Everyone's last tune

Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley

Mad World

Gary Jules

"The artist wrote this when they were broken. So was I when I found it."

Fake Plastic Trees

Radiohead

"I want this to be the last impression I leave."

Here Comes the Sun

The Beatles

"It makes me feel like everything will be okay."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

Lua

Bright Eyes

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

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

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

Ring of Fire

Johnny Cash

"I want people to remember the good times when they hear this."

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie

"It just feels true, every single time."

Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush

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

Don't Look Back in Anger

Oasis

"This song sat with me through the darkest stretch of my life."

Good Vibrations

The Beach Boys

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

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

Wonderwall

Oasis

"Because life is long and complicated and this song gets it."

Someone Like You

Adele

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

Heroes

David Bowie

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

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

Chasing Cars

Snow Patrol

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

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"It's my way of having the last word."