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The first track off of Sufjan’s 2015 album "Carrie & Lowell".
The song’s title is an oblique reference to Oregon’s "Death with Dignity Act of 1994", a watershed physician-assisted death law. Throughout this song (and the entire album) there are references to places and events in Oregon, the state where Sufjan Stevens estranged mother lived during Sufjan’s childhood.
The instrumentation and production is sparse, featuring two harp-like guitars with an occasional addition of piano.
The lyrics illustrate the loneliness and loss felt by Stevens after the death of his mother. However, the pain is not concentrated on the death itself, but instead on their lack of relationship during the time she was alive.
“Death with Dignity” was used during the trailer for the world premier of "Life is Strange"’s spin-off, "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit".
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