The song is about the sadness of dying young as the narrator describes how she never really got to experience love and worrying about how her loved ones will miss her and deal with the loss.
A tribute to Swift's late maternal grandmother, the opera singer Marjorie Finlay, the song features bits of advice that Finlay offered to Swift and touches on her guilt over not knowing Finlay to the fullest.
Originally written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. The song features only two short verses, which are of course in line with the plot of the movie, as the dying Sheriff is referring to his wife as Mama at the time of his death, but also describe death in the line of duty.
Commissioned for the soundtrack of the 2015 film Furious 7 as a tribute to Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker, who died in a single-vehicle crash on November 30, 2013.
“My Heart Will Go On” is the theme song of the 1997 movie, Titanic, from the main character Rose's perspective. It speaks about the enduring power of love, even in the face of tragedy and loss.
Lead singer-guitarist Patterson Hood wrote this Country Gothic ballad about his first cousin once removed, who died at the age of four, before Patterson was born. The death of Bonnie, while central to the song, is not the focus of the story; rather, Patterson portrays the family's emotions and the fact that Bonnie's everlasting presence remains with the family decades after she is gone.
The lyrics describe someone who has lost a loved one or encountered an untimely death, and is struggling to cope with the absence. The singer expresses the pain of the loss, and mourns the inability to say goodbye before their loved one left.
In a late 2021 interview Bieber said, “My objective with making this song was to make people feel like there is hope and that the trauma and the hurt that you feel isn’t going to last forever. It takes time to heal. There will be a moment where that pain doesn’t hurt so bad. Know that that feeling will subside.”
This song describes Alexander Hamilton and his wife Eliza's grief as they try to accept their son Philip's death. Through their grieving, Alexander begs for forgiveness for what he has done to Eliza so he can help her through Philip's death, to which she silently agrees as they begin to mend their relationship.
Recorded by Birdy for The Fault in Our Stars movie soundtrack. The film is a romantic story about two youngsters with cancer, Hazel and Augustus. Unfortunately, Augustus succumbs to the disease shortly after they begin to love each other. ‘Not About Angels’ is played when Hazel arrives from his funeral.
The song is about a dying young man who’s saying goodbye to his girlfriend. Powfu explains, “In the sample, she’s talking about sleeping and making coffee for your head and stuff,” he continues. “And I wasn’t really feeling, like, talking about actually sleeping…so I decided to go from the standpoint of somebody who’s on their deathbed.”
This song conveys the passage of time and how we won't always get to experience the things we once have as we age. It reminds us to appreciate the small things that one day we won't get to experience.
