Listen to this when
Keep Me in Your Heart
He knew he was dying, so he wrote the people he loved one last request: just remember me. 🕯️
Who it's for
Written and recorded by a man facing his own death, the song gives authentic voice to a goodbye many people never get to say.
Sad→Comforted
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Keep Me in Your Heart" is the closing track of Warren Zevon's 2003 album The Wind, written by Zevon and Jorge Calderón and produced by Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Zevon. Zevon began writing it soon after his 2002 diagnosis with inoperable mesothelioma, and it deals with his mortality. He recorded it on April 12, 2003, with his daughter Ariel and Calderón in the studio.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available).
Before you start
Heads up: Terminal illness and approaching death.
Age: Ages 12+
Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
