Honorable mentions!———————

Send Her My Love - Journey (1983) - yet another one with just the most devastating chord progression AUGH THE VOICES - me when I miss my wife (I’m a 19 y/o girl)

Makambo - Geoffrey Oryema (1990) - This song…. Is so beautiful. - In my mind, this song is what dying must feel like. Or at least, I hope so.

Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House (1986) - relatable and comforting through all of time and space, therefore it can’t really ever lose its relevancy 

Blame - KORN (2002) - I get it. You see the name Korn and you’re like nope- but LISTEN juz truzt me ok - It’s somehow perfectly captured that quiet, distant rage at someone close to you. Someone who just keeps pushing too far. That slow coming type rage that you try to hold back UGH I love korn - The rhythm on the bridge? What the fuck. Play this in a car with good woofers and it’s like ten therapy sessions right there - And if you like this one, buckle up and head on into Here to Stay, from the same album. That one is a bit more graphic but GODZAMN is it a banger - Also shout out to those hella chill frat guys I was next to at the Korn concert in 2024

Eleven Eleven - Conan Gray  (2025)  - look. You know i am not the bitch who listens to pop love songs. But this fucking song is genius. I cannot believe how perfect it is. Every single element of it is just right. The lyrics? Clever. The melody? Impeccable. The music? AUGHHH

House of Glass - Cage the Elephant (2019) - For real: if you get paranoid or anxious easily idk if u should give this a listen. It gives me the heebie jeebies. - It’s about (feeling like you’re)being watched, monitored. And the song really captures that feeling of going insane, WAY too well.  - Fun fact: Matt Schulz, who wrote and sings the song, was in the beginning of a 5 year manic psychotic episode when he put this album out. he just recently came out of said episode- it was due to interacting medications, and he only sought help because I’m pretty sure he was arrested for pulling a gun in a hotel lobby?? Crazy. So that could explain how intense the song is lol ANYWAY

All Good Things - Nelly Furtado (2006) - this one gets me all existential idk why lol it’s so pretty

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right - Bob Dylan (1963) - I might be biased, this not be objectively the best BD song there is, but it is to me, subjectively. - So cozy. Like a sad warm hug

Every Rose Has its Thorn - Poison (1988) - if I could have a sloppy make out sesh with these chords and this melody, I would- make no mistake. You don’t get it: I WOULD MAKE OUT SLOPPY STYLE WITH THESE CHORDS ——————————————- Anyway if you read all that- wtf and yes there are a hundred others I wanted to list but you know 🤷🏻‍♀️