will wood - memento mori: the most important thing in the world (lyrics)

XXIV
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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 and won't even know why
One day you're going to die
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 lead
No more future left to fear that you'll 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, hands
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?
Well, 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 doing to die
And there's probably nothing after
One day you're going to die
So if you only have one chance you oughta try your best to live as you like
One day you're going to die

[@good4nothingz]

okay but saying “take it away, hands” before playing a sick piano solo is probably the best thing

[@Thespeakerofthee]

on god

[@faizatihaliza4576]

I thought it was "taking away the pain".....

[@Artuistic2011]

you are right. it is just the best thing.

[@the12pickler31]

For a song about death it's actually quite comforting

[@Alexa_stuff.]

im addicted to this song

[@rickyybrez]

That's the objective of it. Accepting and embracing the fact that you're a mortal

[@GibberishDraw]

That’s literally what I came to say, I have a terrible fear of death dying is my biggest fear and it used to be a lot worse, for me this song is sort of comforting in some twisted way and I don’t quite get how.

[@Why-wd3zg]

@@GibberishDraw same. This song genuinely makes death seem like so much more of a comforting thing

[@hellalondraa]

@@GibberishDrawthank you!! My exact thoughts :)

[@george3broderick969]

Will wood is the only person, other than rusty cage, who can write a song about the inevitability of death, and have it be so upbeat. There are 3 actually, the third being scissor sisters.

[@Sunnfloweropposum]

Are you talking about the “family friendly noose song?”

[@george3broderick969]

@@Sunnfloweropposum yes

[@Sunnfloweropposum]

@@george3broderick969 nice

[@neurotenic_spinosaur]

ooo take a listen to I Can’t Decide by Scissor Sisters! It’s the same kind of thing :)

[@george3broderick969]

@@neurotenic_spinosaur ok!

[@AXyntrovert]

Man I’m gonna put this in my bucket list of “Songs to play when i’m dead.” I’ll just hope a friend would be nice enough to do it. Imagine walking around a graveyard and someone playing this just echoes around the place.

[@Hatsunemephone4]

Object show fan 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥❗️❗️

[@toby55005]

not if i eat the mona lisa

[@Axilotl.w.]

not if i eat it first

[@kannainkansas]

not if i WHAT

[@enjoyasalad647]

chaotic neutral

[@SunnyOMORl]

Have you eaten it yet

[@RaddDudee]

Good luck

[@anniereick9646]

The fact that I have an insane amount of fear about death and like any songs or people saying something about death make me very anxious because I'm going to die, but since I found this it has really helped me clam down because I'm going to die one day and so will everyone else. Thank you Will wood for creating this so I don't really have to worry anymore, thank you just. Thank you Edit: thank you for all of the love, It makes me feel better that there are some people out there who relate to me

[@Ghidorah1023]

Play this at my funeral

[@numoedits]

Sir yes sir

[@yodaman8015]

gay men

[@skulltbh4200]

@@yodaman8015 give me

[@CC44_]

@@skulltbh4200 still gay

[@Mikey-wj5zo]

I love this song, the “Who cares if it’s a waste!” Line just scratches that part in my brain

[@Trekov1]

"at most a couple generations will remember the ways in which your life never mattered so WHO CARES IF ITS A WASTE!"

[@NoctisProditor]

The end of the life isn’t the scariest thing, minimum because self harming wasn’t be a thing then. The scariest thing is the endless torture, regrets of the past and etc. We wish death to many people, they hate us too, and everything absolutely normal.

[@Mr.SoggyShoes]

This is the most badass way I've been reminded about death lmao

[@therosecolored]

i don't why, but this reminds me of blood from my chemical romance i love it, it's lovely and fantastic

[@nickoffscript]

YES ANOTHER MCR FAN HERE :DDDDD

[@devyl3057]

mcrrrr

[@melodysketchdraws]

Y'know what? Fair

[@george3broderick969]

Its because it has the same dark lyrics with upbeat tune style.

[@viniciusnovaes6295]

Hell yeah! I thought that too... I could picture Gerard singing it

[@firewarrior9999]

I have to admit my quality of life improved greatly when I accepted that death is inevitable and I didn't have to fear it.

