What song would you have played at your funeral?

[name not needed]

Yeah, it's an odd question, but who gives a crap.

Low Man's Lyric by Metallica

My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
There's a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain
I fall 'cause I let go
The net below has rot away
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'cause low man is due

Please forgive me

My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you, yeah
Of what is done and to do, yeah
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'cause low man is due

Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Please forgive me

So low the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again

And I cry to the alleyway
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I've broken to match my face

The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can't bear to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you, yeah
Of what is done and to do, yeah
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'cause low man is due

Please forgive me
Please forgive me

So low the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again

My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins

[JohnKleeb]

1. Fuck if I know

I dunno, something traditional like Amazing Grace, or something traditional like that, maybe Adagio For Strings, maybe Battle Hymn of the Republic but I believe thats for Vets only, either way I would want Amazing Grace done in bagpipes. Love me the pipes even though I am not a Scot. As far as other songs go, I'd like I did my way by the sex pistols, odd if you consider I am the anti punk but I like that song, hmm theres so many others. I'd also like that one song from the Green Mile, I am in Heaven or Neil Young's Expecting to Fly.

[Gryffindor_Bookworm]

2. Shimmer, by Fuel

She calls me from the cold
Just when I was low, feeling short of stable
And all that she intends
And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label
She says she's ashamed
And can she take me for a while
And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past
But maybe I'm not able
And I break at the bend

(Chorus)
We're here and now, but will we ever be again
'Cause I have found
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
Away again

She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her
She says that love is for fools who fall behind
And I'm somewhere in between
I never really know
A killer from a savior
'Til I break at the bend

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away...
(x6)

Guess I'll let it go

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

3. Amazing Grace

beyond that, whatever they want to play. I won't be there, man!

[JohnKleeb]

6. Have you ever heard on the pipes?

oh its so pretty. Always gets me teary eyed.

[Cerridwen]

21. Exactly what I was thinking . . .

I have a friend who on occasion, plays heavy metal tunes on the pipes. Too funny.

[name not needed]

23. I'm sure it is

What has he played?

[Cerridwen]

29. Geez, I do not remember...so sorry.

It would have made some fun information.

I'll try to pay better attention next time. Too busy laughing last time.

[JohnKleeb]

30. I know a lot of people here dont like the film braveheart

but some excellent pipe playing in that movie. I love me the pipes even though I have no Scots blood.

[Cerridwen]

33. Pipes are great. I may have some Scots blood

or not. I do have Irish.

I have a wonderful arrangement of "Scotland the Brave" that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

But, then, I'm kinda weird.

:D

[JohnKleeb]

34. now I am part Irish

but other than that German and Slovak and Slovene.

[Sticky]

4. That's beautiful....

Mine will be a Van Morrison song called Across The Bridge Where Angels Dwell

Across the bridge where angels dwell
Across the bridge where angels
Across the bridge where angels dwell
Children play

Beyond the place where time is still
Beyond the place where time is
Beyond the place where time is still
Night is day

Close your eyes in fields of wonder
Close your eyes and dream
Close your eyes in fields of wonder
Close your eyes and dream

Along the path where heaven lies
Along the path where heaven
Along the path where heaven lies
All is clear

Ahead where home awaits the heart
Ahead where home is waiting
Ahead where home awaits the heart
Peace is near

Close your eyes in fields of wonder
Close your eyes and dream
Close your eyes in fields of wonder
Close your eyes and dream

Across the bridge where angels dwell
Across the bridge where angels
Across the bridge where angels dwell
Children play

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

7. I love me some Van Morrison, that is an awesome song

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. A Love Supreme by Coltrane or...

Too Drunk To Fuck by the Dead Kennedys

[No2W2004]

37. Nazi Punks, Fuck Off.

Just because I'd be pissed off if I was the center of attention at a funeral after I told everyone I didn't want one.

[carpediem]

8. On the Road Again...

that was always the song my mom said she wants us to play.

[Atlas Mugged]

9. 'Sympathy for the Devil'

Seriously. It's in my will. And Handel's 'Sarabande'.

[Skittles]

10. Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd)

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i

Friction lock - set.
Mixture - rich
Propellers - fully forward
Flaps - set - 10 degrees
Engine gauges and suction - check

Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck
Flight instruments...
Altimeters - check both
(garbled word) - on
Navigation lights - on
Strobes - on
(to tower): confirm 3-8-echo ready for departure
(tower): hello again, this is now 129.4
(to tower): 129.4. it’s to go.
(tower): you may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(to tower): 3-8-echo
Easy on the brakes. take it easy. it’s gonna roll this time.
Just hand the power gradually, and it...

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i

[JanMichael]

11. I have no idea what I'd choose now. Perhaps something yet to be...

...put to music?

I suppose that's a bit a revolutionary's fantasy...

[kodi]

12. Ripple (Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia)

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
Would you hear my voice come thru the music,
Would you hold it near as it were your own?

It’s a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken,
Perhaps they’re better left unsung.
I don’t know, don’t really care
Let there be songs to fill the air.

Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty,
If your cup is full may it be again,
Let it be known there is a fountain,
That was not made by the hands of men.

There is a road, no simple highway,
Between the dawn and the dark of night,
And if you go no one may follow,
That path is for your steps alone.

Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.

But if you fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who’s to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home.

[Old and In the Way]

41. Not Fade Away/ Going Down the Road Feeling Bad.

and Dying Crapshooter's Blues

[enigmatic]

13. "Closing Time" by Tom Waits n/m

[givemebackmycountry]

14. Oh Shit...This is easy

Too much fun that's news to me
Too much fun, there must be
A whole lot of things that I ain't done
But I never had too much fun...

