There are really too many songs to pick from in all honestly, but I'm doubling down on the greatest stadium rock band ever,



The song came from Bono having a dream that he was Judas Iscariot. The lyrics are a meeting between Judas and Jesus in the afterlife. I remember pulling out a cassette tape of Achtung Baby to listen to for the first time as I was about to drive somewhere. The car did not move until the entire album was finished. The last supper and the betrayal in the garden in song. It's lyrically and sonically brilliant.

Haven't seen you in quite a while
I was down the hold, just passing time
Last time we met it was a low-lit room
We were as close together as a bride and groom
We ate the food, we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time except you
You were talking about the end of the world

I took the money, I spiked your drink
You miss too much these days if you stop to think
You led me on with those innocent eyes
And you know I love the element of surprise
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart
You, you were acting like it was the end of the world

In my dream, I was drowning sorrows
But my sorrows they'd learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me
Spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world

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In Case U2 is a disqualifying entry, here is another that spoke to me, maybe in a breakup or in a hard time with between my wife and I at some point.
This next one spoke to me as a one-time physics major who ultimately became an engineer. In much of our lives, we are defined by what we do for a living. Yet matters of the heart are more important than "numbers and figures".

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you

Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start

Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
Nobody said it was easy

It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard

Oh, take me back to the start
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress

Do not speak as loud as my heart

But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails

Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start