Red Vox - Memento Mori

[omerlord]

Vinny: "Could it be//The presence of memory// is all we are//and all that we'll ever be?"
also Vinny: *infernal duck noises*

[MitoNova]

You know, never thought I'd be back to mention how this song made it into a Hat in Time mod about the Declaration of Independence, but the context of it playing genuinely made me feel a bit melancholy? God, Another Light songs really do hit different these days huh...

[HakureiIllusion]

"Could it be, the presence of memory
is all we are, and all that we'll ever be?"
-The humble weedwhacker

[northwardchaser]

I never really looked into the title of the song, but the phrase "Memento Mori" was brought up in my ethics class today as we discussed Epicurus and his thoughts of pains, pleasures, and death. Reading over the lyrics again its quite interesting. I find it relates quite well to Epicurus' resolve on death.

He figured since human life was concerned with sensation (pains and pleasures) and death was the deprivation of those things, then by definition death cannot cause pain, merely the anticipation does. So the inescapable should not be our concern as "So long as exist death is not with us; but when death comes, we do not exist". Granted there are a number of criticisms given for his argument, but the idea of being able to separate your life from your death I find is somewhat liberating, and perhaps gives more reason to stop procrastinating on things that matter.

Why wait? the reaper never does.

[rupertpeasley]

Have I been awake too long?
I'm taking this way too far
Have I been awake too long?

Then it hits me somewhere right between the eyes
'Cause I know the cost of time
And I've paid it all my life

Near or far, no matter how close you are
Hopelessly, united in entropy
Could it be, the presence of memory
Is all we are, and all that we'll ever be?

Have I been awake too long?
I'm taking this way too far
Have I been awake too long?

And then I tell myself it's just so far away
Back to the old routine that fills my every day
Some pray the holy ghost will save them from the grave
But I know the cost of time
And I've paid it all my life

[cness]

Your voice is like spreading butter on toast
It makes me feel good

[Zaqinabox]

"United in entropy"
Man Red Vox writes some good ass lyrics.

[Thebes]

3:07 Never actually noticed it before, but you can just _faintly_ hear the chorus from 1:08 repeating in the echoed vocals in the background. Always a really nice feeling when you've listened to a song so many times that you start to find out new things about it.

[isopodparty]

-this is one sexy song-
*this* *song* *has* *a* *great* *personality*

[PitchIncorrection]

It’s so strange to think about how my favorite Internet personality is now in possession of the title known as ‘my favorite song’.

[sadmeat]

Probably my favorite song on the album. Im a pretty suicidal person and when the darkness comes in I listen to this album to look through the darkness and see another light. Thank you guys for this. It means more than you'll ever know.

[gekigami]

This song is so important to me. For me and my girlfriend, it's pretty much our special song. We listened to it together, just before summer began and as I was introducing her to this band. She instantly fell in love with it. When she had gone away for a week on a family camping trip, I taught myself the song on piano and surprised her with a performance of it when she came back. I still play it for her sometimes, and we definitely still listen to the song together.

Thank you Vinny, Mike, Bill and Joe, Red Vox, for giving us such great music to appreciate and create memories with.

[joeymormango]

This is without a doubt my favourite song, the fact that you keep the same melody though the whole song is a very nice touch that makes it very memorable but not annoying. Keep up the great work Red Vox.

[Yair.]

bro this shit hit different nearly 6 years after it released, now that im older

[lostitem]

This album is making me feel so many emotions at once. Holy shit. It's amazing how music can cause that.

[poopa_stinka]

I love that you can hear a bit of Ghost Page in this, it’s pretty poetic

[spitgorge]

what a great video to be recommended to me today. memento mori

[ThatTravGuy]

Ok I'll be honest, at 2:04 I thought he was saying "Back to the Ovaltine that fills my every day" like it was some reference to Vin's/The Person's childhood or something like that.
I realize now that's stupid but I still can't unhear it.

[tumblingt]

I only caught the ending instrumental of this song during the livestream, and from that point I knew it was good.

[veraxis]

2:52
That harmony gets me every time. <3