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen

[Old and In the Way]

44. The Commander!

Was stumbling down Commonwealth Ave in Boston one night in the early 70s.....heard this outrageous live music spilling out of a bar...had to investigate. There were a couple hundred people there having a raucous time listening to CCATLPA. One of those really great musical memories....last call was "Down to Stems and Seeds Again Blues".

[VoteDemocratic2004]

15. Good by Norma Jean by Elton

I loved Norma Jean she was one of my idols.

[CanuckAmok]

16. "Wish You Were Here"

:evilgrin:

[arwalden]

17. CAR WASH -- by Rose Royce!!!!

And I'm serious as I can be. This is in writing along with all my other wishes concerning my final arrangements and disposition of my remains.

People are gonna LAUGH that I'd choose such an odd song for a funeral service... and EVERY TIME they hear that song they'll think of me. (Selfish, huh?)

-- Allen

[DenverDem]

18. Broke-down Palace

"Broke-down Palace"
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia

Fare you well my honey
Fare you well my only true one
All the birds that were singing
Have flown except you alone

Goin to leave this Broke-down Palace
On my hands and my knees I will roll roll roll
Make myself a bed by the waterside
In my time - in my time - I will roll roll roll

In a bed, in a bed
by the waterside I will lay my head
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul

River gonna take me
Sing me sweet and sleepy
Sing me sweet and sleepy
all the way back back home
It's a far gone lullaby
sung many years ago
Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come
since I first left home

Goin home, goin home
by the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul

Goin to plant a weeping willow
On the banks green edge it will grow grow grow
Sing a lullaby beside the water
Lovers come and go - the river roll roll roll

Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul

[Old and In the Way]

42. Good choice!

[Endangered Specie]

19. Internationale, perhaps.

[EstimatedProphet]

20. Brain Damage/Eclipse-Pink Floyd, and Ripple-Grateful Dead

Brain Damage
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

"I can't think of anything to say except...
I think it's marvelous! HaHaHa!"

Eclipse
All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy,
beg, borrow or steal
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

For Ripple, see post #12

[ironflange]

22. Hit the Road, Jack

Cuz that's my name. Jack.

[UrbScotty]

24. "Amazing Grace" or "Come Sail Away" (by Styx)

I’m sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
I’ve got to be free, free to face the life that’s ahead of me
On board, I’m the captain, so climb aboard
We’ll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I’ll try, oh Lord, I’ll try to carry on

I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We live happily forever, so the story goes
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
But we’ll try best that we can to carry on

A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
They said come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
Singing come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

[mzmolly]

25. Love the Pink Floyd choices.

:hi:

And Amazing Grace o' course.

I'll have to think on this one a bit. :freak:

[napi21]

26. "I did it my way". Always like that song and that's the way I live.

I know it's very old, but it's me!

[mzmolly]

28. Great choice! I like the Syd Vicious version.

:P

[JohnKleeb]

31. the one that plays at the end of goodfellas? great song

[Jeebo]

27. The Mahler "Resurrection" Symphony ...

... because it just happens to be my favorite music of all the music I've ever heard in my life. Numbers two and three are Beethoven's "Eroica" and "Pastoral" symphonies, which makes me think of the scene in "Soylent Green" when Edward G. Robinson's character goes into the suicide facility and they play the first movement of the "Pastoral" symphony while they're putting him to sleep.

Ron

[Snow]

32. "The Lark Ascending" Ralph Vaughan Williams.

and hold out the final silence................................

[caledesi]

35. Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkel

Bridge Over Trouble Water

When you’re weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I’m on your side. When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

When you’re down and out,
When you’re on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
I’ll take your part.
When darkness comes
And pain is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Sail on silvergirl,
Sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I’m sailing right behind.

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.

One of my all-time favorites!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. Whatever people wanted to play...

Whatever brings comfort to the living. Maybe Brahms Requiem...

[wickerwoman]

38. "Across the Universe"?

Maybe "Let it Be".

Death seems to turn me into a bigger Beatles fan.

[Kenneth ken]

39. I wouldn't have played anything

I'd have been dead :shrug:

:P

[vajraroshana]

40. Grateful Dead "Ripple"

Followed by Bach's "Air on a G string"

[bo44]

43. Just Antother Day by Tower of Power

It is on the same album as What is Hip? Actually I want my folks to hear the whole album.

[kariatari]

45. U2 - "One Tree Hill"

We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill
As the day begs the night for mercy love
The sun so bright it leaves no shadows
Only scars carved into stone
On the face of earth
The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes


You run like river, on like a sea
You run like a river runs to the sea


And in the world a heart of darkness
A fire zone
Where poets speak their heart
Then bleed for it
Jara sang, his song a weapon
In the hands of love
You know his blood still cries
From the ground


It runs like a river runs to the sea
It runs like a river to the sea


I don't believe in painted roses
Or bleeding hearts
While bullets rape the night of the merciful
I'll see you again
When the stars fall from the sky
And the moon has turned red
Over One Tree Hill


We run like a river
Run to the sea
We run like a river to the sea
And when it's raining
Raining hard
That's when the rain will
Break my heart


Raining...raining in the heart
Raining in your heart
Raining...raining to your heart
Raining, raining...raining
Raining to your heart
Raining...raining in your heart
Raining in your heart..
To the sea


Oh great ocean
Oh great sea
Run to the ocean
Run to the sea