Memory Death - Revision history

2A04:4E41:3610:ACD6:0:0:B28A:8CD6: Fix typo

2026-09-30T04:39:13Z

Fix typo

2026-09-30T04:36:43Z

Adding Lethe theory

2026-07-18T09:50:55Z

undo

2026-07-14T00:42:37Z

Added to the lyric speculation (this is what I hear)

2026-07-05T16:28:08Z

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2026-06-09T22:07:41Z

Added release year

2026-06-09T22:06:40Z

Introduction + note about the idea of two deaths

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 <blockquote>“Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some ways men can be immortal.” <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9556005-every-man-has-two-deaths-when-he-is-buried-in Quote by Ernest Hemingway], Goodreads</ref></blockquote>
-* The placement of this song after "[[Naraka]]" (Hell) and immediately before "[[The World Becomes Flesh]]" (describing embryo development), could hint that "memory death" refers to the forgetting of a past life prior to being reborn. For example, in Greek mythology, shades could only be reincarnated after drinking from the river [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethe Lethe], which would wash away their memories.
+* The placement of this song after "[[Naraka]]" (Hell) and immediately before "[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" (describing embryo development), could hint that "memory death" refers to the forgetting of a past life prior to being reborn. For example, in Greek mythology, shades could only be reincarnated after drinking from the river [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethe Lethe], which would wash away their memories.
 == Samples / Lyrics ==

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 * "Memory death" could also refer to the idea of a person dying twice; first when they are buried, and then when they are forgotten. As summarized in a quote by Ernest Hemingway:
 <blockquote>“Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some ways men can be immortal.” <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9556005-every-man-has-two-deaths-when-he-is-buried-in Quote by Ernest Hemingway], Goodreads</ref></blockquote>
 == Samples / Lyrics ==

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 == Samples / Lyrics ==
-* Beginning at 1:13, a heavily time stretched sample of what sounds like a woman gasping "please" repeatedly, or "please release them" can be heard.
+* Beginning at 1:13, a heavily time stretched sample of what sounds like a woman gasping "please" repeatedly can be heard.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Samples / Lyrics ==
-* Beginning at 1:13, a heavily time stretched sample of what sounds like a woman gasping "please" repeatedly can be heard.
+* Beginning at 1:13, a heavily time stretched sample of what sounds like a woman gasping "please" repeatedly, or "please release them" can be heard.
 == Trivia ==

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 | appearson=[[Inferno]] (2026)
 | next=[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]
-| prev=[[Acts of Magic]]}}
+| prev=[[Acts Of Magic]]}}

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 | name=Memory Death
 | runtime=2:37
-| appearson=[[Inferno]] (2026)}}
+| appearson=[[Inferno]] (2026)
 "[[Memory Death]]" is the ninth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

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 * ''[[Geogaddi]]''
 * "[[Opening The Mouth]]"
 == External links ==

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 == Audio ==
 <spotify width="100%" height="380">track/5YFWLq8Y6LElf9r8hMYgFa </spotify>
 == External links ==

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 | appearson=[[Inferno]]}}
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 * Sounds strongly reminiscent of the breathing sounds in ''[[Geogaddi]]'''s "[[Opening The Mouth]]" can be heard in this track. On ''[[Geogaddi]]'' this was a reference to ancient Egyptian mummification practises - here it also seems to be related to the act of dying. Perhaps the 'memory' referred to by the title is the listener's memory of that track on ''[[Geogaddi]]'', or the loss of memory during terminal illness or loss of life.
 == Samples / Lyrics ==