09. Memory Death

[Quadrivium]

Grew to be one of my favs on the record. Certain sections remind me of Opening the Mouth. Hauntingly beautiful track, future classic for sure.

[mechanismj]

It feels as if we are listening to someone dying. Right in the middle of the album. Then we are being reborn in The Word Becomes Flesh. So, do we die twice in this album?

[denpa]

For me it's one of the most impactful songs on the album. My mind instantly linked it to a literal memory death and near-death experience. Having experienced the latter, for me, it's very similar to the feeling you get as you lie there accepting you are dying in that moment. The otherworldly voice sounding like it's pleading saying "please..." brings me to tears every time. Incredibly powerful track. It's length is perfect as well. It's all just so fleeting.

[Cupz]

It feels as if we are listening to someone dying. Right in the middle of the album. Then we are being reborn in The Word Becomes Flesh. So, do we die twice in this album?

I think thrice, we are also reborn as a robot at the end. Maybe four times and the first time you come back as a chicken.

[Waterbagel]

all right, this is standing out as one of my all-time favorite interlude tracks. it's just too haunting, but filled with so much yearning

[noveltywave]

The title would suggest our memory dies (all memories), or is it just one particular specific memory that has died?

[Wildfire]

The title would suggest our memory dies (all memories), or is it just one particular specific memory that has died?

I see Acts of Magic as the initial moment the soul is revived from death and reincarnated. Memory Death is the wiping of the memory of the previous life before full reincarnation, then the Word Becomes Flesh is the moment of physical reincarnation.

[Redd Panderson]

It occurred to me to share that this track reminds me of a very matured and richly mastered version of what the artist Sangam is doing. I like Sangam, but man, hearing the same degree of production/mastering on his work as Memory Death would really elevate it a lot.

[rd1994]

I am currently reading a book by a Buddhist monk and in it he talks about that in order to start a new day we have to die the day before that, in order to kill the memories that came from the day before. Maybe that also ties into the title of "memory death"

[♄ope keeper]

phpBB [media]

[WATER_CAN-_-]

phpBB [media]

[Redd Panderson]

I am currently reading a book by a Buddhist monk and in it he talks about that in order to start a new day we have to die the day before that, in order to kill the memories that came from the day before. Maybe that also ties into the title of "memory death"

I was thinking along similar lines with this track actually. In Buddhist terms, we are born and die in every single moment. (So we don't have to think of past lives as literal past lives; it can just be earlier versions of ourselves in this life)

Another layer to consider: in Dante's Divine Comedy, the waters at the base of Purgatorio wash away memories of sin for those that enter and before they climb. If we think of the concept of sin more broadly, it could be seen as an extreme connection to something that isn't real / isn't a real manifestation of divine love, eg, photographs, memories, etc. Stuff you have to let go of in order to be reborn to and to be open to the present moment.

Inferno's reference to the Divine Comedy probably has a lot of rich layers to it that someone else would be way better equipped to unpack than me.