I saw the ferryman He was so horrible and beautiful The ones who left us have sailed in his barge They were neither poor nor rich And their eyes, so bleak They had nothing that's of use in the realm of the dead And that's why we live right here That's why we live right now Memento Mori, till death sharpens its knives Yes, that's why we live right here That's why we live right now Memento Mori, for you'll take nothing with you to the grave But your coffin Memento Mori I have felt the fetor I have touched the cold earth But in its passing, life has seduced me anew I loved and I lost But I rose again With my naked fist to the sky I have sworn to myself And that's why we live right here That's why we live right now Memento Mori, till death sharpens its knives Yes, that's why we live right here That's why we live right now Memento Mori, for you'll take nothing with you to the grave But your coffin And that's why we live right here That's why we live right now Memento Mori, till death sharpens its knives Yes, that's why we live right here That's why we live right now Memento Mori, for you'll take nothing with you to the grave But your coffin Memento Mori, till death sharpens its knives Yes, that's why we live right here That's why we live right now Memento Mori, for you'll take nothing with you to the grave But your coffin