A song people chose
The Drugs Don't Work
by The Verve
163 people have chosen this as their last tune
Alternative · 1997 · Urban Hymns
Why they chose it
"This song sat with me through the darkest stretch of my life."
"It's the kind of song that makes you glad to have been here."
"I want this to be the last good thing people hear."
"There's something about this song I've never been able to put into words."
"This song understands something about endings that I never could put into words."
"I want this playing so people know exactly who I was."
"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."
"This song sat with me through the darkest stretch of my life."
"This one's mine. Always has been."
"It just feels true, every single time."
"It's just always felt like it belonged to me."
"I want this playing so people know exactly who I was."
"It's the song I'd want as the final note of my story."
"The artist wrote this when they were broken. So was I when I found it."
"This one's mine. Always has been."
"I want this to be the thing people associate with me, long after."
"This song is, weirdly, the most 'me' thing I own."
"It's the song I'd want carved into the memory of the day."
"This is the sound of everything I couldn't say to the people I lost."
"I want this playing so people know exactly who I was."