A song people chose
by Death Cab for Cutie
61 people have chosen this as their last tune
Why they chose it
I Will Follow You into the Dark
Death Cab for Cutie
"This song is as close to a self-portrait as I'll ever get."
"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."
"There's a line in this song that always gets me."
"This is the song that finally let me cry when I needed to."
"This is the song that feels like the start of everything good in my life."
"It's heavy, but it's honest, and I want honesty."
"I want this to be the thing people associate with me, long after."
"This song is about loss, but somehow it feels like hope."
"This song understands something about endings that I never could put into words."
"I want people to know I left on my own terms."
"We chose this for our wedding because it said everything we couldn't."
"I want people to know I went out exactly as myself."
"It's not complicated. It's just right."
"This is the song that makes loss feel less like an ending."
"My partner and I danced to this on our wedding day."
"I want this to be the quiet thank you I never got round to saying."
"I've played this more than any other song, and that says everything."