Everyone's last tune

Black

Pearl Jam

"It's the sound of refusing to go quietly."

Numb

Linkin Park

"It's the one song I'd trust to say goodbye for me."

Casimir Pulaski Day

Sufjan Stevens

"I played this on repeat after I lost someone I loved."

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie

"I want people to walk away thinking 'that was so them'."

First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

Chasing Cars

Snow Patrol

Tenerife Sea

Ed Sheeran

"It's the song that got us through the dance lessons before the big day."

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

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

Let Her Go

Passenger

"This is the song I want people to remember me by."

Such Great Heights

The Postal Service

"It says what I never could."

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Iron & Wine

"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."

Streets of Philadelphia

Bruce Springsteen

"I want this to be a moment for whoever needs to grieve, properly."

Fake Plastic Trees

Radiohead

"It's the song I want people thinking of when they think of me."

Tenerife Sea

Ed Sheeran

Africa

Toto

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

Fix You

Coldplay

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

"It's the one song I'd never want to live without."

Mad World

Gary Jules

"I can't explain it. I just know it's the one."

Casimir Pulaski Day

Sufjan Stevens

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