Chasing After The Wind

Tell me brother (where is the meaning)
What does man gain from all his labor
All the rivers run down (down to the ocean)
Yet the sea is never full

What is twisted (can never be straightened)
What is lacking can never be counted
For with wisdom (comes much sorrow)
The more that's known, the more we grieve in pain

I was a teacher
The King of all of Israel
I was a wise man
The wisest in the land
I was a rich man
I built the greatest houses
But without the hand of God
My life could have no meaning
It's just chasing after the wind

The eye will never (have enough of seeing)
The ear will never hear enough to fill
There is nothing (new beneath the heavens)
What has been will someday come again

All my wisdom (All of my labor)
All are as folly in the sight of God
For the wise man (and the fool are not remembered)
They will die and be forgotten all the same

You are a teacher
The lord of all the kingdom
You are a wise man
The wisest in the land
You are a rich man
You refuse your heart no pleasure
But without the hand of God
Your life will have no meaning
You're just chasing after the wind