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Not forever on Earth, only a little while here

Be it jade, it shatters

Be it gold, it breaks

Be it a quetzal feather, it tears apart

Not forever on Earth, only a little while

Not forever on Earth, only a little while here

Be it jade, it shatters

Be it gold, it breaks

Be it a quetzal feather, it tears apart

Not forever on Earth, only a little while here

Like a painting, we will be erased

Like a flower, we will dry up here on Earth

Like plumed vestments of the precious bird

That precious bird with the agile neck

We will come to an end

Like a painting, we will be erased

Like a flower, we will dry up here on Earth

Like plumed vestments of the precious bird

That precious bird with the agile neck

We will come to an end

He goes the way singing, offering flowers

And the words rain down

Like jade and quetzal plumes

Is this what pleases the Giver of Life?

Is that the only truth on Earth?

He goes the way singing, offering flowers

And the words rain down

Like jade and quetzal plumes

Is this what pleases the Giver of Life?

Is that the only truth on Earth?