Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Memento Mori, artist - The Streets.
Date of issue: 17.03.2002
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Memento Mori |
Ah, what was the question |
Oh yeah, momento mori |
It means remember it’s inevitable that we will all die |
It sounds quite depressing when said so raw and direct |
But it means don’t hang yourself on a material life |
But that gets dropped when I’m bop on shopping day |
Am I shallow, am i hung up on such wrong ways |
Yes I am shallow and loving every wrong play |
If love is blind then why do we all buy lingerie |
I’ve got nothing in my life away from the studio |
So when I’m loose I end up consuming dough |
Memento mori, memento mori |
It’s latin and it says we must all die |
I tried it for a while but it’s a load of boring shit |
So I buy buy buy buy buy buy |
If I start to think of life I have prangs of paranoia |
Pull one stripey shirt off a racks or another |
Overthink my fate grasping a pastel jumper |
Panic buy a flight home, prang though actually sober |
Change my mind and fly back into vegas |
Buy more pastel shades and some famous labels |
Frame the ferrari through the day with the mayhem |
Just to forget about the race in my head |
I don’t really care about the luck and the look |
But driving a ferrarri is fucking book |
Memento mori, memento mori |
It’s latin and it says we must all die |
I tried it for a while but it’s a load of boring shit |
So I buy buy buy buy buy buy |
I think if I could see me now from my growing past |
I’d Hate the shirted cunt that seems to be so fucking flash |
I reckon from the threadsI think all I think’s about cash |
But my manager tells me I ought to think about cash |
It’s like people don’t know the eighties started |
My car just keeps carding with the card machine |
You don’t regard the old you, driving a ferrarri |
Mine’s the driving license through Nevada at speed |
I never think about money |
In fact I have no idea how much money I have |
Memento mori, memento mori |
It’s latin and it says we must all die |
I tried it for a while but it’s a load of boring shit |
So I buy buy buy buy buy buy |
Chilly 'n carmen air sips as I’m parting her hair |
But I’m an asbo drinker I want to be chilly parkair |
But asbo drinkers just don’t dig my art and my flair |
Even if they dig my asbo driving, past their carlight flair |
Sometimes when I my diamond trinkets with my whores |
I know I’ve strayed a bit from my old sins and my walks |
But then I laugh out loud that my car still fucking talks |
I feel awful for a bit but at least I’m not poor |