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* The Celtic song "Danny Boy" is from the point of view from someone who has died, talking to their love, the eponymous Danny.

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* The Celtic song "Danny Boy" is a farewell from a father to his son, in which the point of view father anticipates his death before Danny returns from someone who has died, talking to their love, the eponymous Danny.war.
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** Sadly, Phil Ochs committed suicide on April 9, 1976, at the age of 35.

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** Sadly, Phil Ochs committed died by suicide on April 9, 1976, at the age of 35.

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* Two lines from Music/AesopRock's "More Cycles" say that, if he happens to meet a violent death, onlookers should merely gather up all that he left behind (either his motorcycle's wreckage or his contributions to music) and leave without taking time to mourn:
-->''Pinky swear that should I go exploding into springs and gears,\\
You loot the rings and gear and ghost the scene without a single tear''
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* "Youtopia" by Music/ArminVanBuuren f/ Music/AdamYoung.

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* "Youtopia" by Music/ArminVanBuuren f/ Music/AdamYoung.
[[Music/OwlCity Adam Young]](type 1).
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* "Youtopia" by Music/ArminVanBuuren f/ Music/AdamYoung.

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* The {{Eurobeat}} song "Spirit of the Night" by Daniel is a Type 1 example.
* Music/ClanOfXymox's "See You On the Other Side", the closing track of ''Spider On the Wall''.
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* The stage musical adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' has "Some Things Are Meant to Be", a Type 3 version where [[spoiler: Beth acknowledges that she will die soon and encourages Jo]] to keep on living and that she will always be with her.

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* The stage musical adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' has "Some Things Are Meant to Be", a Type 3 version where [[spoiler: Beth acknowledges that she will die soon and encourages tells Jo]] to keep on living and that she will always be with her.
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* The stage musical adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' has "Some Things Are Meant to Be" is a Type 3, where [[spoiler: Beth acknowledges that she will die soon and encourages Jo]] to keep on living and that she will always be with her.

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* The stage musical adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' has "Some Things Are Meant to Be" is Be", a Type 3, 3 version where [[spoiler: Beth acknowledges that she will die soon and encourages Jo]] to keep on living and that she will always be with her.
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* The stage musical adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' has "Some Things Are Meant to Be" is a Type 3, where [[spoiler: Beth acknowledges that she will die soon and encourages Jo]] to keep on living and that she will always be with her.

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* "Flight of the Crows" by Music/{{Jhariah}}. The man feels that he's disappointed everyone so much and dug himself into his own problems, that he isn't deserving of sympathy and they shouldn't care about him. He plans to kill himself and assures people that he'll be happier in his "golden second try", so they should forget about him altogether.
-->''Well, I think that I've gotta go, and I don't know why\\
But I need you to promise that you won't cry\\
'Cause you'll be fine, and so will I\\
So just let the thought of me die''
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* "Remember Me" by Music/{{Augustana}} is about a man asking his wife if she'll take the time to remember him after his death.
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* "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Music/GarthBrooks.

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* "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Music/GarthBrooks.Music/GarthBrooks: the narrator worries that when he dies his significant other might doubt how much he loved her, so he tells her every day to make sure she knows.

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* "When I'm Gone" by Music/{{Eminem}} subverts this. It's actually a song about Eminem regretting that he has to constantly leave behind his daughter Hayley when he goes on tour and that he has to keep brushing her off to get his work done. This culminates in a nightmare where Hayley [[CallingTheOldManOut tells him off]], resulting in Eminem killing himself.

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* "When I'm Gone" by Music/{{Eminem}} subverts this. has a triple meaning. It's actually a song about Eminem regretting that he has to constantly leave behind his daughter Hayley Hailie when he goes on tour and that he has to keep brushing her off to get his work done. This culminates done, but also served as his major single announcing his hiatus (to focus on producing... and, unfortunately, [[CreatorBreakdown opioid abuse]]). It's also the song in a nightmare where Hayley [[CallingTheOldManOut tells him off]], resulting in which Eminem killing himself.kills off his Slim Shady alter ego, so the words of the chorus -- "''don't mourn, rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice''" are to be understood as Slim Shady's words to his fans after his death. (Don't worry - in 2009, [[FirstLawOfResurrection Shady got better]]. By which we mean, [[{{Horrorcore}} worse]].)
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* "Dreaming", a collaboration between Zero 7 and Music/{{Sia}}, seems to be written from the perspective of someone who has died and are telling their lover to move on.
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* "We're All Alone" by Boz Scaggs seems fitting for a couple in which the narrator's beloved is on their deathbed, with the lyrics proclaiming faithful love even facing departure from the world.
-->''Outside the rain begins\\
And it may never end\\
So cry no more, on the shore a dream\\
Will take us out to sea, forever more, forevermore\\
Close your eyes ami, and you can be with me\\
'Neath the waves, through the caves of hours\\
Long forgotten now, we're all alone, we're all alone''

-->''Once a story's told, it can't help but grow old\\
Roses do, lovers too, so cast\\
Your seasons to the wind\\
And hold me dear, oh hold me dear''
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# Very close to the first and second, this version has the singer close to death or question how long his life will be and has him singing out all the things he wants to tell people before he's gone.

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# Very close to the first and second, this version has the singer close to death or question questioning how long his life will be and has him singing out all the things he wants to tell people before he's gone.

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This is different from a break-up song, because this kind of song isn't about the couple breaking up, and often carries the meaning that neither of the two really wants to part from the other, but they must because of forces outside their control.

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This is different from a break-up song, BreakUpSong, because this kind of song isn't about the couple breaking up, and often carries the meaning that neither of the two really wants to part from the other, but they must because of forces outside their control.control.

Compare GriefSong, which is about death. These frequently appear as AlbumClosure.

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