"All Things Must Die" is a song on the RWBY: Volume 5 Soundtrack.
The song is played in the RWBY Volume 5 episode "Downfall", during Raven Branwen and Cinder Fall's fight. It is about both characters and combines their themes.[1]
Lyrics[]
Day by day it's nearer
Step by step you grow
Closer to your ruin
Soon your time to go
Life is just a journey
Yours is near its end
Bloody evolution
This world transcend
Black out the sky
All things must die
This is the end
Here's where you'll die
Legends should scatter
So just say goodbye
No one will miss you
When you're fin'lly gone
At your conclusion
Sing your swan song
Murder unkindness conspiracy
Embers extinguished in effigy
Just close your eyes
Don't fear demise
Black out the sky
All things must die
All tales conclude
All bonds dissolve
Infinite matter
Will always evolve
Just pray for mercy
At your time of death
Be glad you existed
Enjoy your last breath
Gleefully voicing this eulogy
Spawn of the tenets of treachery
Rest now, subside
With fate collide
Black out the sky
All things must die
It's time to accept to abide
Admit that the hour's arrived
Resign, comply
It's time to be one with the sky
Surrender your pride
Let death be your guide
All things must die
Just close your eyes
Don't fear demise
Black out the sky
All things must die![2]
Trivia[]
- One of the songs lyrics is "Bloody evolution" which is a callback to the lyric of the Volume 1 Opening: "Welcome to the world of bloody evolution." It is unclear if this was an intended connection or a simple coincidence.
- The term "swan song" refers to a person's final activity of their career.
- The lyrics "Gleefully voicing this eulogy, Spawn of the tenets of treachery" refers to Cinder's small talk of Raven's skills before she betrays and freezes her.
- "Murder," "unkindness," and "conspiracy" are all terms used for groups of corvids.