It's a fact that not many people actually know all the lyrics to many songs, however favourite they may claim them to be. But everyone should have at least one, I think - you could, obviously, make this category really easy by simply picking an acoustic track, or a song with lots of repeated and simple lines, but reading and absorbing lyrics to tracks can be very enjoyable and rewarding. Except with Mumford & Sons.
Anyway, when approaching this question I was thinking about what songs I really like singing to myself in the car (when alone, obviously), and which I would even dare to sing at a gig. One track in particular is a joy to join in on: 'The Mariner's Revenge Song' by The Decemberists.
Here's a version in Lego, just because:
Lyrically I find this band almost unmatched, and this is one of their absolute best: a meandering sea shanty of giant whales, treacherous seas and cold filial revenge. Make sure you read the lyrics along with watching the video because they're just fantastic.
The whole song is rousing and thrilling. If the hair on your arms doesn't stand up at the drum-fuelled call-to-arms line "One night I overhead / The Prior exchanging words / With a penitent whaler from the sea", or the magnificent conclusion, "But O what providence! What divine intelligence! That you should survive as well as me!", then you're probably dead.
Amazing.
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