Cogitemus Corpus Esse Mortale
Asgaard Lyrics

The beginning of Asgaard's song "Cogitemus Corpus Esse Mortale" is hauntingly silent, but the lyrics quickly progress to a desperate plea. The singer rubs their eyes in fear and shouts to kill it. Somewhere in the distance, they hear the mournful tolling of bells and an angelic song of love. The echoes of a thousand hearts resound like a chorus of angels. Yet, amidst this beautiful music, there is a sense of loneliness. The singer has mad dreams of a shining world, which they hope to experience in the embrace of another. Like wanderers, they create the landscapes of their personal paradise but are simultaneously trapped in the ocean of sin. The singer ends the song with an acknowledgment of their mortality and the inevitability of death.

There are several interpretations of this song, but the most prominent seem to describe the struggle of the human condition. The lyrics highlight how in spite of beauty and love, loneliness and fear still exist. The singer describes the eternal search for love and happiness, which takes them to dark places. These places are, in turn, the ocean of sin, which humans cannot escape from, resulting in eternal damnation and death. However, it seems that in the end, the despair of this realization leads to a catharsis of acceptance. In many ways, this song is an ode to the transience and beauty of life.