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.