100 Favorite Songs of 2008: 55-41

41. “WHY DO YOU LET ME STAY HERE?”– SHE & HIM
Why don’t you sit right down and stay a while?
We like the same things and I like your style
42. “CURS IN THE WEEDS”–HORSE FEATHERS
It’s like marrow without bone,
To live in a house with no home
43. “ROOKS”–SHEARWATER
When the swallows fell from the eaves and the gulls from the spires,
And starlings in the millions will feed on the ground where they lie
44. “THE OLD DAYS”–DR. DOG
Trigger when you pull it, go home with a bullet,
No birds in the birdcage, flew off in his old age
45. “WHO’S GONNA SAVE MY SOUL?”–GNARLS BARKLEY
Did I never stop to wonder,
Was it possible you were hurting worse than me?
46. “NORTHWESTERN GIRLS”–SAY HI
They seem so nice,
It must be in the air here
47. “SILVER STALLION”–CAT POWER
We’re gonna ride, ride like the one-eyed
Jack of Diamonds with the Devil close behind
48. “SLEEPYHEAD”–PASSION PIT
They couldn’t think of something to say the day you burst,
With all their lions and all their might and all their thirst
49. “GHOST UNDER ROCKS”–RA RA RIOT
Here you are, you are breathing life into ghosts under rocks,
Like notes found in pocket coats of your father’s, lost and forgotten
50. “HAPPINESS”–GOLDFRAPP
Join our group and you will find harmony and peace of mind,
Make you better, we’re here to welcome you
51. “THE TURNING”–OASIS
When the rapture takes me,
Will you be by my side?
52. “FOOLS”–THE DODOS
Now he lies on his back, and they tell him it’s that,
It’s just a heart attack, it’s just a heart attack
53. “CONFESSOR”–ANNUALS
Pack up and leave every day
I plant the seed to rip the roots away
54. “INSIDE A BOY”–MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND
We are clouds, we are whispers, like fawns and shape-shifters,
Our edges can never be found out, no, our edges keep moving further out
55. “TO THE COUNTRY”<
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We could trade the pavement for a pasture to graze on,
I’d love a new frontier