This requires a bit of a mental leap.
From
"Going up or coming down, it's hard either way"
and
"Well, actually it's way easier coming down -- only you'll hurt more"
to
*O fortuna
velut luna
statu variabilis...
*Quoted from 'Fortuna, imperatrix mundi' (Fortune, empress of the world) from the collection of poems known as 'Carmina Burana'. It has famously been set to choral music by Carl Orff. Here is the cover of the score.
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