For me a great song has great lyrics and an orginal tune. These 10 have just that.

1. Being Boring by The Pet Shop Boys

Best Line:

"I never thought that I would get to be, the creature that I always longed to be. But I thought, in spite of dreams you'd be sitting somewhere here with me."

2. To Be By Your Side by Nick Cave

Best line:
"For I know one thing, Love comes on a wing.
For tonight I will be by your side. But tomorrow I will fly."

3. She Just Wept by Starsailor

Best line:

"My love's a mess. Daddy I've got nothing left. What can I do that's for the best?"

4. How It Ends by Devotchka

Best line:

"You know what you gotta do. They all depend on you. And you already know. Yet you already know. How this will end"

5. Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, performed by Jeff Buckley

Best line:

"Maybe there is a god above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you"

6. The Day After The Revolution by Pulp

Best line:

"Why did it seem so difficult to realise a simple truth?
The revolution begins and ends with you."

7. What Else Is There - Röyksopp

Best line:

"I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish"

8. Find The River by REM

Best line:

"The ocean is the river's goal,
a need to leave the water knows
We're closer now than light years to go."

9. In The Sun by Jospeh Arthur, performed by Michael Stipe and Chris Martin

Best line:

"I know i would apologize if i could see your eyes
'Cause when you showed me myself i became someone else
But i was caught in between all you wish for and all you need."

10. Hope There's Someone - Antony and the Johnsons

"Hope there's someone who'll take care of me
When I die, Will I go?
Hope there's someone who'll set my heart free."

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