A song before dying

The long tones, the funereal cadence that doesn't drag, the resignation that doesn't blink but can still harmonize. Really, if you had time before dying to deliberate on your own last moments, I think this is the way to go out.

Talk about making a song your own. I love that old Warren Defever just got down to the barest lyrical grist and dispensed with all the Jesus stuff. In his restlessness, he's revisited this tune a few times. It's come a long way from his original Neil Young-ish version, and he's got it right where it needs to be. An honest indie rock spiritual. Listen lots of times.

His Name Is Alive - This World Is Not My Home