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Carpe Mortem


Breathe In breath out.
Look up look down.
Tell me you found all there is to find out!
Let us see how high you can count?
 
Carpe Mortem, count and sort 'em,
Tell me that you've won!
Carpe Mortem, count and sort 'em
because life has just begun.
 
Breathe in breathe out!
Have you talked with those 6 ft beneath the ground?
Breathe it in and breathe it out
Prove to me that you can count!
 
Carpe Mortem, count and sort 'em,
Tell me that you've won!
Carpe Mortem, count and sort 'em,
because life has just begun!
 
Yes, Life has just begun!
Let us laugh, and sing and run
Let us live for something,
That is worth much more than 1
 
Infinity times infinity times infinity times the earth
Times infinity times infinity equals more than death to birth.
 
Carpe Mortem, count and sort 'em,
Tell me that you've won!
Carpe Mortem, count and sort 'em,
Because life has just begun!
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