Memento Mori

As above, so below

Dismantled piece by piece

What's left will not decease

As within, so without

The seasons bring relief

Let me live and die in peace

(Let me live and die in peace, let me live and die in peace)

(Let me live and die in peace, let me live and die in peace)

I will be consumed, returned into the earth

Only passing through, nothing left to hold on to

Like the thaw against the snow, into the undertow

Cut the cord and cast me out, and cast me out

It's a promise that you cannot break

Was your life worth dying for?

The universe survives on give and take

Death is an open door, it's a promise that you cannot break

Was your life worth dying for?

The universe survives on give and take

Decay is the only law

As above, so below

Dismantled piece by piece

What's left will not decease

As within, so without

The seasons bring relief

Just let me live and die in peace

(Change)

(And everything is change, nothing can be held onto)

(To the degree that you go with a stream)

(You see, you are still, you are flowing with it)

(But to the degree you resist the stream, then you notice)

(That the current is rushing past you and fighting you)

(So swim with it, go with it)

(And you're there, you're at rest)

It'll wear you down, through skin and bone

Through skin and bone

It's as if my mind has a mind of its own, has a mind of its own

It'll wear you down, through skin and bone

Through skin and bone

It's as if my mind has a mind of its own, has a mind of its own

When my heart skips two beats

I am hidden deep, fast asleep

The sea will part where oceans meet

Finally complete

It's a promise that you cannot break

Was your life worth dying for?

The universe survives on give and take

Death is an open door, it's a promise that you cannot break

Was your life worth dying for?

The universe survives on give and take

Decay is the only law

Swan song, a declaration of endlessness

I swear I will not look back as I return into the black

When the veil lifts, how will I know, how will I know?

Will I see God?

As above, so below

Dismantled piece by piece

What's left will not decease

As within, so without

The seasons bring relief

Just let me live and die in peace

(You can't hang onto yourself)

(You don't have to try not to hang onto yourself)

(It can't be done, and that is salvation)

(Memento mori, be mindful of death)