- James Mercer of The Shins
- Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin
- Ex: "It is the summer of my smiles, free from me Keepers of the Gloom./ Speak to me only with your eyes, it is to you I give this tune." The Rain Song
- You should at least know this song
- Ezra Furman of Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
- Ex: "When a body catch a body, falling from the sky/ and you realize, that you're both sky high/ it gets quiet, and both can hear the sun, as it cries." Weak Knees
- You should at least know this song
- Nathan Willet of Cold War Kids
- Ex: "I promised to my wife and children, I'd never touch another drink as long as I live./ But even then it sounds so soothing, to mix the gin and sink into oblivion./ I promised to my wife and children, that accident left everyone a little shook-up./ But at the meetings I feel so empty. This will all blow over in time." We Used to Vacation
- You should at least know this song
- Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service
- Ex: "I want so badly to believe, that there is truth, that love is real/ And I want life in every word, to the extent, that it's absurd." Clark Gable
- You should at least know this song
- Mos Def
- Ex: "If you want to fall in love, then where should you stand to begin with?/ And when the fall is done, how bad should you plan to get injured?/ And if you land on your feet, does it count as a fall or a jump?/ And does it feel like a fall when the hands that pushed you are holding you up?" Pistola
- You should at least know this song
- Samuel Beam of Iron and Wine
- Ex: "Please, remember me, fondly; I heard from someone you're still pretty/ And then, they went on to say, that the pearly gates, had some eloquent graffiti/ Like 'We'll meet again,' and 'Fuck the man,' and 'Tell my mother not to worry.'" The Trapeze Swinger
- You should at least know
- Jesse Lacey of Brand New
- Ex: "Goodbye to sleep./ I think this staying up/ is exactly what I need./ Take apart your head./ Take apart the counting/ and the flock it has bred./ Goodbye to love./ It's a ride that will push you up/ right against the wall." Degausser
- You should at least know this song
- Scott and Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers
- Ex: "Make sure my sister knows I love her./ Make sure my mother knows the same./ Always remember, there was nothing worth sharing/ like the love that let us share our name." Murder in the City
- You should at least know this song
- Bruce Springsteen of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
- Ex: "Well, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground, and asked him which was the way back home/ He said, "Take a right at the light, keep goin' straight until night, and then, boy, you're on your own." Blinded by the Light
- You should at least know this song
- Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes
- Ex: "Now I'm hunched over a typewriter, I guess you call that painting in a cave/ and there's a word I can't remember, and a feeling I can't escape./ Now my ashtray's overflowing, I'm still staring at a clean white page/ Oh the morning is at my window, she is sending me to bed again." Another Travelin' Song
- You should at least know this song
- Niel Peart of Rush
- Ex: "All the world's indeed a stage, and we are merely players/ performers and portrayers,/ each another's audience, outside the guilded cage." Limelight
- You should at least know this song
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