Memento Mori: the most important thing in the world

Lyrics

One day, you'll look up at the ceiling above If you're lucky, you'll be surrounded by the ones that you love When the lights in your eyes fade and life flashes by One day, you're going to die One day, you'll sleep and you'll never wake again Heaven. Hell. Nirvana. Nothing No one knows how it ends Rest in peace, or pieces that won't even align One day, you're going to die Oh, you can read your horoscopes Your palms and tarot cards But either way, your destination ain't very far You could drown, or choke, or burn Or be hit by a car What doesn't kill you makes you stronger But something will eventually One day, you'll look back at the life that you led No more future left to fear that you have The past to regret But your worries will be over if you truly realize One day, you're going to die Take it away, hand! [solo] In the fabric of time and in the vastness of space A billion amounts to nothing in infinity's face At most, a couple generations will remember the ways In which your life never mattered So who cares if it's a waste? One day, you'll be not even a faint memory No, at most a ghost or falling leaf from your family tree Your legacy's not yours to see Nor is your eulogy And you'll never know what it all means But you'll be at peace before you sleep If you just keep this in mind: That everything and everyone goes with the passage of time So whether it's cancer, murder or suicide One day, you're going to die No need to fear, 'cause when it's Here you won't be alive Try not to think about it One day, you're going to die And there's probably nothing after! One day, you're going to die So if you only have one chance You ought to try your best to live as you'd like One day, you're going to die