Best written song lyrics, in my opinion

Off the top of my head, I've been thinking a bit about lyricism in song writing, since it often seems to take a back seat to so many other aspects of popular music.  I think I've mentioned Idlewild lead singer Roddy Woomble's statement that most songs can't be read as poetry.  I beg to differ, and here are, sort of randomly and hastily assembled, with hope that my heart will judge better than my brain, a list of my top 10 best written songs:

1. "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)" - Idlewild - favorite line: "I woke up first this morning. I've never seen the dawn, but I know what the world looked like before"
2. "Song About an Angel" - Sunny Day Real Estate - favorite line: "You're married to your pain"
3. "Outpatient" - Jawbreaker - favorite line: "Now I'm talking through my pen.  Do you read me? Am I bleeding?"
4. "Cast No Shadow" - Oasis - I love Oasis in spite of everyone, and think Noel has come up with quite a few gems.  "As they took his soul they stole his pride" gets me every time
5. "American English" - Idlewild - Not the most exciting Idlewild song, but "If you believe that, now I understand why words mean so much to you" is a great line
6. "Dagger" - Slowdive - The delivery is so potent the lyrics are often multiplied in their power.  In "Dagger", the first line, "The sunshine girl is sleeping.  She falls and dreams alone", cuts to the quick on its own
7. "A Cunning Latch" - Portastatic - There's always something fun yet heartfelt in Mac McCaughan/Superchunk's lyricism, and "The light comes in much too early every day.  It wakes me up but it won't chase those dreams away" is a great line
8. "Randy Described Eternity" - Built to Spill - the whole first half of the song is an incredible image
9. "Digsy's Dinner" - Oasis - There's something beautiful in the simplicity and honesty of it.  Somehow, for all of his swagger, Liam says, "I'll treat you like a queen" with a million times more honesty than anyone else could
10. "Good Morning, Captain" - Slint - Slint wouldn't work if their words weren't great

I'm extremely biased toward '90's music, since that's what I listen to.  Regardless, I couldn't really find anything in the 2000's albums I have (Yuck, Is This It, etc.) that quite matched any of this, largely because there's a lot more innovation in musicality in those albums and more recent music in general.  That said, The Streets is great.  Most of it is more of a story telling type of thing rather than a philosophical, universal type of expression, however.