[@elliot_the_ghost2999]

I dont think i've ever stimmed or vibed this much to a song before and im having so much fun right now

[@terrified_bat8056]

same

[@Earthnevevo]

I love the irony of vibing to a song that has such a morbid theme lol.

[@conflictbrooks]

Memento Mori, see you on the other side.

[@internetv4mpire254]

STOP IT RN. i cant cry again

[@o5-574]

Memento Mori

[@cakeiam2839]

I know its supposed to be about markiplier and the other dude but I can't help to think of the game dead by daylight since there is a memento Mori with who the killers can kill the survivor

[@Veryfruityloopy]

Memento Mori

[@kurkkupastillitjalammintee]

I can't be the only one who thought this sounds a lot like John Mulaney haha This song is amazing. I can't quite put in to words what I like about it. It is just amazing. Memento mori, carpe diem.

[@conflictbrooks]

I can’t unhear it now XD

[@melodysketchdraws]

THATS WHO IT REMINDED ME OF thank you

[@willsshoeheleftbehind2704]

Will Wood is secretly living the life of John Mulaney

[@GearTech147]

I thought I was just crazy, thank you!

[@idk_whatimdoing_1384]

I thought it sounded like bo Burnham lol

[@Synark25]

Someone PLEASE make a Bill Cipher cover of this song. It just feels.. strangely fitting.

[@amethyst..2]

I never realized that

[@CraftyLilSoto]

We have alastor covers!

[@quietsong2583]

bive pfp :O

[@razkrispies]

I never even got to the part where that guy exists but I somehow completely agree

[@user_new_c]

this song gives me anxiety, but also kind of comfort. but mostly anxiety. it reminds me of epicurus. he also comforts me about death.

[@pluxto._]

I relate

[@snoia4912]

Why this so underrated? I love it

[@mellowmation9027]

carpe diem?

[@mothfeatherofriverclan439]

Seize the day

[@6up5ohcopoutprocon]

@@mellowmation9027 seize the day, you could die in a week, tomorrow, in some hours even, you don't know, so do the best out of your days, do why you want to do without hesitating or procrastinating it, go and take that step.

[@lastlifejumbo]

Somehow a little song like this has brought me comfort with the fact that I will eventually die & no one will remember I existed in some time :D

[@lastlifejumbo]

Cuz genuinely I've been thinking about that the fact that there's a 99% chance that I won't do anything worth remembering & people will lose memory of me more & more until I'm nothing . But I've come more content with this fact now basically just cuz of this song .

[@ninjaeagleart]

Whenever I’m kept up at night thinking about my own mortality, I always put on this song, and it comforts me.

[@randomtechpriest2644]

This was my first Will wood song, and I never knew it

[@jessie943]

One of my friends showed me this song to get me over my fear of dying😂😭

[@amandam8865]

This song is fucking amazing and I can only thank you for posting it for me to discover it

[@Lewis_McCartney]

Memento mori friends...

[@internetv4mpire254]

memento mori

[@o5-574]

Memento Mori

[@kucak7835]

Memento Mori.

[@linfaq]

memento mori :)

[@Planet_Starbomb]

Memento mori 🙏😁

[@zabbee2323]

This song has honestly helped me with death anxiety. Now, I just see death as a summer vacation that lasts forever, and I'm now trying to shift my focus on what I do with the time I have rather than how much time I have left. Who would've thought that all I needed was a quirky little song?

[@jonathansorenson6840]

I remember having this as my school alarm

[@beeblodeeblo]

why the fuck is this so catchy, its so dark but also sounds so good.

[@sparrow6093]

for some reason this song makes me feel better, despite literally being about death

[@LoveGhostface]

This song comforted me when i was upset by the fact i wouldn't be a kid anymore and that i was going to grow old and die so this taught me to just accept it and not think about it since one day you're going to die either way, like it not :)

[@joshhutcherson-nf7et]

I love the line “well one day you will not be a faint memory” it’s very catchy

[@tedioabsoluto5780]

if i become a skeleton with auto play piano deattaching hands, im fine with dying

[@87crowhat54]

How I interpret this song: Someone kills a albatross ( which is bad luck) and are visited by a crow ( crows are usually omens of death) and tells the person how “one day their going to die.”.

