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Life is completely absurd, that's a fact
There's ultimately no sense to make of it
There's no truth and absolutely no certainty
And no salvation but we must keep hoping

I've doubted all my life what I saw and what I heard
And I'll probably still doubt after my death
But I'll always be convinced of the power that lies in words
And that very short sentence: 'AND YET!'

And yet

Let the complainers complain
There's always a chance of success
Who gives up courage doesn't deserve to live

And yet

Let the pessimists whine
Something can always happen
That gives life a new meaning

Look at our world, full of envy and danger
And full of violence and hate and hunger and deceit
Yet that can change even if it takes a thousand years
If the whole world says and yet and yet and yet

And yet

Let the complainers complain
There's always a chance of success
Who gives up courage doesn't deserve to live

And yet

Let the pessimists whine
Something can always happen
That gives life a new meaning

So keep fighting against King Fool
And against everything that's soured, stupid, and sluggish
Don't lose courage despite all the nonsense
Scream through your tears
And yet, and yet, and yet

And yet, and yet, and yet, and yet

Let the complainers complain
There's always a chance of success
Who gives up courage doesn't deserve to live

And yet

Let the pessimists whine
Something can always happen
That gives life a new meaning