Momento Mori
Dessa Lyrics

Here we are, rounding the edge again,
We are back in this situation once again.

And I wonder if you recall what you said
I am questioning if you remember what you said.

When I asked to hear your largest as yet unanswered question,
I asked you for the biggest question you have yet to answer.

And you said, "Why bother at all?"
You responded with the question, 'Why bother at all?'

I just arrived by the train from Bombay.
I have just arrived by train from Bombay.

Never heard anyone say it so plain.
I have never heard anyone say it so clearly.

The prettiest girl in the room stood, collected her things,
The most attractive girl in the room gathered her belongings.

Fastened her coat up around her fine throat,
She put on her coat and covered her nice throat.

And though you didn't notice, there for just one moment, well,
You didn't notice but for a moment, I became the prettiest woman with you.

I was the prettiest woman with you.
I became the most attractive woman in your presence.

Half a world away, trying hard to stay aware of where I came.
I'm halfway across the world, struggling to remember my origins.

You forgot the comment, forgot the moment, went on your way.
You forgot the comment and the moment and simply carried on.

There's got to be a better way to waste a day.
There has to be a better way to spend a day than this.

Your mother, you told me, had been a great beauty
You told me that your mother was once very beautiful.

And suffered profoundly the loss of her looks.
And she suffered deeply when she lost her beauty.

You gave a practiced exhausted expression,
You gave a tired expression that you have used before.

Recited a line from a quotations book:
You recited a quote from a book of quotations.

"My father in his youth set off with a kite and a liter of wine."
The quote is: 'My father, in his youth, set off with a kite and a liter of wine.'

Man determined the height of the sky
Humans established the height of the sky.

And the breadth of one human life.
They also determined the length of a person's life.

No ribbons, no starting guns, sprinting around the sun,
There are no starting marks or guns when racing around the sun.

Man's quaint little race.
Human's little competition.

The even contenders get one thing to say,
The opponents say only one thing.

And it's always the same:
And it is always this:

Our name.
Our name is what they say.

(Why bother at all?)
(Asking again) why bother at all?

It is chiming through space.
It is resonating through space.

We stayed up late until it became early
We stayed up very late until it became very early.

And camped in the cold on the hood of your car.
We camped out in the cold on the hood of your car.

The neighbors, the papers, the radio, TV said
The neighbors, newspapers, radio, and TV reported

This evening we could see thousands of fast falling stars.
This evening we could see thousands of rapidly falling stars.

That sort of thing happens just once in a lifetime like ours.
This kind of event only happens once in a lifetime like ours.

I'm hopeless nearsighted,
I have very poor eyesight,

Not much for star gazing,
And I am not into star gazing.

But couldn't let all of those meteors pass.
But I couldn't let all of those meteors go by unnoticed.

This was our first,
This was our initial experience,

This was our only,
This was our single and only experience,

This was our very last chance.
This was our final opportunity.