Songs about passing of time, passing away

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Originally posted by Wojtek
One of the most fascinating cultural differences I know is the one connected with celebrating Halloween/All Saints Day. Here in Poland on that days we are visiting realtives', friends' tombs, lighting candles. Cementaries are very beautiful then (flowers, sparkling lights at evening and in the night). So it's just the opposite to the Halloween atmosphere.

I need your help. I may have occassion to dj an event connected with songs about passing of time, passing by, death, loneliness after losing dearest person, songs with atmosphere of reflection, meditation, songs in pensive mood. If you know prog songs meeting such criteria please help me.

I've already found a few (eg. Mostly Autumn's, Pain of Salvation's, Opeth's) but knowing mainly modern prog I don't want to miss old great prog songs.
And of course I don't know whole modern scene so if you know any prog tracks connected with topics mentioned above I'll be grateful for that.
Thanks in advance.

Marillion's Estonia from This Strange Engine... and there's a really nice acoustic version on the remaster of Radiat10n.

Feeling you shake
Feel your heart break
Thinking if only, if only, if only, if only
And the salt water runs
Through your veins and your bones
Telling you no not this way, not this way, not this way

And you would give anything
Give up everything
Offer your life blood away
For yesterday

No one leaves you
When you live in their heart and mind
And no one dies
They just move to the other side
When we're gone
Watch the world simply carry on
We live on laughing and in no pain
We'll stay and be happy
With those who have loved us today

Finding the answer
It's a human obsession
But you might as well talk to the stones and the trees and the sea
'Cause nobody knows
And so few can see
There's only beauty and carin g and truth beyond darkness

No one leaves you
When you live in their heart and mind
And no one dies
They just move to the other side
When we're gone
Watch the world simply carry on
We live on laughing and in no pain
We'll stay and be happy
With those who have loved us today

And we won't understand your grief
Because time is illusion
As this watery world spins around
This timeless sun
Will dry your eyes
And calm your mind

No one leaves you
When you live in their heart and mind
And no one dies
They just move to the other side
When we're gone
Watch the world simply carry on
It's okay, we will stay and be happy
Stay and be happy
With those who have loved us today