A song people chose
Transatlanticism
by Death Cab for Cutie
115 people have chosen this as their last tune
Alternative · 2003 · Transatlanticism
Why they chose it
"I want people to feel something, not just sit there."
"This is the sound of everything I felt and couldn't explain."
"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."
"If you know this song, you know me."
"I want people to know exactly who they were saying goodbye to."
"It says the quiet, hard things out loud."
"Some things don't need explaining. This is one of them."
"It's the truest thing I know how to share."
"It's the song I'd want carved into the memory of the day."
"It's heavy, but it's honest, and I want honesty."
"It's the song that's always been there, quietly, in the background of my life."
"It's the one song I'd never want to live without."
"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."
"This song sat with me through the darkest stretch of my life."
"This is the song that finally let me cry when I needed to."
"Out of everything I've ever loved, this stays."
"It's the one I'd pick on any day, for any reason."
"I'd rather be remembered through this than through a eulogy."
"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."
"This song helped me through grief I didn't think I'd survive."