Everyone's last tune

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

"I want people to know I went out exactly as myself."

First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes

Amsterdam

Coldplay

The Scientist

Coldplay

Lua

Bright Eyes

"It says the quiet, hard things out loud."

Naked as We Came

Iron & Wine

"It's the last thing I want ringing in people's ears."

Motion Picture Soundtrack

Radiohead

"We played this at my dad's funeral and I've never been the same since."

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie

John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Sufjan Stevens

"I want people to feel something, not just sit there."

Motion Picture Soundtrack

Radiohead

"I've never once skipped this song. Not once."

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie

Mad World

Gary Jules

"If you know this song, you know me."

Naked as We Came

Iron & Wine

Such Great Heights

The Postal Service

"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie

"It's the song I'd choose if I could only ever choose one."

Cemeteries of London

Coldplay

Naked as We Came

Iron & Wine

"It's the song I'd want as my final word, in a way."

Such Great Heights

The Postal Service

Such Great Heights

The Postal Service

"I want people to feel lighter walking out than they did walking in."

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie