you’ve bitten off more than you can chew,
And you’re choking on the charred residue,
Or you’re feasting in the banquet hall of time,
Feeling your life couldn’t be more sublime,
That’s when I will ask
That you speak these words:
This too shall pass,
This too shall pass,
This too shall pass.


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