good song for a funeral?
leafs4ever
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hey guys, i don't really know how to put this so umm... my grandfather passed away this morning and i was asked if i could do a eulogy or something of that nature. Now i'm not that good at getting up in front of people at a time like this because i really don't know how well i could control my emotions.
One thing that me and my grandfather had in common was a love for music, not really the same taste but it acts as kind of a release for both of us. So i was going to either read the lyrics to a song kind of like a poem or just play a song that i felt describes my feelings i guess.
I was wondering if anybody had any good suggestions for PJ, radiohead, or any songs that could be used that are in that kind of genra. My head isn't really working too well right now so i'm going through some that i like but i just can't think. I'm probably going to do a sigur ros song or 2, just wondering if you guys can think of anything else.
thanks
One thing that me and my grandfather had in common was a love for music, not really the same taste but it acts as kind of a release for both of us. So i was going to either read the lyrics to a song kind of like a poem or just play a song that i felt describes my feelings i guess.
I was wondering if anybody had any good suggestions for PJ, radiohead, or any songs that could be used that are in that kind of genra. My head isn't really working too well right now so i'm going through some that i like but i just can't think. I'm probably going to do a sigur ros song or 2, just wondering if you guys can think of anything else.
thanks
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Maybe Thumbing My Way or Man of the Hour would be appropriate? I played both of those at my grandfather's funeral a few years back and they felt so right. Everyone really seemed to appreciate the songs and my grandfather loved to hear me play. I think music is something that can really bring people together at a time of loss and that a song or two would be given a very warm reception during such a painful ceremony.
Again, my condolences.
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Around the Bend might be a little sketchy, but might work.
Not sure, but sorry to hear about your loss. Losing a grandparent is always hard, especially if you really get along with them.
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but some songs I can think of are: "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley, "Arc", "The Wolf", "All Or None"from Benaroya Hall, "MOTH"
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thats what i would play at my own
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Check out Brokedown Palace by the Dead, the version on Reckoning is easily available and guaranteed to make a connection with people of all ages; a heartfelt and truly beautiful song for a somber loss.
My condolences to you.
I think i'm going to do the ben harper song i shall not walk alone as a poem and then play a couple songs throughout the service. Man of the Hour is perfect so that's for sure, now deciding between Release, Come Back, and Videotape. I think they are going to be doing In the arm of an angel aswell.
thanks again for the help.
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The sky now divides
To bring you back into the fold
Welcome home
Still my need to recognize
Any comfort you may show
Only grows
Guess I'll learn to accommodate
While my heart just sits and waits
Maybe God you found
Maybe is all that you can offer now
Where am I to take refuge
When the storms of pain release
Shelter me
This blessedness of life
Sometimes brings me to my knees
I call on thee
I have not the words to write
A Farewell to you tonight
Maybe God you found
Maybe is all that you can offer now
I know hearts are weeping
While your voice is now singing
On high, angel on high
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Johnny Cash - Meet Me in Heaven. Its a pretty song.
"We saw houses falling from the sky
Where the mountains lean down to the sand
We saw blackbirds circling 'round an old castle keep
And I stood on the cliff and held your hand
We walked troubles brooding wind swept hills
And we loved and we laughed the pain away
At the end of the journey, when our last song is sung
Will you meet me in Heaven someday
Can't be sure of how's it's going to be
When we walk into the light across the bar
But I'll know you and you'll know me
Out there beyond the stars
We've seen the secret things revealed by God
And we heard what the angels had to say
Should you go first, or if you follow me
Will you meet me in Heaven someday
Living in a mansion on the streets of gold
At the corner of Grace and Rapture Way
In sweet ecstasy while the ages roll
Will you meet me in Heaven someday
In sweet ecstasy while the ages roll Will you meet in Heaven someday"
Actually, "Into the West" by Annie Lennox from the end of the Lord of the Rings.
We played "Space Oddity" by David Bowie at my brother's funeral, it was beautiful. You had many other great suggestions here as well.
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I would choose Long Road myself
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