[@quin7046]

How I interpret this song: One day we are gonna die

[@numoedits]

Interesting interpretation love the symbolism

[@That1CoffeeAddict]

This has helpped me, I just recently had a panic attack about everything being just pilled up, and hearing this was so peaceful. I won't be here forever. I don't need to think so far ahead

[@taxfraudbutterfly4749]

proud to say this is the first Will Wood song I've heard

[@goth-aroace]

reminds me of like a villian who was a mortician and ended up killing someone and found he loved it so he became a villain and went mad

[@galvanizedsquaresteel12]

2:05 bro just turned into bill cipher

[@awesome_possum297]

Kinda

[@FortyMenDown]

The only song by him that isn't depressing

[@aheckinperson]

If the universe had end credits this would the song that plays when they roll.

[@tarniabook3076]

We shouldn't fear death, we should fear dying.

[@rawcookiedough7518]

Wise words friend

[@terrified_bat8056]

love this guy

[@cassidy1768]

This is my favorite existential crisis

[@danielwarrior1032]

This song is probably the best example of how Nihilism works, people always think Im sad and depressed and shit cuz Im a nihilist but no, Im enjoying the fuck out of life, I got the chance to live so why do I gotta worry about whats coming after I die, fuck it, live how u want to, in 1000 years no ones gonna remember you anyways so why are we so afraid of being judged

[@maugamaugamauga]

this is soooo underrated and amazing

[@gamingvo]

The original one of this has been blocked by the philippines for somereason thank you for this :)

[@DevilishAngel901]

I think i'm becoming a fan of Will Wood^^

[@Mr.SoggyShoes]

Join us

[@DevilishAngel901]

@@Mr.SoggyShoes ^^

[@margaretteschmidt4423]

Same,his songs are pieces of heaven on earth :)

[@pissandballs123]

me too!! this was the first song i heard from him then euthanasia, love these two songs

[@nadre12]

same I only know like 6 songs max but all of them are fire so ive been searchinng for more

[@persykelli]

my fav song at the moment

[@Benton-m6dzqa]

i know a lot of people are saying that this comforts them but tbh, this entire thing just feels kinda nihilistic

[@adopted996]

Theres comfort in knowing that your life doesn't amount to much in the grand scheme of things. I guess it lifts a certain burden some people carry

[@CraftyLilSoto]

It certainly is! Many interpretations of nihilism fit in with a lot of religions.

[@hrtz9796]

May I interest you in Optimistic Nihilism...

[@kaanuygun6406]

@@hrtz9796I just came here to find a comment like this and talk about absurdism AND THEN I saw your comment. A huge disappointment for me

[@hrtz9796]

@@kaanuygun6406 Absurdism is much more specific philosophy of Camus tho. It's not just optimistic nihilism.

[@sayakamaizono2512]

Big bill cipher vibes

[@drefollower6944]

Someone needs to animate bill singing this.

[@thespiderchillinginyourwalls]

I was thinking the same thing

[@irumara]

came here from a bill cipher edit

[@tabithahill6313]

YESSSS

[@tabithahill6313]

@@irumara same

[@xris671]

when the shower thoughts are groovy

[@kajamatousek247]

This is my comfort song because it reminds me that one day I will be free of all this bullshit

[@yavonne12]

Added to my funeral playlist

[@oryndragon5906]

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG!!! I am hearing it like non stop and when someone hear it they are like… DUDE

[@Rattraptmnt]

This is actually so comforting

[@InkKeeper]

Lmao I thought I was going to go into another depressive adhd tear spiral but I was actually just about to sneeze

[@user-hm8gt1cm7z]

Real

[@cyh..7]

i love how this song sounds so nice and happy but the lyrics are depressing

[@PieGuyMcFly69]

Unus Annus’s unrecognized theme.

[@doginboat]

True underrated comment

[@o5-574]

Agree!

