Africa

"This was always playing in the background growing up."

"This song belongs to a version of my life I think about often."

"I want this to send everyone off in a good mood."

"It's imperfect and messy and that's the point."

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

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

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

"It's the soundtrack to the people who raised me."

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

"I want people to remember the sound of this, not the silence after."

"I'd rather be remembered through this than through a eulogy."

"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."

"This song makes me believe things generally work out."

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

"I want this to be the soundtrack of how people picture me, after."

"Some things don't need explaining. This is one of them."

"I want this to be the quiet thank you I never got round to saying."

"This song reminds me of home, wherever that was at the time."

"It's the song I'd choose if I could only ever choose one."

"There's no version of my story that doesn't include this song."