I have a morbid interest in songs about death. They have weird commonalities. The singer, for example, almost always refers to his mother or wife, sometimes both.
Here's my Top Three in this dubious category:
I Know It's Over/ The Smiths
"Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head." Very little to add.Oi mutsi mutsi/ Tuomari Nurmio
Sung in such thick Helsinki accent that the lyrics are almost impossible to understand even for a Finn. But the guy basically asks his mother to buy him a white suit. Finnish pragmatism.Give My Love to Rose/ Johnny Cash
A heartbreaking story with the usual Cash ingredients. A chorus that I like to sing in a certain state of mind:"Give my love to Rose please won't you mister
Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes
Tell my boy his daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose".
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