Everyone's last tune

John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Sufjan Stevens

"Out of everything I've ever loved, this stays."

Re: Stacks

Bon Iver

"It's heavy, but it's honest, and I want honesty."

Lua

Bright Eyes

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"This song carried me through a loss I still think about."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"It's the song I'd want as the final note of my story."

Holocene

Bon Iver

"It's the song that taught me grief and love are the same thing, really."

First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes

"This song is as close to a self-portrait as I'll ever get."

Skinny Love

Bon Iver

"I've loved this since the first time I heard it, and that hasn't changed."

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Iron & Wine

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

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"There's no version of my story that doesn't include this song."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

Death With Dignity

Sufjan Stevens

"Out of everything I've ever loved, this stays."

Re: Stacks

Bon Iver

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

"Some songs you just know belong to you."

Skinny Love

Bon Iver

"It's the song that's always been there, quietly, in the background of my life."

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

"I'd rather be remembered through this than through a eulogy."

Holocene

Bon Iver

"It reminds me of car journeys with my family, windows down."

Re: Stacks

Bon Iver

"I want people to know exactly who they were saying goodbye to."

Let Her Go

Passenger

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell