Everyone's last tune

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."

Death With Dignity

Sufjan Stevens

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"This song is, weirdly, the most 'me' thing I own."

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

"It's tangled up with some of my favourite memories, and a few sad ones too."

The Night We Met

Lord Huron

John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Sufjan Stevens

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

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"This song gets it. Gets me."

Naked as We Came

Iron & Wine

Naked as We Came

Iron & Wine

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

Death With Dignity

Sufjan Stevens

Let Her Go

Passenger

"I've played this more than any other song, and that says everything."

The Night We Met

Lord Huron

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

"I want people to really listen to the words this time."

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want people to leave humming this, not crying."

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Iron & Wine

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Iron & Wine

Let Her Go

Passenger

"I want people to feel the weight of this, just for a moment."

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Iron & Wine

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman