Songs I Want to Hear on My Deathbed

I know we don't get to choose how we go, but if I could pick the music I get to listen to in my final moments, it would be these songs, in this SPECIFIC order.

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First Alternate: “Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac

This is one of my favorite songs. Stevie Nicks has my entire being. When I heard her sing this song live, I couldn't help but cry. Her sheer, raw vocals invoked emotions I did not know possible. And while this song didn't quite make the cut for my final playlist, it would be a pleasant addition.

“Lover, You Should've Come Over" by Jeff Buckley

Picture this: I have come to meet the eyes of death. Jeff Buckley's needy voice is crooning in the background while I realize my evidential end is here. I begin to think about my past... yearning for what once was, what I wanted to be but failed, and what can never be again. My regrets and hopes for my life cease to exist in my last moments.

“Happiness Is a Butterfly" by Lana Del Ray

After the initial shock of my impending extinction, I would need to consult a goddess. Lana said it best, “If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst that can happen to a girl who's already hurt?" This song would get me in the mindset to experience pain (if those are, unfortunately, the conditions I find myself in. Manifest they do not get me).

“Dawn Chorus" by Thom Yorke

I have now accepted my fate; I am beyond aware of my mortality. It's dissociation time, and that calls for SAD THOM YORKE. It's the Dawn Chorus... enough said.

“Home With You" by FKA Twigs

I have reached the last moments on this earth, and I would not spend them any other way than listening to this song. My body will begin to ascend when this song reaches 2:58. Like okay, goodbye forever, world. I am ready for eternal darkness.

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^Actual evidence of my future ascension (This is me attempting to end on a light note).