Death Songs!

August Millory's death song was Promise. She struggled a lot in her past because everyone hated her for a crime she couldn't remember, and she could never prove them wrong even though she was determined innocent. By the time she died she reached the understanding that the people of District Eleven were all horrible for putting her through that, and that whatever afterlife she was going into had to be better than the life she had lived. In the beginning of the song the lyrics go "So don't hold me down, I just wanna fly, and the time will come when I gotta say goodbye" and at the end they change to "So don't hold me down, I just wanna fly, yeah the time has come and I gotta say goodbye", symbolizing the fact that she has already taken flight from her painful life and she does not plan on returning.

Dysis' song was Alice Underground, because the theme of the song is falling and being slightly confused, but taking it anyway. I picked this song for her before she was even Reaped, thinking in the back of my mind when I first heard it "This would be a good death!song for Dysis" but remaining pretty determined I would never need to use it. Dysis loved falling, deemed the crazy girl in her district who jumped out of trees. In her death, Dysis is falling for the final time, and she's a bit scared because she doesn't know what's awaiting, but eventually accepts her fate to some degree and jumps off a waterfall, dying before she hits the ground. The line "Can't stop me now," basically describes that final jump for her. I just felt that all in all, it fit her perfectly and was a good way to describe her final fate.

Ink's song was Just Breathe. When she died, Ink realized that everything she had done in the Arena had been for the people she loved, and she became so tired that she decided to greet death with open arms, because she had loved in life and that made it all worth it. The lyrics "Love you 'til I die, meet you on the other side" described this situation really well. ^^

Destiny's song was The Call. Despite all the chaos in her life and mind, Destiny's death was actually rather peaceful, and this is a peaceful song. It sounds like a song where someone who cares about you is leading you back into a good life, but since everyone Destiny had ever loved were either dead or dead to her, the only place she could be called to was death, which in her mind was a better place than the life she was living. I picked this song early on in the Games, which is why the line "All you can do is try to know who your friends are as you head off to the war" interested me especially, because when Klaus first attacked her, she believed he had betrayed her. However, as she was dying, she realized what had to be done, and determined him a true friend to her just before she died.

Senalia Livery was not a tribute, and she has not died, but I am in the process of writing her an AU death oneshot, and the song for that is Come Little Children, a rather creepy lullaby that describes Senalia well. She spent almost her entire life decieving herself, telling herself that everything beautiful and happy, and though there was pain in the world she was always somehow above it all. This song has lyrics similar to that, tempting children with dreams and happiness, but the melody reveals it for what it really is - a lie. And that's just what Senalia's whole life was.

And then, of course, I have a few songs for several of my characters should they ever die, but I'll leave them to be a surprise. ^^