05 Pts: Bed of Roses -
From beginning to end BOR is poetry. It also seems so personal and sincerely vulnerable... plus not one cliche! Hands down their best lyrics. It took a while for me to come to this conclusion, but since I've found there was really no other option.

04 Pts: (It's So Hard) Letting You Go -
Again very poetic. Like As My Guitar, the music and atmosphere lends a lot of emotion to the song, but when reading the lyrics, I've found they are perfect. You can't write lyrics for a death or tragic break up better than this (music either for that matter... possibly their most perfect song).

03 Pts: Postcards From the Wastelands -
Unfortunately the music couldn't hold it's own with these lyrics. On the page, the lyrics are close to perfection.

02 Pts: These Days -
The opening verse says it all.

01 Pt: Say It Isn't So -
This was a tough one. It was between this, Undivided, Dry County, and a hand full of others. But I went with SIIS. It explores several interesting, unexplored topics, written in unique ways and ties them together with the chorus. Pretty clever.