Ok, the god of great music and powerful lyrics is Ben Gibbard. His style is like a story, very poetic, where you literally cant wait to hear what he has to sing next. He plays in a band called "death cab for cutie" but his solo stuff is just as good.
Try some of these songs...
Ben Gibbard (solo songs) - Carolina, The dream of evan and chan (painfully painfully good), You remind me of home
Death Cab for Cutie - Expo 86, Tiny Vessels, Title and Registration, Transantlantism, A lack of color
Honestly, download all of these... they are very depressing but really ****ing good at the same time so they make me happy. He just has such a way of putting things into perfect perspective.
favorite line from dream of evan and chan "Your eyelashes tickled my neck, with every nervous blink... and it was perfect".