[Berger_4_]

John K. Samson and Gord Downie get votes from me.

My two favorite lyrics by the Weakerthans are:

Left and Leaving
I wait in 4/4 time,
Count yellow highway lines that you're relying on will lead you home.

and

Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure
After scrapping with the ferals and the tabby,
Let you brush my matted fur
How I'd knead into your chest while you were sleeping
Shallow breathing made me purr

But I can't remember the sound that you found for me
I can't remember the sound that you found for me
I can't remember the sound

As for Downie, nothing can top Wheat Kings and Nautical Disaster

Wheat Kings
In a zippo lighter he sees the killer's face
Maybe it's someone standing in the killers place
Twenty Years for nothing well that nothing new
Besides no one is interested in what you didn't do

and

Nautical Disaster
One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.