"'Heroes'" by David Bowie (1977)
Needs almost no explanation. Almost a sort of Romeo and Juliet love story but much more real, plausible, and sad. Two lovers in Berlin meet everyday at the wall and dream about their lives together, imagining the ideal ("I will be king and you will be queen") and the mundane ("I'll get drunk all the time"). It's a startlingly beautiful portrait of the bonds of love and a must listen. I don't want to explain too much - it's open to individual interpretation.
An interesting note: all of my songs are 5 minutes or longer. I'm into the story presented in the lyrics. Beats and guitar are all well and good, but it's the words that give the song meaning and hold it together. Songs are poetry with a tempo. They're ways to express self, raw and uncensored. Those unguarded moments when the singer is wearing the heart on the sleeve - that's when I feel the connection. That makes a song essential...when I can feel the story.
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