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I Mourn For Your Life And I Mourn For Mine!

from Songs About Death In A​-​minor! by Danny Ramirez

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‘This is the last track of the Songs About Death!-tape. The Shadow of Death haunts the guitar chords in this song and near the end the Bell of Death is chiming underneath the sounds of a chilling guitar improvisation over the famous first line of Chopin's Marche Funèbre (written in 1837). The lyrics are about how we all must live with the constant certainty that no matter what we do, we’re on a highway towards the grave or the crematory. Time conquers all, undoing everything we accomplished in life. The first tape, the first cd, the audio part of the One Day-dvd and the Songs About Death!-tape are the only releases of which Danny has played all songs live. For many years I Am The Reason For You To Be! -- which also appeared on the first cd -- was the most performed Songs About Death! track, with the others done only a handful of times each. However, six years after its apparent final performance I Mourn! was exhumed and played as the closing song at the 2022 Autumn Of Tears! Tour and at most gigs in 2023..’

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I mourn for your life and I mourn for mine
Our names will be forgotten, we will be vanquished by time
We yearn for prestige, we think we're doing fine
But listen carefully, and hear the death bell chime

With ev'ry passing year our final hour's getting near
With ev'ry step we take we march onto the day we fear
The Grim Reaper casts his shade over moments of cheer
Just listen carefully, the toll of death's bell you will hear

It's near at hand, the hour will come
We must admit that time has won
The winds of death, they blow our way
Mocking ev'ry word we say
We are no match, we can't compete
We're heading towards our defeat
The road we're on is going down
Going down

I mourn for your life and I mourn for mine
Our names will be forgotten, we will be vanquished by time
We yearn for prestige, we think we're doing fine
But listen carefully, and hear the death bell chime


‘This is the last track of the Songs About Death!-tape. The Shadow of Death haunts the guitar chords in this song and near the end the Bell of Death is chiming underneath the sounds of a chilling guitar improvisation over the famous first line of Chopin's Marche Funèbre (written in 1837). The lyrics are about how we all must live with the constant certainty that no matter what we do, we’re on a highway towards the grave or the crematory. Time conquers all, undoing everything we accomplished in life. The first tape, the first cd, the audio part of the One Day-dvd and the Songs About Death!-tape are the only releases of which Danny has played all songs live. For many years I Am The Reason For You To Be! -- which also appeared on the first cd -- was the most performed Songs About Death! track, with the others done only a handful of times each. However, six years after its apparent final performance I Mourn! was exhumed and played as the closing song at the 2022 Autumn Of Tears! Tour and at most gigs in 2023..’

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from Songs About Death In A​-​minor!, released December 4, 2000
Danny Ramirez - acoustic rhythm guitar, acoustic lead guitar, death's bell, vocals

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Danny Ramirez Leiden, Netherlands

Danny Ramirez is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands and the guitar player for stonerdoom band Toner Low! Besides playing morbid folk he has some one-man bands as well, but most of his releases are Ramirez EPs! Danny did solo gigs in the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany, and played with a.o. Amigo The Devil, Bob Wayne, Joe Buck Yourself (Hank III) and The Goddamn Gallows! ... more

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