Everyone's last tune

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Iron & Wine

Purple Rain

Prince

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

Purple Rain

Prince

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

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

"There's a line in this song that always gets me."

Tiny Dancer

Elton John

The Night We Met

Lord Huron

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

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want people to sit with this, even if it's uncomfortable."

Respect

Aretha Franklin

Tiny Dancer

Elton John

Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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

Hurt

Johnny Cash

"I want one moment of pure noise before it all goes quiet."

Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush

Lua

Bright Eyes

"The lyrics say everything I've never been able to."

I Will Always Love You

Whitney Houston

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

In My Life

The Beatles

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

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

Cemeteries of London

Coldplay

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

Exit Music (For a Film)

Radiohead

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

Rolling in the Deep

Adele

"It's the last thing I want ringing in people's ears."

Chasing Cars

Snow Patrol