Everyone's last tune

John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Sufjan Stevens

First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes

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

The Scientist

Coldplay

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

Mad World

Gary Jules

Here Comes the Sun

The Beatles

Purple Rain

Prince

"It's the song that plays in my head on good days and bad ones."

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

"I want whoever's in that room to know I loved deeply."

Africa

Toto

"It just feels like me."

Teardrop

Massive Attack

"It's melancholy, but it's mine, and I want it heard."

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

Alright

Kendrick Lamar

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

Dancing in the Dark

Bruce Springsteen

"This one's mine. Always has been."

Rolling in the Deep

Adele

The Night Will Always Win

Manchester Orchestra

"There's a sadness in this song that feels like comfort, somehow."

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

"Because it's honest. No pretending. Just the truth."

What a Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

"Some songs you just know belong to you."

Unfinished Sympathy

Massive Attack

With or Without You

U2

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

Hotel California

Eagles

"This song is defiance set to music, and that's how I want to be remembered."