You know, as someone who was written at least 100 songs since i was a teen, and many are written to express moods or feelings that i didn't find other existing songs represented at the time, i still would have a hard time pointing to any single one of them saying they represent me just because they're all individual facets and each is a smaller piece of a larger puzzle. (It's been a couple years since i've written anything but there's a fair collection of my lyrics over the years at
http://community.webtv.net/larynx1 )
So then - that brings us to songs by other artists and again there's much the same problem - as people change and grow sometimes gradually, sometimes daily, there just is no one song that perfectly captures everything but these come close both in message and the way the combination of lyrics and music just touch me in that oddly personal way that makes it seem like it's a special gift from the artist...
"World in My Eyes" by Depeche Mode
"I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" by some guy named Gonzo
"Dear God" by XTC
"Time After Time" by The Beloved
"The World is Stone" by Cyndi Lauper
"This Must Be the Place I've Waited Years to Leave" by Pet Shop Boys
"Miserabalism" by Pet Shop Boys
"Blue Hotel" by Chris Isaak
"Possessed" by Vegas
"The Lonliest Man in the World" by The Tourists
"Out Here On My Own" by Irene Cara
"I Don't Care" by Shakespear's Sister
"No More I Love You's" by Annie Lennox (also the original version by The Lover Speaks - both speak to me in different ways)
"Anything But Strong" by Eurythmics
"I've Tried Everything" by Eurythmics (really almost all of Eurythmics' "Peace" album, but those two tracks in particular)
"Dark Road" by Annie Lennox
"Walking in My Shoes" by Depeche Mode
"Fragile" by Sting
"Sing" by Travis
"Englishman in New York" by Sting
"To the Moon & Back" by Savage Garden
So i guess if those are individual pieces, if you put them together, there's a good representation of an audio picture of me.