<P> The lyrics to "This Too Shall Pass" are written to encourage its audience, burdened with some figurative weight, to "let it go, this too shall pass" in the near future instead of continuing to let the weight keep them from enjoying life, akin to the meaning of the original phrase, This too shall pass . The song continues much of the theme of Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, which, according to Damian Kulash, was about "searching for hope in hopeless times"; "This Too Shall Pass" and other songs from the album were written at the onset of the late - 2000s recession . Billboard considered the song to be a "psych - pop anthem", similar to MGMT's "Kids"; this is in part due to the album's producer Dave Fridmann who had also worked with MGMT and The Flaming Lips and brought some of the same musical stylings along . </P> <P> The first video for the song was released on YouTube on January 12, 2010, to coincide with the release of the album and the single . Directed by Brian L. Perkins, it was filmed in October, 2009, in South Bend, Indiana . The video is somewhat unusual in that it does not feature the album version of the song . Rather, it features an original recording that was actually performed live during filming of the video . OK Go's Tim Nordwind noted that the song lent itself well to large orchestration . </P> <P> In the video, the members of OK Go are seen in a field wearing marching band garb . The uniforms were originally from Rochelle Township High School of Rochelle, Illinois . They begin to march, and as the song progresses, the band is joined by members of the University of Notre Dame's Marching Band many of whom rise up camouflaged in ghillie suits . They are also joined in the final chorus by a children's choir cobbled together from two local South Bend preschools . Like many of their other videos, the marching band video was shot in one take . </P> <P> The marching band video was created to bridge the time between the release of the album and the expected completion of the Rube Goldberg video . The band had originally planned to release the marching band version after the debut of the Rube Goldberg video . However, they found time during October 2009 to work with the Notre Dame band, and realizing the length of time to complete the Rube Goldberg machine, went ahead and completed the marching band version . </P>

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