[@Robojizz25]

Other than the great song what is the goofy ahh applaud at the end 💀

[@kersplut]

as a person who has been fearing death for a few days now, this song is ironically comforting

[@nezptune]

I love this song

[@mastercraft2075]

Every time I hear what doesn’t kill makes you stronger I think of the quarry as that’s the games catch phrase I guess

[@Dynamite534]

This song gives me anxiety but at the same time makes me comfortable. Lets just say, its a banger

[@danamallory2245]

1:41 I'm keeping this here cuz yes

[@holly4560]

woahh, thankss for this xx

[@mountkilimanjaro2982]

It’s funny ‘cause it’s true.

[@timelyshadows8919]

I want to do the cancan to this song in some sort of addam's family-esque comedy/rocky horror style musical

[@darcat957]

1:41 the part some people were probably looking for.

[@funniberri898]

1:38 ❤

[@yourlocalcat-boy2564]

Beetlejuice vibes

[@Chaotic_moth]

ONE DAY YOU'LL BE NOT EVEN A FAINT MEMORY

[@smuldunde]

comfort song

[@Dissectionsan]

1:40

[@mistvoid3478]

Good song, I love it.

[@cake-ie7uh]

10/10 song ngl

[@skueakyglove6910]

why does he kinda sound like hosea from rdr in the beginning tho

[@simon3628]

BROOOO WHO'S 2:42 GOOFY AHH LAUGJ

[@CircusSabre]

Fucking devious hyena ahh laugh 😭

[@user-zu3oi5rf7n]

IT SOUNDS LIKE MY LAUGH HAHAHAH

[@ThePearsPair]

This sounds like a cursed sesame street song

[@kitattwater9869]

This gives me Horrible histories pachacuti vibes

[@catontheinternet2535]

if this doesnt play at my funeral i aint dying

[@Goofyguy889]

this is the song that made death not scary, thanks will :3

[@Daofei_4life]

How many times have you watched this? …Yes

[@DuckShooter98]

I am going to play this at my funeral

[@Z3N1TY0]

mr. incredible becoming uncanny facts videos if they were a song

[@noot1571]

waaaaaitt this song is from will wood??? i have heard many songs that i liked and half of them was from will wood 😮

[@sai1952]

I got told my бабушка (grandma) died right after listening to this 🤠

[@rikorono7326]

Some time i think about the fact one day im gonna die and this give me anxiety,this song the first time i heard it give me a confort about death

[@gardengnostic8726]

Imagine having two verbs as a namw

[@haynakuSG]

guys i’m begging you to listen to “mahirap magmahal ng syota ng iba” a filipino song from the 80s by APO hiking society. This song sounds exactly like it and it’s killing me because nobody seems to have noticed and it feels a bit weird just how similar they sound it almost feels copied PLEASE just listen and decide for yourself

[@lillypopalt3799]

listened to it, you are right but i dont have a clue why it does

[@haynakuSG]

@@lillypopalt3799 thank you for listening to it i felt crazy lol but like it's so??? similar?? it's weird idk

[@numoedits]

God it really does. You can sing the lyrics over the other one and it wouldn't sound out of place. That's so crazy but I'm guessing it's a coincidence.

[@haynakuSG]

@@numoedits yea it’s wild

[@remmus7742]

this song makes me even more excited for my death

[@exoticyy]

Well that escelated quickly...

[@Blind_Eye046]

"TrY nOt To ThInK aBoUt ItT-"

[@kaanuygun6406]

LMAO I BURST OUT LOUD WHILE READING THAT

[@Django14]

[@scottthejatt]

As someone afraid of death this song is great 😎 figure out what this means I'll never use tone indicators unironically

[@llamityllama6772]

Kinda reminds of Wooden Overcoats

[@ProfessionalZazaDealer]

This song is very goth Ngl (coming from a goth)

[@anonymous-hr3uq]

This somehow feels like the opposite to the quick revive jingle from black ops zombies?

[@stizgraff]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@flintonpaws1]

🖤⏳🤍

[@idontknow1575]

It sounds like dr dufenshmirtz for phineas and ferb

[@dennisnotamenace2047]

will wood is just gay jreg