Pro Memoria
Prequelle
2018
Duration: 5:39
Track number: 7
Times played live: 67
Writers
Lyrics by: Tobias Forge
Music by: Tobias Forge
Theme
A meditation on mortality and the embrace of death as inevitable. The song makes explicit reference to Lucifer, with Cardinal Copia expressing admiration for the fallen angel while mocking Christ and his disciples. With sweet strings, piano, and choral melodies, the song's message is darkly beautiful: 'Don't forget about dying, don't forget about your friend death.' It's a memento mori—a reminder that death is the only certainty.
Lyrics
Lucifer whispering
silently into your mind.
Who walks behind,
who walks behind?
Standing tall, invincible,
but do not forget your knives
to save your lives,
to save your lives.
Don't you forget about dying!
Don't you forget about your friend, Death!
Don't you forget that you will die!
Don't you vomit savage slurs
spewed up wickedly
to hide from me,
to hide from me.
Navigate all alone
on this tempestuous sea
to ride with me,
to ride with me.
Don't you forget about dying!
Don't you forget about your friend, Death!
Don't you forget that you will die!
Don't you forget about dying!
Don't you forget about your friend, Death!
Don't you forget that you will die!
Lucifer whispering
silently into your mind.
Who walks behind,
who walks behind?
Had you had the chance today
you could've sold out too.
Ain't that right,
Swede Saint Peter?
Don't you forget about dying!
Don't you forget about your friend, Death!
Don't you forget that you will die!
Don't you forget about dying!
Don't you forget about your friend, Death!
Don't you forget that you will die!
Musicians
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