Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life

A bit sad, yet a highly touching and moving song. It also sounds very honest and exposing in my opinion, with the acoustic guitar and lack of autotune (not that it’s a bad thing), it feels like he’s just come to a huge realisation that his life seemed empty before he met her and he’s just dashed in with a guitar and sung her a song to let her know [...]

 

 
 

Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah

This has got to be one of the sweetest love songs ever written from a guy to a girl. Though it was later revealed later that the two never dated, the song goes on to be Plain White T’s’ biggest hit so far. Funnily enough though, the song was released in 2005, but took 2 years until it reached #1 on the BillBoard Hot 100 in July 2007.