A song people chose
The Funeral
by Band of Horses
136 people have chosen this as their last tune
Alternative · 2006 · Everything All the Time
Why they chose it
"I want this cranked all the way up. No apologies."
"I want people to really listen to the words this time."
"It's the song I'd want carved into the memory of the day."
"I want people to feel the floor shake, just once, for me."
"I want people to know exactly who they were saying goodbye to."
"It's the one song that makes me feel truly alive."
"It's the song I want people thinking of when they think of me."
"This song is about loss, but somehow it feels like hope."
"I want people to feel the riff in their chest."
"This is, in a way, my closing statement."
"It's the song I'd want stuck in everyone's head afterwards."
"It's the song that taught me grief and love are the same thing, really."
"I used to play this on repeat during the hardest year of my life. It helped."
"I've played this more than any other song, and that says everything."
"This is the song I'd want playing when I arrive, wherever that is."
"It's the song that got me through by sheer force."
"This song says more about who I was than I ever could."
"This song is defiance set to music, and that's how I want to be remembered."
"This is the one song I'd never get tired of."
"It's angry and cathartic and exactly what I needed when I found it."