The main reason why I love Deathcab for Cutie - The lyrics of their songs, so intricate, and beautifully crafted, compared to some of the corny lines you hear nowadays. "My humps" anyone? Ben Gibbard doesn't cheat us. They are intelligent and not churned out or recycled. The lyrics really mean something.

Debate Exposes Doubt
Deathcab for Cutie

The workadays were propping the bar quietly erasing the week
and i was in a cornerbooth thinking (pretending to read)
about the impossiblity of one to love unconditionally and
the words that we drive into the ground
Their repetition starts to thin their meaning.

Then everything got frighteningly still as they entered
and intersected the floor and i tried to choke my stare
at the perfection that others would kill for.
But all of the parts are the same on every face (few variables change).
The differences pale when compared to the similarity they share

Finally there is clarity and there is purpose after all,
but every night ends the same as i'm collapsing once more by your side.
Finally there is clarity... this tiny life is making sense. and every drop numbs the both of us, but i alone am staggering.