Why is happiness so capricious?

When we are happy we laugh.

But life is like a game, and, way too often, happiness goes away.

The dream about faithful love is over before we know it.

Why is happiness so capricious? And why is joy so short?

Often life is so absurdly hard.

Smiles turn to tears before sunset.

The one you care for, the friend you think cares for you, maybe he'll leave you.

Everything you promised and swore to is forgotten.

The words you whispered to me, I believed them.

But never again I will have such confidence.

Everything I've hidden in my heart, you just forgot it.

Why is happiness so capricious? And why is joy so short?

Often life is so absurdly hard.

Why, then, do we trust in love?

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A truly meta caption today, so bear with me.

Lars Mikkelsen, the wonderful actor that gave Thrawn his voice in "Rebels", recorded "Hvorfor er Lykken Så Lunefuld" —Why is happiness so capricious— a classic Danish jazz song, written in 1937 by the singer and composer Karen Jønsson for the feature film "En fuldendt gentleman" —A complete gentleman—.

[You can find Lars' version on YouTube]

Danish is not exactly among the languages I attempt to speak, so I had to do a little bit of research and editing for translating the lyrics.

But, then, my heart!

The quintessence of Thrawn's tragic ballad of his persistently tragic life.

All the friends he lost.

Farewells, following each other interrupted.

Why is happiness so capricious?

Why is joy so short?

[For sweetening a little the angsty post (or making it even harder to swallow), I decided to pair it with a photo I wanted to take for a long time, featuring a sublime gift I received from @psiibee. Note also that, as stated, I do not speak Danish, so the lyrics above may be not correct at all. Let me know if I completely misunderstood something]