Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Sufjan Stevens

Such a mammoth song. So epic in its approach to songwriting and its lyrical content. The arrangement is just stunningly zany, it has everything going on and more. The lyrics are crazy, so uplifting and so depressing at exactly the same time. You know those days where you wake up and feel happy, sometimes for no specific reason? I always stick Sufjan on as I did today, he is so life-affirming, yet grounds you to reality at the same time. He's so heart-on-sleeve, so earnest, but never loses sight of the bigger picture of what he's talking about. Musically, it's my favourite pop-rock song of the 2000's... Maybe! It's certainly brilliant.