• “Paint the Moon” by The Czars:

“Paint me cool blue waters, with shades of gray. Just don’t let me live my life this way. Without you.”

• “I Wish I Was the Moon Tonight” by Neko Case

“Last night I dreamt I had forgotten my name. ‘Cause I had sold my soul but awoke just the same. I’m so lonely. I wish I was the moon tonight.”

• “Fred Jones” by Ben Folds

“Twenty-five years he’s worked at the paper. A man’s here to take him downstairs. And I’m sorry, Mr. Jones. It’s time. There was no party, there were no songs. ‘Cause today’s just a day like the day that he started. No one is left here that knows his first name. And life barrels on like a runaway train.”

• “A Form to Accommodate the Mess,” by Everything Absent or Distorted

“We’re born gasping for air … and we die gasping for air.”

• “Your Blood/The Very Modern Dance,” by Destroyer

“Ride towards the dawn, Quicksilver on the side of nothing. Never had a chance. Never had to choose Your Blood versus Your Blues.”

just this link actually: http://www.heyreverb.com/2010/01/19/10-most-gut-wrenching-songs-of-the-aughts-weigh-in/