the most beautiful songs of all time

i love college, but more on that later.

first, i feel like making a list of the most beautiful songs ever. why? because i don't want to do my math homework (yet).

11. wake up - arcade fire
i fall in love with this song more and more every time i hear it. i recently heard a live version of it with david bowie. it made me want to cry. it was so fantastically amazing.

10. samson - regina spektor
it's hard to just pick one regina spektor song for this list. she is an artist in every sense of the word and i could probably listen to her all day. but samson is regina at her best: poetic lyrics accompanied by simple piano. it doesn't get any better.

9. dreams never end - new order
i am a sucker for new wave. something about this song is a revelation to me. i think it's the epic buildup followed by the frantic drum beat. i love it, i love it.

8. bixby canyon bridge - death cab for cutie
it's just beautiful. i don't know how to explain it. it almost has a mystical quality to it. when you're listening to it, it takes you somewhere else entirely.

7. i miss you - blink-182
i've loved this song for a long time. i think a lot of people would disagree with my saying it's beautiful (i mean, it is a blink song), but there's just something about it that i love and find to be so endearing.

6. somewhere only we know - keane
i love keane and i don't care who knows it. this song is gorgeous.

5. age of consent - new order
this list needed another new order song. this song makes me think of summertime. it's my goal in life to put on this song in a convertible going along some amazing looking road.

4. clair de lune - debussy
shut up about the twilight nonsense. this somg was beautiful before kristen stewart was awkward. listening to it is almost a spiritual experience. it makes me so emotional without having any lyrics whatsoever. debussy was a genius.

3. jurassic park theme - john towner williams
it's hard to just pick one williams for this list. the jurassic park theme is an obvious standout. i dare you to not get goosebumps. who would have thought a movie about an island with dinosaurs would make for such a beautiful song?

2. symphony no. 3 in c minor, op. 78: organ finale - saint saens
incredibly majestic. you may recognize it as the score from the movie babe. but it was originally composed by saint saens for organ and is a gorgeous piece of french composition. (i love french composers)

and now, the moment we've all been waiting for.

1. life in technicolor & life in technicolor ii - coldplay
this is a bit of a controversial number one, i know. not everyone likes coldplay. i'm not even the biggest coldplay fan in the whole entire world, but this song makes me feel so alive, i can't help but think it's the most beautiful song i've ever heard.