Canción para mi muerte is a classic Argentine tune written by Charly García and originally performed with Sui Generis, released in 1972 on their album Vida. The song blends folk rock with shared vocals by García and Nito Mestre, and its lyrics recount a time when the speaker felt beautiful and truly free, with dreams kept in crystal castles, as life’s road stretches ahead and memories fade. The chorus imagines meeting someone in the morning and preparing the bed for two, a stark encounter with mortality that includes the line about wanting to kill oneself rather than be found. The track is regarded as one of the greatest in Argentine rock, and García later re-recorded a version for his 1984 solo album Piano Bar. The song’s origin is linked to García’s hospital experience during military service, which inspired the memorable lyric and its haunting mood. Genre-wise it is often described as folk rock, and its enduring influence spans generations.
