A song people chose
I Will Follow You into the Dark
by Death Cab for Cutie
153 people have chosen this as their last tune
Alternative · 2005 · Plans
Why they chose it
"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."
"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."
"It reminds me that the hard parts were worth it."
"It's the song that reminds me of falling in love, properly, for the first time."
"This is the song that makes loss feel less like an ending."
"It reminds me of the best day of my life."
"The lyrics say everything I've never been able to."
"This is, in a way, my closing statement."
"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."
"It's just a banger."
"Every word of this song means something to me."
"I want people to know exactly who they were saying goodbye to."
"It just feels true, every single time."
"I want people to walk away thinking 'that was so them'."
"There's no version of my story that doesn't include this song."
"There's a reason this is still my favourite, after all this time."
"It's the song I'd want stuck in everyone's head afterwards."
"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."