Memento mori Tethered to life like silence Faint in the air like violets And to an ocean every stream Every bird a treetop leap Promise my tethers tieless Fate as my only guidance It's violence I ruminate so I may have peace Dance with the grave Dust the mantelpiece Damned by the sand grains dropping To choose feels mocking Take me from a life that I can shoulder Once I've spread my wings and grown much older Let my legacy be met with kindness Cherish every moment in my blindness Memento mori Hanging to life fragile as a dream Damned by the sand grains dropping To choose feels mocking Take me from a life that I can shoulder Once I've spread my wings and grown much older Promise my tethers tieless Fate as my only guidance It's violence