A song people chose
Flightless Bird, American Mouth
by Iron & Wine
162 people have chosen this as their last tune
Folk · 2007 · The Shepherd's Dog
Why they chose it
"It says the quiet, hard things out loud."
"It's the truest thing I know how to share."
"It says what I never could."
"It's just a banger."
"My other half picked this for our first dance and got it exactly right."
"We still slow dance to this in the kitchen sometimes."
"This is the sound of everything I felt and couldn't explain."
"It's imperfect and messy and that's the point."
"There's a line in this song that always gets me."
"I want people to remember the sound of this, not the silence after."
"I've played this more than any other song, and that says everything."
"I used to play this on repeat during the hardest year of my life. It helped."
"I want this to be the last thing people hear me 'say'."
"It's the one song I'd never want to live without."
"It's the one song I'd never want to live without."
"It's the last thing I want ringing in people's ears."
"I've played this more than any other song, and that says everything."
"It just feels like me."
"This is the song that finally let me cry when I needed to."
"This song has got me through more than I can say."