The Most Important Thing In The World Memento Mori

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One day you'll look up at the ceiling above
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If you're lucky you'll be surrounded by the ones that you love
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When the lights in your eyes fade and life flashes by
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One day you're going to die

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One day you’ll sleep and you'll never wake again
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Heaven, hell, nirvana, nothing, no one knows how it ends
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Rest in peace or pieces and won't even know why
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One day you're going to die

[Verse 2]

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Read your horoscopes, your palms and tarot cards
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Either way your destination ain't very far
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You could drown, or choke, or burn, or be hit by a car
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but something will eventually

[Verse 3]

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One day you'll look back at the life that you lead
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No more future left to fear that you'll have the past to regret
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But your worries will be over if you truly realize
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One day you’re going to die
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Take it away, hands

[Interlude]

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[Verse 4]

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In the fabric of time, and in the vastness of space
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A billion amounts to nothing in infinity’s face
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At most a couple generations will remember the ways
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In which your life never mattered, so who cares if it's a waste?

[Verse 5]

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Well, one day you’ll be not even a faint memory
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No, at most a ghost of falling leaves from your family tree
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The legacy's not yours to see, nor is your eulogy
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And you'll never know what it all means


[Outro]

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But you'll be at peace before you sleep if you just keep this in mind
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That everything and everyone goes with the passage of time
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So whether it’s cancer, murder, or suicide
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One day you're going to die
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No need to fear cause when it's
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Here you won't be alive
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Try not to think about it
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One day you're going to die
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And there's probably nothing after
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One day you're going to die
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So if you only have one chance you ought to try your best to live as you like
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One day you're going to die