My brother just recently passed. What are some good songs to play at his funeral?

Question

What are some good funeral songs. If you have any, can you please give me the song title and the name of the Artist? thanks

Answer 1

I am so sorry for your loss.

Artist/Band: Gill Vince
Lyrics for Song: Go Rest High On That Mountain
Lyrics for Album: When Love Finds You
I know your life
On earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren't afraid to face the devil
You were no stranger to the rain

Go rest high on that mountain
Son, you work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and Son

Oh, how we cried the day you left us
We gathered round your grave to grieve
I wish I could see the angels faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing

Go rest high on that mountain
Son, you work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and Son

Answer 2

Songs:

I Will Remember You, Sarah McLachlan
The Dance, Garth Brooks
I'll be Missing You


And a Good Poem:

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood,
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

W. H. Auden

Answer 3

I am sorry about you loss. You might like this song.
Angel
by Sarah Mclachlan.
Angel

Spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there's always one reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh beautiful release
memory seeps from my veins
let me be empty
and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

in the arms of an angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there

so tired of the straight line
and everywhere you turn
there's vultures and thieves at your back
and the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lie
that you make up for all that you lack
it don't make no difference
escaping one last time
it's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

in the arms of an angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort there
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here

Answer 4

First of all I don't think as listed above highway to hell is a good one. If he liked country music Vince Gil go rest high on that mountain. I am sorry for your lost and no song will bring him back but trust me from previous lost and planning a funeral when you here the song after the funeral it will be the song you will always remember him by so choose a good one. Think of what type of music he liked. Pray that God get you through this and maybe a spiritual song.

Answer 5

Hope this helps a little and I'm sorry for your loss!
Angels - Robbie Williams
Candle In The Wind - Elton John
Amazing Grace
Time To Say Goodbye
You'll Never Walk Alone
Unchained Melody
Live Forever - Oasis
Always look on the bright side of life - Eric Idle
Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
Who wants to live forever - Queen
Wind Beneath My Wings" , Bette Midler
We'll Meet Again", Dame Vera Lynn (ANI)

Answer 6

my empathy to you. My advice is to remember the smiles and special memories shared between you.
I'm not sure of the age group here, but I recently attended a funeral that played the song by Brad Paisley called "When I get Where I'm Going".
The words really touched my heart.

Answer 7

for good from the musical wicked...it is a very good song

I'm limited:
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you -
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
(spoken) For both of us
(sung) Now it's up to you:

GLINDA
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you:

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

ELPHABA
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend:
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you:

GLINDA
Because I knew you:

BOTHI have been changed for good

ELPHABA
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for

GLINDA
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

BOTH
And none of it seems to matter anymore

GLINDA ELPHABA
Like a comet pulled Like a ship blown
From orbit as it Off it's mooring
Passes a sun, like By a wind off the
A stream that meets Sea, like a seed
A boulder, half-way Dropped by a
Through the wood Bird in the wood

BOTH
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better?

GLINDA
And because I knew you:
ELPHABA
Because I knew you:

BOTH
Because I knew you:
I have been changed for good.

Answer 8

first of all i want to say how sorry i am for your loss i know what you are going through Aug 8Th marked the 5 yr anniversary on my own brothers death although i dont know how your brother passed my brother took his own life after his wife left him and i know the impact a song can have on you in my case my brothers wife chose to play George Jones' "He stopped loving her today" and now every time i hear it my stomach turns but i think a new song that is out right now that is a wonderful song to remember your brother both in life and death would be "God only cries for the living" i am not sure of the artist but it is a country song i leave you with my deepest sympathy

Answer 9

"The Dance" by Garth Brooks.

If you can think of any songs that your brother really loved, they will remind your family and friends of him even more. Songs that showed his love for life or special moments are good, too. For instance I don't think about funeral planning at all, but I want "Octopus's Garden" by The Beatles played for me. OK, so I sound nuts. But my family knows I love that song. The imagery in it is fantastic. I've loved it forever. When they think of that song, they think of me.

Take care. I am very sorry for your loss.

Answer 10

I am so sorry to hear of your brother's passing. My condolences to you. Two songs come to mind. They are A Lot Of Things Different by Kenny Chesney and Go Rest High On That Mountain by Vince Gill.